Frenchman Benoit Carpentier and Alex Salazar from Brazil were the star turns on the second day of the standup paddle (SUP) surf competition as he moved into round four of the men's event here at El Sunzal beach.

A victory for Carpentier on Sunday should be enough to secure France the overall team title, with 1,000

the women's event.Westdorp contested the first of today's women's heats alongside Justine Dupont from France

Akinori Wase and Daishuke Yajima of Japan claimed the International Teqball Federation (FITEQ) Asia-Pacific Beach Cup title in Sanya.

also defeated in the bronze-medal contest, losing 20-18, 20-16 to Aser Xuma and Etienne Cau Poanoui of France

Canadian city Richmond has been announced as host of the 2020 International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF) Paralympic Qualification Tournament. 

Zone Championships and two countries from the IWRF world-ranking list, comprising Brazil, Colombia, France

 "Recognition should also go to France for putting in a strong application and I encourage them

Forty years ago, preparations for the Moscow 1980 Olympics were proceeding smoothly with less than eight months until the opening day.

Those who joined the boycott included the United States, West Germany, Canada and Japan.Great Britain, France

Three-time champion Vladimir Samsonov is out of the International Table Tennis Federation Men's World Cup, failing to progress from the group stage in Chengdu.

number 12 Dimitrij Ovtcharov of Germany safely progressed to the next round ©Getty ImagesSimon Gauzy of France

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round two ©ISAFans searched for the best views as the SUP surfing began ©ISABenoit Carpentier from France

today at the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) Combined Qualifier in Tournefeuille, France

Two previous winners of the International Table Tennis Federation Men's World Cup have been drawn together in the group stage of this year's tournament in Chengdu.

Ting of Hong Kong, Kristian Karlsson of Sweden and Heming Hu of Australia form Group C.Simon Gauzy of France

Overall Karate 1-Premier League winners are set to be crowned at the final event of the season in Madrid this weekend.

winner prizes in Madrid ©WKFEgypt's Giana Lotfy, Yin Xiaoyan of China and Gwendoline Philippe of France

kilograms kumite grand winner prize.Four competitors - Azerbaijan's Irina Zaretska, Alizée Agier of France

The International Cycling Union (UCI) has established a working group to ensure the "wellbeing and respect of employees and trainees" at its elite training centre, after Frédéric Magné was sacked as director general earlier this month.

According to Agence France-Presse, the seven-time world champion was ousted from the role because of

The Agitos Foundation, the International Paralympic Committee's (IPC) development arm, has announced 29 beneficiaries through the seventh edition of its Grant Support Programme (GSP).

Paralympic Committee will expand a long-standing initiative with refugees into a collaborative project with France

The allocation of short track quota places for the Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games has been confirmed by the International Skating Union.

and Russia will all field two skaters each.Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, France

been allocated a pair of skaters.One skater will be fielded by Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, France

French surfer Justine Dupont is excited by the opportunity to help her nation clinch gold at the Surf City El Salvador International Surfing Association (ISA) World StandUp Paddle (SUP) and Paddleboard Championship.

With just the SUP surf contests to come France lead the team Championship on 16,322 points, with Spain

International Surfing Association (ISA) vice-president Casper Steinfath paid tribute to the rising star of Danish StandUp Paddle after watching Christian Andersen take gold in the junior SUP technical race here at El Sunzal beach.

friendship on hold in the quest for gold.Neither could handle the pace laid down by Tituoan Puyo as France

round.American Connor Baxter outsprinted Vinnicius Martins of Brazil to grab second place as Martin Vitry of France

International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission chairman Pierre-Olivier Beckers-Vieujant has claimed Paris 2024 has completed a "tremendous amount of work", after organisers provided a progress update this week.

Olympic flag at the Closing Ceremony of Tokyo 2020, Paris 2024 is preparing to show the world the best of France