Japan's Akane Yamaguchi shocked top seed Chen Yufei of China to reach the women's singles final at the Badminton Asia Championships in Wuhan.

in this tournament last year and had high expectations of winning,” said Chen, according to Agence France-Presse

Rafael Santonja – President of the International Federation of Fitness and Bodybuilding – says the IFBB PRO-League, whose promoter Eric Favre was reportedly arrested earlier this month amid allegations of trafficking doping products, is “confusing the public through a false association of its activities to the IFBB”.

States, stated it was "in shock" at the cancellation.Eric Favre, reported to have been arrested in France

“On last April 11, the NPC's representative for France was arrested at his home as part of an extensive

investigation into anabolic trafficking, just before the beginning of their event in Nice (France) that

The United States will contest the recurve and compound mixed team titles at the Archery World Cup in Medellin.

reached the mixed team recurve final at the Archery World Cup in Medellin ©World ArcheryChina will face France

The Liège-Bastogne-Liège race – which will take place for the 105th time tomorrow – is the oldest of the five Monuments of the European professional road cycling calendar and as such is known as La Doyenne, translated as The Old Lady.

Belgium’s Eddy Merckx.But there are strong challengers everywhere, including Team Sky’s 2018 Tour de France

Third-seeded Czech Petra Kvitová battled back from a set down to beat Latvia’s Anastasija Sevastova as she progressed to the semi-finals of the Stuttgart Open.

It was really difficult today but I am very happy to be in the semi-final," Kvitová told Agence France-Presse

The International Cycling Union (UCI) BMX Supercross World Cup season is set to begin in Manchester this weekend, giving all participants an opportunity to score valuable Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualification points in two separate races.

revamped indoor track is due to be held tomorrow and will be followed by round two on Sunday (April 28).France

UYqnBp1cwc— UCI BMX Supercross (@UCI_BMX_SX) April 26, 2019Joris Daudet joins André in representing France

World champion Lin Junmin and Zicheng Hui secured China's first gold medals at the International Shooting Sport Federation Rifle and Pistol World Cup in Beijing.

Hui topped the podium in the 10m air rifle final ©ISSFOlympic silver medallist Jean Quiquampoix of France

The International Cycling Union (UCI) Mountain Bike Downhill World Cup season is set to begin tomorrow in the Slovenian city of Maribor. 

 France will be represented in the men's competition, however, with Amaury Pierron returning to

Youngster Melanie Gaubil of France progressed to her first career medal match after reaching the women's

World number one Ali Farag came from two games down to defeat fellow Egyptian Tarek Momen in the men's semi-final of the El Gouna International Squash Open.

an all-Egyptian final, with Nouran Gohar triumphing 11-1, 6-11, 11-5, 11-4 against Camille Serme of France

Nigeria secured the maiden international victory by an African member association against France at the

Nigeria, the first African nation to compete at this level, defeated France 8-5 as part of the Group

Eight of the best emerging men’s teams in the world are primed and ready for the first of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Series Finals which start in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow.

The two other men’s Series Finals will be in Bhubaneswar, India from June 6 to 16, and Le Touquet, in France

A tense final day of round-robin action is in prospect at the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships tomorrow, with 13 of the 16 available play-off slots still to be decided.

take-out on two Chinese stones to win and keep her team’s qualification hopes alive.Meanwhile, Italy beat France

Lausanne 2020 have announced the design for next year’s Winter Youth Olympic Games following a competition run by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Samsung tablet.The judges selected two runner-up designs, with second place given to Johan Poizat from France

the Stuttgart Open because of an injury to her left hip incurred while playing for Romania against France