Italian cycling legend Vincenzo Nibali has said his decision to skip this year's Tour de France in favour

the Giro d'Italia.He has won all three of the Grand Tours in his career after claiming the Tour de France

The Tour de France is traditionally the best way to prepare for the Olympics, but considering there are

Giro between May 9 and 31.His new team-mates Richie Porte and Bauke Mollema will target the Tour de France

George Bennett are other cyclists who have confirmed they will prioritise Tokyo 2020 over the Tour de France

A collection of 20 official Tokyo 2020 posters are set to go on public display for the first time at the Museum of Contemporary Art in the Olympic city this week.

of poster art came in the late 19th century when techniques of colour printing were more advanced.In France

The Lausanne 2020 flame has begun its home run as it heads for a grand re-entry to the Winter Youth Olympic Games host city tomorrow.

Over the weekend it made a brief visit to France where Pyeongchang 2018 biathlon gold medallist Anaïs

Paris 2024 and was joined by Lausanne 2020 President Virginie Faivre to symbolise the handover from France

The last five places in the men's and women's volleyball tournaments at Tokyo 2020 will be decided next week, following the conclusion of 10 continental qualifiers which get underway in Africa and Europe tomorrow.

Getty ImagesHosts Germany, Belgium, Slovenia and the Czech Republic feature in Group A, while Serbia, France

The world’s two leading players made victorious starts at the inaugural Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Cup in Australia, as top-ranked Rafael Nadal helped Spain beat Georgia and Novak Djokovic earned a decisive but ill-tempered win for Serbia.

decisive concluding doubles against Hubert Hurkacz and Lukasz Kubot 6-2, 6-4.In the opening Group A match, France

Every ace served at the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Cup, which begins tomorrow, will raise money to support people and communities across Australia affected by the devastating bushfires.

has been pushed back from its usual mid-month start and is due to get underway on January 20.Serbia, France

Olympic curling champion Janice Rankin will watch her son Jamie follow in her footsteps when he competes for Britain at Lausanne 2020.

January 22.As well as the Olympic capital, various venues are being utilised across Switzerland and France

Lausanne 2020’s Olympic flame will ring in the New Year at the resort of Villars, which is due to host the ski mountaineering, the newest addition to the Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG).

DIablerets.The Torch will be on display until Friday (January 3) when it is scheduled to cross the border into France

France's World Cup winner Kylian Mbappe has revealed that he wants to play for this country at next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Playing in the Olympics, I don't control everything," he told France Football magazine.

- and finish with the final on August 8.A decision on whether Kylian Mbappe is allowed to play for France

If I don't manage to go in 2020, I'll still have 2024 left, in Paris," he told France Football.

World champion Alexis Pinturault of France produced a superb slalom to claim victory in the combined

Ten years ago, at the end of the Noughties, I was given the perfect laptop bag. It is sturdy, compact and sensibly compartmentalised. I still take it on every overseas trip. 

mother of all bid battles, pitting the best of the best from the United Kingdom, the United States, France

In the UK, the corresponding figure was down 4.2 per cent; in France, minus 2.9 per cent; Germany, minus

Italian athletes were responsible for comfortably the most confirmed anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs) in 2017, according to new statistics made public by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

The Italian total came to 171, well ahead of France on 128 and the United States on 103.Russia was fifth

when it comes to catching them.Five of these 28 cases were from Russia, with three each from China, France

The Netherlands' Mathieu Van der Poel claimed victory in the men's elite event at the International Cycling Union (UCI) Cyclo-cross World Cup in Heusden-Zolder in Belgium.

third with 345.The UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup season is due to continue in Nommay Pays de Montbeliard in France

U SPORTS, the governing body for university sport in Canada, is mourning the death of Graham Sirman, the general manager of its Men’s Hockey All-Stars team, who died suddenly last month.

 He later had a brief semi-professional career in France, before moving into management as a general

Preparations are well in hand for the hosting of the International Ski Federation Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in the German resort of Oberwiesenthal, it has been claimed. 

Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in Oberwiesenthal ©Oberwiesenthal 2020In ski jumping, Estonia, France

entered athletes.In Nordic combined, set to feature a mixed team event for the first time, Estonia, France

on the list of entered nations so far.In cross-country skiing, Andorra, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France