England came from a goal down to draw 1-1 with defending champions Russia at the Blind Football European Championships in Rome and boost their chances of a semi-final place.

pic.twitter.com/XKYzAXMjER— Fispic (@Fispic_official) September 19, 2019The Russians, beaten 2-0 by France

The ninth edition of the Rugby World Cup starts tomorrow in Japan, with organisers promising a glittering Opening Ceremony followed by the host nation's opening fixture against Russia.

the clear favourites to progress from Pool B, which also contains Italy, Namibia and Canada.England, France

Waregem will host the penultimate International Equestrian Federation (FEI) Nations Cup Eventing competition of the season, with action beginning tomorrow.

.The winners will be determined after the cross-country stage of the event on Sunday (September 22).France

saw Italy move into the overall lead of the Nations Cup series, after five of seven competitions.Team France

As the days ticked on during the #FEINationsCup #Eventing in Haras du Pin, Team France and Team Italy

Olympic berth.Switzerland, The Netherlands and Belgium will battle for the place.Britain, Ireland, France

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has demanded that Iran end its ban on women attending football matches.

criticised when two fans were removed from the Women's World Cup match between Canada and New Zealand in France

The World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) Intelligence and Investigations (I&I) department identified 11 athletes implicated in the Operation Puerto doping saga.

Alejandro Valverde is among a small number of cyclists involved to have ever been outed, as well as Tour de France

Paris 2024 and Dakar 2022 have signed a wide-ranging agreement, leading to extensive cooperation between organisers of the two Games.

Commonwealth Games are expected to follow.Another goal is a strengthening in relations between athletes from France

) September 18, 2019"This cooperation agreement marks the start of an ambitious partnership between France

 "It is the first such initiative in conjunction with the IOC, and France and Senegal are thrilled

Fabien Lamirault of France recovered from a faltering start at the Para European Table Tennis Championships

Lis, who also upset the odds in the quarter-finals as he ousted defending champion Maxime Thomas of France

Defending champions Russia regained momentum today after their opening defeat at the Blind Football European Championships in Rome, defeating Greece 4-0.

The Russians were surprised the previous day, beaten 2-0 by France in their opening Group A match

draw in their Group B match.Then England, who had beaten Germany 1-0 in their opener, drew 0-0 with France

Russia's Gleb Bakshi stunned middleweight top seed Arlen López of Cuba here at the International Boxing Association (AIBA) Men's World Championships.

 In the flyweights, Billal Bennama of France knocked England's Commonwealth Games champion Galal

The Thai Amateur Weightlifting Association (TAWA) will find out next week if it can send its athletes to the 2019 Southeast Asian Games in The Philippines, despite a self-imposed exile from its home World Championships here for multiple doping offences.

Olympics, though none of the "clean" Thai lifters is well placed in the rankings.According to Agence France-Presse

World Rugby chairman Sir Bill Beaumont is confident that the 2019 Rugby World Cup will be one of the great editions on every level, with more than 96 per cent of tickets for the event now sold.

suffered many hardships," Organising Committee chairman Fujio Mitarai was reported as saying by Agence France-Presse

Reigning champions Japan maintained their perfect record at the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship in Iran, defeating Pakistan 3-0 in the first of their second stage classification round matches.

Stožice Arena in Ljubljana,The Championships are being staged for the first time across four countries – France

Uzbekistan's two-time Asian super heavyweight champion Bakhodir Jalolov impressed in his first bout here at the International Boxing Championships (AIBA) Men's World Championships. 

nbsp;Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games champion, Frazer Clarke of England, overcame Mourad Aliev of France

Defending champions Russia lost their opening match as the Blind Football European Championships began in Rome today.

The Russian team were beaten 2-0 by France in their Group A match at the Tre Fontaine Paralympic Preparation

enough to get England off to a winning start, but they will need to be in top form as they take on France

England's Galal Yafai recorded a unanimous victory at the International Boxing Association (AIBA) Men's World Championships to stun flyweight top seed and defending champion Yosvany Veitía of Cuba.

 He now faces Billal Bennama of France, who caused shockwaves around the venue when he knocked home