Olympic champion Alina Zagitova of Russia added the only missing title to her impressive resume by claiming the women’s gold medal at the International Skating Union (ISU) World Figure Skating Championships in Saitama in Japan.

triple flip, finishing on 222.83 points.World champions Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France

dance segment ©ISUThree-time and reigning world champions Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France

Croatia and Russia will open the 2019 Davis Cup Finals in Madrid after the International Tennis Federation (ITF) confirmed the schedule for the event.

in Group D.Hosts Spain clash with Russia in their first match on November 19, the same day top seeds France

will be held on the first four days of the finals in Madrid ©Getty ImagesTop seeds and 2018 runners up France

The delivery body of Paris 2024 has launched the call for tenders for the construction of the Olympic and Paralympic Village.

As reported by Agence France-Presse (AFP), Solideo has confirmed two lots of land located in Saint-Ouen

communes of Saint-Denis, Ile Saint-Denis and Saint-Ouen and fewer than five minutes from the Stade de France

Czech star Petra Kvitová cruised into the third round of the Miami Open as she defeated Greece's Maria Sakkari in straight sets.

through to the second round after she ousted Serbia's Dalila Jakupović 7-5, 6-3.Caroline Garcia of France

slalom gold medallists on the last day of the World Para Alpine Skiing World Cup Final in Morzine in France

Norway's Trym Nygaard Loeken won gold on home snow as the International Ski Federation Telemark World Championships began in Rjukan.

continue tomorrow with the team parallel sprint.The Speed Skiing World Championships begin in Vars in France

The winners of this year's Women’s World Cup in France will get prize money of $4 million (£3 million

support organisation of preparation matches.The women's winners will receive one-tenth of the amount France

 Details of the France 2019 payments come as a row over equal pay for the national women’s football

increasing.Orange this week joined Arkema, Crédit Agricole, EDF, Proman and SNCF in the line-up of France

The International Teqball Federation (FITEQ) has announced a commitment to maintaining its mixed gender status, making it one of the few sports in the world where women and men compete on an equal playing field.

women’s national football team has taken up teqball in the lead-up to this year's FIFA World Cup in France

down the barriers to entry for her and other women.Leading up to the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France

European countries which have not sent teams, or sent only two or three runners, to the International Association of Athletics Federations World Cross Country Championships in Aarhus on Saturday (March 30) are "moving away from the window" in terms of connecting with wider society.

total in Kampala two years ago,  a number not bettered since the 2005 version in Saint-Galmier in France

 "I am not particularly impressed, though.”While Britain, France, Spain and Denmark are sending

Five years ago, the Danish Athletics Federation effectively re-connected the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Half Marathon Championships with rank-and-file runners when they hosted an integrated – and highly successful – event in Copenhagen.

It has not been bettered since the 2005 version in Saint-Galmier, France, when 24 European nations competed.From

the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Aarhus, Denmark on Saturday ©Getty ImagesWhile Britain, France

Top seed Shingo Kunieda surged into the quarter-finals of the men's singles event at the International Tennis Federation Cajun Classic as he eased past Costa Rica's Jose Pablo Gil in Baton Rouge.

Getty ImagesBritain's Alfie Hewett is also through as the fourth seed dispatched Frederic Cattaneo of France

Marie Bochet and Arthur Bauchet both claimed standing gold medals for hosts France today at the World

Costa Rica's Jose Pablo Gil reached the second round of a wheelchair tennis Super Series tournament for the first time after claiming opening day victory at the Cajun Classic in Baton Rouge.

men's seeds received byes as action begun at the second Super Series event of 2019.Frederic Cattaneo of France

French judges have issued international arrest warrants for two former Russian athletics officials as part of an investigation into doping cover-ups, it was reported today.

A source named one of the men to Agence France-Presse as Valentin Balakhnichev, the former President

the Japanese Olympic Committee and International Olympic Committee.Takeda is being investigated in France

Highly-successful road cycling outfit Team Sky is to become Team Ineos in May.

drugs that are allowed for medical reasons to enhance performance.Sir Bradley Wiggins, the 2012 Tour de France

records.A tribunal into former team doctor Richard Freeman continues.Chris Froome, a four-time Tour de France