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France on brink of progress at FIFA Women's World Cup after win over Norway

  • Football

Hosts France edged past Norway 2-1 to top Group A and inch closer to a place in the knockout rounds of

Playing in front of a near capacity crowd of 34,872 at Allianz Riviera in Nice, France lacked the dominance

 Valerie Gauvin put France ahead seconds after the restart but the equaliser soon arrived, Wendie

 However, France were handed a lifeline when Marion Torrent was fouled in the box by Ingrid Systad

FIFA Women's World Cup ©Getty ImagesWith South Korea losing 2-0 to Nigeria in the other Group A clash, France



Twelve countries secure team places for Tokyo 2020 at World Archery Championships

  • Archery

Twelve countries have qualified at least one team to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games as recurve quarter-finalists at the 2019 World Archery Championships in 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands.

12, 2019The eight losing countries in the men's second round were Bangladesh, Japan, Italy, Turkey, France

States and Ukraine.Those suffering defeat in the women's second round were Spain, Japan, Italy, Mexico, France


Belgium's van Aert wins stage four of Critérium du Dauphiné as crash rules Froome out of Tour de France

  • Cycling

Former cyclo-cross world champion Wout van Aert of Belgium sprung a huge surprise in beating the time trial specialists to claim his first victory of the 2019 season in stage four of the Critérium du Dauphiné.

crashing during a practice ride.He would have been chasing a record-equalling fifth victory in the Tour de France

He crashed in the downhill section of the course at high speed," team principal Dave Brailsford told France

Clearly, he won't be at the start of the Tour de France."



Surfing at 2024 Olympics to take place outside of Paris as artificial wave idea rejected

  • Paris 2024

It has been confirmed here that the surfing event at 2024 Olympic Games will take place at a natural location, ruling out the possibility of the competition taking place using an artificial wave in Paris.

We are very lucky to have several natural sites that can be used in France."

Surfing Association World Longboard Surfing Championships this month.The seaside town in southwestern France


Esports to offer "unique experience" at Paris 2024 Olympic Games

  • Paris 2024

Esports is still on track to appear at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games as a side event according to Organising Committee President Tony Estanguet, who claims it will be a "unique experience" for fans.

meetings here, intended to reflect the Organising Committee's desire to organise a Games for all of France

We have made the goal of engaging with the sports movement, the public authorities and the people of France



David Owen: Given Tokyo 2020’s stellar performance, should it worry us that Paris 2024 may reach the five-years-to-go milestone with only one confirmed sponsor?

  • Inside the Blogs

On July 2, 2015 in Tokyo, Tsunekazu Takeda, President of the Japanese Olympic Committee, told me that Tokyo 2020 had already hit its ¥150 billion (£1.09 billion/$1.38 billion/€1.2 billion) domestic sponsorship target – more than five years in advance.

President Emmanuel Macron’s recent proposal to shut down the elite École Nationale d’Administration, France



Paris 2024 IOC Coordination Commission chair Beckers-Vieujant stresses importance of visiting Marseille

  • Paris 2024

Pierre-Olivier Beckers-Vieujant, chair of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission for Paris 2024, highlighted the importance of visiting Marseille, claiming that it helped fulfill the French capital's promise to organise an Olympic and Paralympic Games for all. 

We really want to engage all of the population, we want to have on board the second biggest city in France



Ireland and South Korea reach FIH Series Finals last four with perfect pool records

  • Hockey

Hosts Ireland are through to the semi-finals of the International Hockey Federation Series Finals in Banbridge after thrashing Singapore 11-0.

South Korea, who completed a clean sweep of Pool B thanks to a late winner from Kang-Ji-na. against France

Ukraine.Sarah Jamieson, Fiona Semple, Charlotte Watson and Nikki Alexander-Lloyd netted for Scotland, who like France

means Scotland are set to play Czech Republic for the right to face Ireland in the semi-finals, while France