The best fencers in Europe are gathering in Düsseldorf for the 2019 European Fencing Championships, as the build-up to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics intensifies.

respective titles.The following day will witness the men's épée and women's foil, with Yannick Borel of France

champions.The final day of competition sees the men's team sabre and women's team épée, where Hungary and France

in Paris in eight days as he defeated world number one Shingo Kunieda to win the BNP Paribas Open de France

After waiting 20 years for a gold medal at the World Archery Championships, Chinese Taipei secured their second within 24 hours as they defeated South Korea 6-2 to win the women's recurve team title in 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands.

the compound women's crown, the country's first title since winning gold in the same event in Riom, France

Mexico and Canada both enjoyed big victories in Group A as the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football Gold Cup opened in the United States.

tournament has faced criticism as the final on July 7 clashes with the FIFA Women's World Cup final in France

Hosts France overwhelmed Ukraine 9-1 on the first day of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Series

in the third quarter.A final onslaught came through Simon Martin-Brisac on his 100th appearance for France

Canada and the United States qualified for next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo as New Zealand continued their pursuit of a fifth overall title by reaching the quarter-finals of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series event in Biarritz.

past China 36-5 and went on to edge out Fiji 14-12 in a low-scoring contest before a 19-7 win against France

Spain 31-14 and Canada 27-14.Australia will face Spain again in the last eight, while Canada take on France

Ukraine clinched a maiden FIFA U-20 World Cup title by battling back from a goal down to defeat South Korea 3-1 in the final in Łódź.

bottom corner.Ukraine’s victory continues Europe’s recent run of success at the age group event, with France

Wout Poels dedicated his stage-seven victory at the Critérium du Dauphiné to injured team mate Chris Froome as Denmark’s Jakob Fuglsang moved into the overall lead.

Dutchman later dedicated his victory to Froome, who crashed out of the race and the upcoming Tour de France

Iran and Russia climbed above France into first and second place, respectively, in the International

Laetitia Guapo starred for France as they thrashed hosts Italy 19-6 to win the second leg of the International

Amsterdam in the Netherlands on Tuesday (June 18).Torrential rain suspended play yesterday, leaving both France

by defeating Canada for the second time in two days, running out 16-14 winners in the last four.Team France

in the semi-finals, with seven points contributing to a 16-12 victory against the US.Having lost to France

Britain secured glory at the International Triathlon Union (ITU) World Mixed Relay Series in Nottingham as they finished more than half a minute clear of Switzerland to claim gold.

 "In triathlon things can go wrong so quickly –  and I didn’t want that to happen.”France collected

gained in transition.A junior world duathlon champion, Dijkstra set off ahead of Dorian Coninx from France

Gustavo Fernández will meet world number one Shingo Kunieda in the final of the BNP Paribas Open de France

I won the semifinals here in France beating world nr 3 Koji ??!!

Ireland and South Korea have qualified for the International Hockey Federation Women's Olympic Qualifiers after reaching the final of the FIH Series Finals in Banbridge in Northern Ireland.

Eun-bi.Malaysia and Czech Republic will contest a third-place playoff with the fifth-place playoff between France

During a two-day visit to Marseille from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission for the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics, the extent to which the Organising Committee is attempting to engage the French population with the Games became evident.

the whole premise of Paris 2024 revolves around creating an Olympic and Paralympic Games for all of France

fixtures in great numbers.This is because the Women’s World Cup is not being adequately promoted in France

between England and Scotland was only attended by 13,188 supporters ©Getty ImagesDuring my week in France

These were mainly the games featuring France, but they were not given the full matchday treatment.

track to avoid the mistakes of their counterparts in charge of the current major sporting event in France

Torrential rain in Turin led to the overnight suspension of three matches at the International Basketball Federation 3x3 Women's Series event.

In Pool A, the hotly-anticipated clash between the United States and France will be held over, along

Italy – with the quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals due to start tomorrow afternoon.The US and France

under their belts in Pool A and their match tomorrow will decide the group winner.Number one seeds France

were overshadowed by team mates Laetitia Guapo and Ana Maria Filip, who scored four points each as France