World Para Alpine Skiing's inaugural mixed team competition at their World Cup Finals in Morzine in France

China begun the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships with a thumping 5-0 victory over Macau on day one of the tournament in Hong Kong.

reaching the quarter-finals.Elsewhere, the Badminton Federation Orleans Masters also begun today in France

The International Cycling Union Tirreno-Adriatico World Tour event was decided by just 0.31 seconds today, with Slovenia’s Primoz Roglic getting the better of Great Britain’s Adam Yates in the final time trial.

unbelievably close,”  said Roglic, a former ski jumper who finished fourth in last year’s Tour de France

Olympic and world champions will take to the ice for the International Skating Union (ISU) World Figure Skating Championships in Saitama, where action is due to begin tomorrow.

pairs event promises to be exciting with 2019 European champions Vanessa James and Morgan Cipres of France

FIFA has received a record nine expressions of interest in hosting the Women’s World Cup in 2023 with a joint effort from North and South Korea among them.

edition of the FIFA Women’s World Cup was held in China in 1991.This year’s event is due to take place in France

The Hungarian Olympic Committee (HOC) is among the 20 founders of a new global organisation of umpires, which was formed at the Peace Palace in The Hague.

said.A predecessor to the IFSO, l'Association Française du Corps Arbitral Multisports, was founded in France

Tsunekazu Takeda will resign as President of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) following bribery allegations linked to the successful bid from Tokyo 2020.

Takeda's position first came under scrutiny in January after it emerged he had been indicted in France

Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Lamine Diack, who is currently being held in France

payments were directed to the elder Diack, an influential voting IOC member at the time.Authorities in France

Para Alpine Skiing season will begin tomorrow when the World Cup Finals get under way in Morzine in France

World Cup champion in her division and will retain her title this weekend.Also likely to do well for France

Haitian Taekwondo Federation (FHTKD) President Frenel Ostin has claimed the sport in the country is "on its way to success" following the participation of a full team in a competition for the first time at a Pan American Games qualifier.

competed in the men's over-80kg division.Louissaint lost to eventual silver medallist Haby Niaré of France

Dramatic concluding victories for Russia in the men’s two heaviest categories at the International Judo Federation Grand Prix in Ekaterinburg lifted Russia to the top of the final medals table.

Davydova in the women’s under-63kg category, saw the hosts finish top of the medals table, with Israel and France

category, the over-78kg.Altheman saw off The Hague Grand Prix bronze medallist Anne Fatoumata M’Bairo of France

FIFA has confirmed the full line-up of participating countries who will compete at the first-ever FIFA eNations Cup, which it has revealed will be hosted in London on April 13 and 14. 

the FIFA eNations Cup 2019 are: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China PR, Denmark, England, Finland, France

Norway completed a clean sweep of relay events at the International Biathlon Union World Championships as Marte Olsbu Røiseland and then Johannes Thingnes Bø brought home gold in the women’s and men’s races.

lead.Germany took silver, 38.1sec back, through Erik Lesser, Roman Rees, Arnd Peiffer and Benedikt Doll.After France

Russia’s Darya Davydova delivered a first gold medal for the host nation at the International Judo Federation (IJF) Grand Slam in Ekaterinburg today.

under-70kg event to win the second IJF Grand Slam title of her career ©IJFTop-ranked Marie Eve Gahie of France

Japan's Taiki Kawayoke delighted the home crowd in Sapporo after securing his first World Para Nordic Skiing World Cup victory in the men's standing middle-distance cross-country event.

24min 39.1sec.In second was Poland's Witold Skupien in 24:50.9, while three-time Paralympic champion of France

Reigning world champion Eva Samková beat Lindsey Jacobellis in a straight shoot-out for the overall International Ski Federation Women’s Snowboard Cross World Cup title at the final event of the season in Veysonnaz.

qualify.The 25-year-old Samková, who also won the Olympic title at Sochi 2014, beat Chloe Trespeuch from France