India's Saurav Ghosal and Hong Kong's Annie Au both won comfortably their opening matches at the Asian Individual Squash Championships in Kuala Lumpur. 

Scotland 3-0 and Wales 2-1 on the opening day of competition.The defending champions in the men's event, France

A host of the world's top biathletes are set to compete at the first edition of the Martin Fourcade Nordic Festival in Annecy later this year.

Norwegian will be joined by fellow biathletes such as Germany's Benedikt Doll, Quentin Fillon-Maillet of France

 "I hope that all Nordic ski fans and the general public of Annecy and France will be curious to

Six nations, all from Europe, have thrown their hat into the ring to host the International Skating Union’s 2022 World Figure Skating Championships.

attracted six applicants for the following year, namely Minsk in Belarus, Sofia in Bulgaria, Montpellier in France

Slovenia’s Jan Tratnik won the prologue event as action began today at the Tour of Romandie in Switzerland.

Emirates was third in the same time.Germany's Tony Martin of Team Jumbo-Visma and Great Britain's Tour de France

France and England will defend the respective men’s and women’s titles at the European Team Squash Championships

Despite the absence of the injured Greg Gaultier, France are top seeds as they seek a fourth title in

England's winning run in the European Team Squash Championships this week ©Getty ImagesSecond seeds France

“France and Germany are the obvious threat but I’m confident the boys will be able to reach for that

Wales and Switzerland.England’s women are in Pool A with the Netherlands, Wales and Scotland, while France

Malaysia had a profitable day in men’s qualifying at the Badminton World Federation’s New Zealand Open as Chong Wei Feng and Soong Joo Ven secured two of the four places for tomorrow’s first-round matches at Eventfinda Stadium in Auckland.

Zealand Open, will start his tournament with a first-round match tomorrow against Bryce Leverdez of France

’s singles, with his colleague Tommy Sugiarto the second seed.Ginting will play Bryce Leverdez from France

Australian Paralympic athlete Rosemary Little overcame the odds to break through for her first gold medal in women’s seated shot put at the Arafura Games.

and bronze medals in the 200m and 100m finals at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France

A live-streamed draw in Lausanne tonight determined the 12 teams that will contest the World Baseball Softball Confederation’s Americas Championship later this year – a tournament which will offer two teams a gateway to Tokyo 2020.

for the World Baseball Softball Confederation’s Americas Championships ©WBSCAfter a draw conducted by France

Lausanne 2020 and Geneva Airport have formalised their partnership to welcome 1,880 athletes to Switzerland for next year’s Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG). 

French-speaking dimension as the competitions will take place in various cantons as well as in neighbouring France

Logan added: "Geneva Airport will be the official gateway for an entire region, from neighbouring France

Track’athlon has not been replaced on the programme for the Dynamic New Athletics (DNA) event at the Minsk 2019 European Games, as organisers confirmed the 24 participating countries.

the 24 countries taking part, alongside Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Spain, Estonia, France

Top seed Brady Ellison triumphed in the men’s recurve final at the season-opening Archery World Cup in Medellin.

third South Korean gold of the day came in the women’s recurve final, as their team thrashed Italy 6-0.France

over the United States in the mixed recurve final.China claimed the bronze medal with a 5-3 win over France

The coach of the Italy men’s university football team, Daniele Arrigoni, is hopeful of home success at the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples.

Mexico and Ukraine.Among those hoping to thwart them will be defending champions Japan, who defeated France

Slovenia's Primož Roglič will begin the defence of his Tour of Romandie title in Switzerland tomorrow as the season moves towards its biggest stage races.

International Cycling Union (UCI) World Tour which concludes in Geneva on Sunday (May 5).Reigning Tour de France

Tour of Romandie that starts tomorrow in Switzerland ©Getty ImagesThe field includes Britain’s Tour de France

World champion Kento Momota retained his title as Akane Yamaguchi became the first Japanese winner of the women's singles crown on the final day of the Badminton Asia Championships in Wuhan.

women's singles champion from Japan is not that important to me," said Yamaguchi, according to Agence France-Presse

Shingo Kunieda claimed a record ninth International Tennis Federation (ITF) Japan Open title with victory over Frenchman Stephane Houdet in the men's singles final in Iizuka.

since Jske Griffioen achieved the feat in 2011.The next ITF Super Series event is due to be held in France