This year's French Open is to be postponed a week further to September 27 to October 11, reports suggest. 

originally due to take place from May 24 to June 7 but was postponed due to restrictive measures in France

This week, the world of judo has been mourning the passing of Matsushita Saburo, a director of the famous Kodokan Judo Institute in Tokyo. As an instructor overseas in the 1960s, Saburo played his part in helping the sport grow.

French Judo Association President Jean Pimentel said: "As far as France is concerned, we shall back any

France's long-serving ice hockey national team player Yorick Treille has been appointed as the country's new head coach of the under-20 men's team.

head coach Philippe Bozon, when the junior programme ends for the season in February.He represented France

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has announced the creation of the ITF World Tennis Tour Player Panel for men and women, to give its athletes input on how the circuit is run in future.

Davis Cup champion, will chair the men's tennis Panel.Mary Pierce, a four-time Grand Slam winner for France

United World Wrestling (UWW) has confirmed the nations which have qualified so far for the Tokyo 2020 women's events.

Hungary.Another European waiting until Budapest to qualify is double world medallist Koumba Larroque of France

The Nigeria Curling Federation (NCF) has released a video to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the country's debut at a World Championship.

match at a World Championship when Tijani and Susana Cole beat Manon Humbert and David Baumgartner of France

Manchester City and France centre back Aymeric Laporte has returned the London 2012 outfit of late boxer

After competing at two Olympics for France, and winning a light welterweight bronze medal at Beijing

Drive-in football. Is this the medium-term future for the beautiful game as the coronavirus crisis makes large-scale congregations unsafe and unwise?

the required social distancing.Speaking personally from lockdown in my home in the Charente region of France

Ten-time world champion canoeist Alexander Slafkovský claimed the ability for athletes to train is essential for next year's Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

opening two ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup legs in June, set to take place in Ivrea in Italy and Pau in France

Grégoire Koenig has been appointed as an advisor of institutional relations for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

for then Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoë.He also advised Jean-Paul Huchon, then President of the Ile-de-France

Glen Killane has been promoted to the role of executive director of Eurovision Sport, having previously served as the deputy director at the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).

European Championships 2021.Other partners include Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) which runs the Tour de France

recovered nearly a month after she tested positive for COVID-19 after returning from a training camp in France

Tsang and her teammates were in France as part of preparations for the now-postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics

which have been moved to 2021 due to the pandemic.Plans were to stay in France for training until May

Thierry Braillard, former Secretary of State for Sport in the French Government, has been appointed President of the French Sport Foundation.

French National Olympic and Sports Committee, and André Auberger, founder of the Paralympic Movement in France

important role to play in future, when competitive and recreational sports eventually get going again in France

in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.Sport is set to take on more prominence in France in the coming

years, leading up to the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.Earlier this month, Braillard implored France

The Cyclists’ Alliance Rider Council has published an open letter to the International Cycling Union (UCI) calling for the governing body to engage with the group over the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on women’s professional cycling.

“This indicates discussions are still ongoing.”The UCI statement had outlined that the Tour de France

The fate of what is usually the final tennis Grand Slam of the year, the US Open, will be decided in June, but organisers have said it is "highly unlikely" to go ahead without spectators.

claimed that nothing is "off the table" and a final decision will be made in June, according to Agence France-Presse