The pools for this year's Rugby League World Cup 9s event have been confirmed during the official launch of the tournament in Parramatta within Greater Western Sydney.

Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the United States and hosts Australia, while Group B comprises England, France

Facebook Asia-Pacific has a launched a new campaign aimed at drawing advertisers to the platform for next year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo.

conducted in April of this year and covered 9,137 people aged between 18 and 64 across Australia, Brazil, France

Britain’s Emily Benham Kvåle won her fifth World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships (WMTBOC) medal and second gold as sprint racing in and around the town of Viborg opened Denmark’s first hosting of the event.

Championships in Viborg ©IOFMedvedev won in 22:27, with Foliforov a second behind and Yoann Courtois of France

France won three golds and Italy and the Czech Republic took two each on the final day of the International

France regained the Men's Junior World Handball Championship crown courtesy of a 28-23 victory over Croatia

In front of a crowd of 2,200 at El Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas in Vigo, an impressive France side

#Spain2019 #handtastic pic.twitter.com/NzgmQD9OdV— IHF (@ihf_info) July 28, 2019But France ultimately

Japan won gold in both women's events on the final day of competition at the International Judo Federation (IJF) Zagreb Grand Prix today.

Iryna Kindzerska claimed bronze.The 78kg division was won by Mami Umeki, who beat Fanny Posvite of France

Georgia in controversial circumstances.Umeki Mami of Japan scores with accuracy as she throws Posvite of France

van't End.The men's 100kg category was won by Canada's Shady Elnahas, who defeated Alexandre Iddir of France

Egan Bernal became the first Colombian winner and youngest champion for 110 years at the Tour de France

people who had gathered to watch the processional stage in his native Colombia.It is the seventh Tour de France

Russia topped the elite medal table at the International Federation of Muaythai Amateur (IFMA) World Championships with 20 medals, seven of them gold.

Ovsep Aslanyan of Russia.Elsewhere, in the men's over-91kg, Buğra Tugay Erdoğan overcame Amine Kebir of France

Chinese Olympic Committee (COC) vice-president Liu Guoyong has warned the country is facing "serious challenges" if it wants to stay in the top three on the Tokyo 2020 Olympics medal table.

 "France, as the next Olympics host, has done a lot in preparation and lay-out.

Italian crews were in stunning form at the World Rowing Under-23 Championships as they won five gold medals on the first day of finals in Sarasota-Bradenton.

US.Giulio Acernese, Francesco Squadrone, Giacomo Costa and Alberto Zamariola captured the men's title over France

France, the 2015 champions, set up a showdown with Croatia at the Men's Junior World Handball Championship

Switzerland’s 22-year-old Sina Frei retained her women’s under-23 title in Brno on the penultimate day of the European Cycling Union (UEC) Mountain Bike European Championships.

14sec.Silver went to Austria’s Laura Stigger, who finished in 1:15:28, with bronze going to Loana Lecompte of France

Olympic silver medallist Alise Willoughby of the United States recovered from a crash to clinch the women's title as Dutchman Twan van Gendt triumphed in the men's event at the International Cycling Union BMX World Championships in Heusden-Zolder in Belgium.

while Smulders, the leader in the World Cup standings, finished the course in 35.146.Axelle Etienne of France

2015 world champion, was forced to settle for silver in 35.454.Defending champion Sylvain André of France

Russia finished the Summer European Youth Olympic Festival with 28 gold medals – more than twice the number of the nearest nation, as competition finished in Baku today.

Germany by a single point, 29-28, to win the boys’ handball title, while the girls’ gold medal went to France

the Netherlands 23-21.In the boys’ basketball final, Spain beat Turkey 65-52, and in the girls’ final France

with an effort of 63.09m, and Grigoris Nikolaou won the boys’ triple jump with 15.45m.Lea Vendome of France

Another two individual gold medals for Czech Martina Satkova and a golden double for Italy’s Cecilia Panato were the highlights on the penultimate day of competition at the ICF Junior and Under-23 Wildwater Canoe World Championships in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Belgium, with Kilian Meersmans winning the men’s junior kayak classic race.There was also gold for France