Argentina's Gustavo Fernández has been named the International Tennis Federation men's wheelchair world champion for the second time in three years.

Rome, somewhat inevitably against Houdet, while also topping the podium at the BNP Paribas Open de France

FIFA has taken legal action against former President Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini in a bid to recoup the CHF2 million (£1.5 million/$2 million/€1.8 million) paid to the ex-UEFA head in 2011.

Platini's case, the three CAS judges said they were "not convinced by the legitimacy" of the payment.Former France

The Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic flame has arrived in St Moritz, where it will form the centrepiece of a spectacular flame show in the centre of the town.

month.It will then move into Vaud, the home canton for Lausanne, but will also cross the border into France

France beat Hungary in the team event final as action concluded at the International Fencing Federation

#SaltLakeCity women's team sabre #WorldCup, France overcame Hungary for the gold medal, 45-25.

Hungary eliminated Ukraine in the semifinal, 45-42, and France beat USA, 45-31.

New Zealand edged out hosts South Africa in a low-scoring final to win the World Rugby Sevens Series event in Cape Town.

France claimed the bronze medal in dramatic fashion with Tavite Veredamu's try in sudden-death extra-time

Tiril Eckhoff of Norway's perfect shooting propelled her to a maiden pursuit victory at the International Biathlon World Cup in Hochfilzen.

Bø, Erlend Bjöntegaard, and Johannes Dale recorded a time of one hour 14min and 44.2sec.Germany and France

Slovakia's Petra Vlhová took full advantage of the absence of American Mikaela Shiffrin as she triumphed in the parallel slalom event at the International Ski Federation Alpine Skiing World Cup in St Moritz.

course simultaneously.The World Cup circuit continues with a women's giant slalom event in Courchevel in France

New Zealand celebrated back-to-back wins on the World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series circuit as they overcame rivals Australia in the final in Cape Town.

at Dubai last weekend.Canada, who were runners-up in Dubai, won the bronze medal match by overcoming France

on the final day of the International Fencing Federation (FIE) Women's Foil World Cup in Saint-Maur, France

Perrine Laffont of France and Canada’s Mikaël Kingsbury were the winners of the first dual moguls competitions

Figure skater Nathan Chen and speed skater Joey Mantia have been named the first joint winners of a United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) monthly award since January 2009.

Chen won gold at the Internationaux de France with a score of 297.16 points, topping the field by over

Alexis Pinturault of France triumphed on home soil in the rescheduled men's slalom at the International

Giacomo Pierbon earned his third Alpine skiing gold medal at the Winter Deaflympics in the Italian resort of Sondrio.

 He crossed the line in 1min 09.79sec, beating Nicholas Sarremejane of France by 0.49sec.

France’s Maxime Pauty added team gold to individual silver at the International Fencing Federation Men's Foil World Cup, a competition doubling as a test event for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

England and Australia both failed to make the quarter-finals of the World Rugby Sevens Series in Cape Town.

to Scotland yesterday.They started well, comfortably defeating Spain 33-7, but were later stunned by France

C game, defeated 33-12.The manner of the result was a major surprise, considering England defeated France

7 to ensure they made the quarter-finals.The last eight line-up sees South Africa play Kenya, while France