respectively, as action began today at the International Cycling Union Mountain Bike World Cup in Les Gets in France

Italy head coach Angela Adamoli has admitted she is expecting a competitive tournament when Lignano hosts the latest leg of the International Basketball Federation 3x3 Women's Series this weekend.

FIBA3x3 (@FIBA3x3) July 12, 2019It means none of the three teams to have claimed victory this year – France

Home favourite Sascha Lehmann won the men’s lead event at the season-opening International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) Climbing World Cup in Villars-Sur-Ollon in Switzerland.

Elizaveta Ivanova rounded off the podium.The next IFSC World Cup is due to take place in Chamonix in France

Poland and Russia won their pool matches against Iran and France, respectively, to secure their place

hosts the United States also reached the semi-finals before even playing their last Pool A match as France

as they shut down France ?? with a marvelous block - 20 points in three sets! ?

— Volleyball World (@FIVBVolleyball) 12 July 2019Defending champions Russia’s defence shone against France

China completed a set of seven gold medals from seven available at the Naples 2019 Summer Universiade as the table tennis concluded here.

South Korea after the bout finished scoreless.World Championship bronze medallist Marie-Paule Ble of France

Italy's Luminosa Bogliolo set two personal bests as she became Summer Universiade 100 metres hurdles champion at San Paolo Stadium.

that run with 12.79 in the final.Finland's Reetta Hurske took silver in 13.02 with Coralie Comte of France

Belgium’s Dylan Teuns won stage six of the Tour de France as Italy’s Giulio Ciccone moved to the top

Planche des Belles Filles.It was left to Teuns, who rides for Bahrain-Merida, to claim his maiden Tour de France

#TDF2019 pic.twitter.com/XsVBmzujQF— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 11, 2019"The yellow jersey was my

The draw for this year's Blind Football European Championships has been made in host city Rome.

European champions after beating Spain on penalties in the 2017 final in Berlin, are in Group B alongside France

Back-to-back world champions Poland defeated reigning Olympic gold medallists Brazil as the final round of the International Volleyball Federation Men's Nations League began in Chicago.

Hosts United States were also victorious on day one as they saw off France at the Credit Union 1 Arena.Poland

 Hosts United States began with a victory over France in four sets ©Getty Images"It wasn't a very

The top two sides from each pool will qualify for the semi-finals.Tomorrow's matches see France take

on Russia in Pool A in a repeat of the 2018 final.Russia won that match in straight sets so France will

We have to play a little smarter than today," said France captain Benjamin Toniutti."

Names of athletes implicated in the long-running Operation Puerto saga will not be published when the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Intelligence and Investigations (I&I) department complete an identification process.

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

After his defence of the Wimbledon men's singles title had ended in the quarter-finals in 2017, where he was defeated by Sam Querrey of the United States, Andy Murray corrected an American journalist at the post-match press conference.

one of the features of this year's Championships.After their second round win over Fabrice Martin of France

Panipak Wongpattanakit of Thailand added a Summer Universiade title to a growing medal chest as she won the women's under-49 kilograms taekwondo title at Palazzetto dello Sport in Casoria.

starting blocks on her way to 50m freestyle gold at Piscina Scandone ©Naples 2019Magda Wiet-Henin of France

European champions France secured a dramatic overtime victory over Russia to win the latest leg of the

Migna Touré scored the match-winning point in the additional period to hand France a 15-14 triumph.The

@Lokossoo with the clutch finish for France in overtime to win in Ekaterinburg! ??

pic.twitter.com/V1IDeTOLwW— FIBA3x3 (@FIBA3x3) July 10, 2019Caroline Heriaud chipped in with two as France

Slovakia’s Peter Sagan claimed his first victory of this year's Tour de France as he sprinted to win

win with the green jersey, worn by the leader in the points competition.It is also his 12th Tour de France

#TDF2019 pic.twitter.com/rKs5qneLB1— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 10, 2019France's Julian Alaphilippe

The draw for the Asia/Oceania and Europe/Africa qualifying competitions for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic women's softball tournament has been made in Lausanne.

Africa.European champions Italy, the world number nine side, have been placed in Group B alongside France