Search

  • Sort results by:

10000 results Showing results 7351 to 7365

Dupont and Carpentier secure maiden ISA World SUP and Paddleboard Championship title for France

  • Surfing

Justine Dupont and Benoit Carpentier put the icing on the cake as France won a maiden International Surfing

Benoit Carpentier of France secured the men's SUP surf title with an 8.90 wave in the final minute ©ISAWith

second in Denmark [in 2017] and I got third so its amazing we both win here and I am so happy for team France

We are pretty happy and it is the first title for France," said Puyo, who grabbed two gold medals and


December 1 - the day Mimoun's marathon quest for Olympic gold came good in Melbourne

  • The Big Read

On December 1, 2006 the French sport newspaper L”Equipe arranged a reunion for the three marathon medallists from the Melbourne Olympic Games on the 50th anniversary of their race.

He was the only one to be rejected.At that point he told his mother that France, rather than Algeria,

After taking part in the Battle of Belgium in 1940, his regiment retreated into Northern France, where

saved.He recovered sufficiently to resume active service and participated in the Allied invasion of France

would not contest the marathon," said Mimoun's wife, Germaine, during an interview in 2006 with Agence France-Presse


Match tickets for Euro 2020 to go on sale as group stage draw made

  • Football

Specific match tickets for UEFA Euro 2020 are due to go on sale for fans in the 20 countries which have already qualified on Wednesday (December 4), after the group stage draw was held.

Copenhagen.Another public ballot for fans who do not follow a specific team will also open on Wednesday.Portugal, France

Wembley Stadium.The draw produced a group of death with reigning champions Portugal, world champions France




Fujii triumphs at IFSC Combined Qualifier in France

  • Sport Climbing

Japan's Kokoro Fujii clinched victory at the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) Combined Qualifier in Tournefeuille.

Olympic Games, with Kai Harada and Tomoa Narasaki having secured Japan's quota places.His victory in France

key.Fujii finished in fifth place in the speed competition, which saw home favourite Bassa Mawem of France


Zhendong cruises into last four at ITTF Men's World Cup

  • Table Tennis

The big guns fired at the International Table Tennis Federation Men's World Cup, with number one seed Fan Zhendong comfortably into the semi-finals in Chengdu in China. 

 Simon Gauzy of France may have been unfancied as the 12th seed, but he made Long work to the very


Early shock for France at IHF Women's Handball World Championship

  • Handball

Defending champions France had the worst possible start to their International Handball Federation (IHF

are anything to go by, the competition is wide open.Group B is at Yamaga City Overall Gymnasium, with France

-20 ©IHFAlso in Group A, Serbia were too strong for Angola (32-25), while Norway, who lost 23-21 to France



Underdogs rule in qualifying stages of ITTF World Junior Championships

  • Table Tennis

Four underdogs claimed main-draw places today in the boys' singles event at the International Table Tennis Federation's World Junior Championships in Korat, Thailand.

Franziska Schreiner 12-14, 11-4, 11-4, 11-8, 11-9.Crystal Wang of the United States, Camille Lutz of France


Michael Pavitt: Multiple host format threatens Euro 2020 integrity and will impact fans most

  • Inside the Blogs

Spare a thought for Switzerland.

slightly given that Belgium were able to avoid a dreaded scenario of being drawn with world champions France

and defending European champions Portugal.Despite winning their qualifying group France somehow ended

Thankfully, both managed to end up drawn with real tournament lightweights in… er… Germany.Portugal, France

and Wales were among those to distinguish themselves and add flavour to the 2016 tournament held in France


Shiffrin on cusp of second place in all-time women's FIS World Cup wins

  • Alpine Skiing

Mikaela Shiffrin has the chance to move to second on the all-time list of women's World Cup winners in tomorrow's giant slalom and Sunday's slalom at Killington in the United States.

who announced his retirement in September, is third on the all-time list with 67 wins.Tessa Worley of France

slalom winners - Italy's Federica Brignone, Germany's Viktoria Rebensburg and Tessa Worley of France



Defending champion Klæbo wins season opener at FIS Cross-Country World Cup

  • Cross-Country

Johannes Høsflot Klæbo won the season-opening sprint race to get the defence of his overall International Ski Federation Cross-Country World Cup title off to the best possible start in Ruka.

crossed the line in 2min 39.47sec, 4.17sec ahead of compatriot Paal Golberg, while Richard Jouve of France


France in fine form for defence of IHF women's world title in Kumamoto

  • Handball

France will begin their defence of the women's world handball title in Japan tomorrow in an ideal frame

Kumamoto.Hosts Japan, who are in the third of the six seeded pots for the event, were among the sides France

seeking a fourth women's world handball gold ©Getty ImagesThe Netherlands - 2017 bronze medallists - join France

in pot one, along with Russia, who beat France in the Rio 2016 final, and Romania.Rio 2016 bronze and