Organisers of next year's Olympic and Paralympic Games should "plan for every eventuality" to combat the possibility of extreme weather conditions in Japan during the event, according to the tournament director of the Rugby World Cup.

Alan Gilpin offered advice to the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee in an interview with Agence France-Presse

he had "no regrets" at the decision to cancel the games - New Zealand versus Italy, England against France

The French Government’s spending on sport is set to rise sharply in 2020, as the country continues its build-up to the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

million/$6.7 million) will be consecrated to international sports events scheduled to be staged in France

Bianca Walkden and Lauren Williams won their respective events on a successful final day for Great Britain at the G4 Extra European Taekwondo Championships in Bari.

kilograms final, while Williams claimed the women's under-67kg title after opponent Magda Wiet-Hénin of France

Mexico thrashed Solomon Islands 8-0 to secure their place in the last 16 of the FIFA Under-17 World Cup in Brazil.

knock-out round matches, Angola play South Korea, Japan face Mexico, Nigeria go up against the Netherlands, France

Following the World Championship qualifying heats which took place in Tunisia in June, the World Finals in savate combat are now underway.

majority decision.The next finals to be contested are due to take place in Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy in France

on November 9.There, Lorna Sincere of France is due to meet Serbia's Tijana Vukovic in the women's under

-70kg category.It will also be a France versus Serbia match-up in the men's over-85kg section.France's

Ai Ueda of Japan continued her recent good form with victory at the International Triathlon Union (ITU) World Cup event in Lima.

Salvisberg of Switzerland and third-placed Felix Duchampt, currently in the process of switching flags from France

Filippo Ganna of Italy won the individual pursuit at the International Cycling Union Track Cycling World Cup in Minsk, breaking the world record in the process.

omnium at the Track Cycling World Cup in Minsk ©UCIIn second was Bryan Coquard and Benjamin Thomas of France

Emma Hinze held onto an early lead in the women's keirin to take the gold medal, with Mathilde Gros of France

Japan's Rimu Nakumara became the youngest men's BMX Freestyle Park World Cup winner less than a year before the discipline makes its Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020 after triumphing at the International Festival of Extreme Sports (FISE) World Series in Chengdu.

@Honorglobal pic.twitter.com/6OKMOH3vqj— FISE (@fiseworld) November 3, 2019Matthias Dandois of France

World Cup winner with 30.000 points.Sadovnik was in second place with 26.200 points and Céline Vaes of France

South Africa dominated the top prizes at the World Rugby Awards following their comprehensive victory over England in the final of the Rugby World Cup.

player of the year award after beating off competition from team-mates Sarah Bern and Katy Daley-Mclean, France

Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy beat defending champion Xander Schauffele in a play-off to clinch the WGC-HSBC Champions title in Shanghai.

Oosthuizen was two shots off the lead on 17-under, while Austria's Matthias Schwab, Victor Perez of France

Paik Sang-hoon scored the fifth fastest goal in the history of the FIFA Under-17 World Cup as South Korea beat Chile to secure their place in the last 16 of the tournament in Brazil.

France & ?? Japan are group winners?? Netherlands do enough to stay in the mix?

International Skating Union (ISU) Grand Prix title with victory in the men's event at the International de France

Turin next month.His nearest opponent was Alexander Samarin of Russia on 265.10, while Kevin Aymoz of France

CJ Wellsmore of Thailand was the winner in the roller freestyle event at the International Festival of Extreme Sports (FISE) World Series in Chengdu.

achieving a top score of 88.25.Joe Atkinson of Britain was second with 85.25, while Diako Diaby of France

the final stop of the season.He had earned 26.70, followed by Wellsmore on 23.10 and Roman Abrate of France

Top seeds Adrian Heidrich and Mirco Gerson of Switzerland reached the semi-final of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour in Qinzhou.

The Swiss pair eased past Quincy Aye and Arnaud Gauthier-Rat of France 21-18, 21-12 to progress at Maowei

Xinxin and Xue Chen were more successful, comfortably beating Aline Chamereau and Alexandra Jupiter of France

Hosts the United States moved into the lead on the team standings after the sixth day of competition at the World Junior Surfing Championship at Huntington Beach in California.

the top eight teams from the previous two editions of the event - Japan, the US, Australia, Hawaii, France