France’s Paralympic champion Marie Bochet finished the World Para Alpine Skiing World Cup at La Molina today with a perfect record after winning her eighth consecutive race in this season’s series.

winner on the day as he and his guide, Maros Hudik, won the men’s visually impaired race in 1:50.92.France

Tsunekazu Takeda is set to resign as President of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) following bribery allegations linked to the successful bid from Tokyo 2020, it has been reported.

influential International Olympic Committee (IOC) member, Takeda was indicted on corruption charges in France

The International Basketball Association (FIBA) 2019 World Cup draw has been made in the Chinese city of Shenzhen with the country set to host the competition in August and September.

against Turkey, the Czech Republic and Japan.Shenzhen will host Group G, made up of Dominican Republic, France

American fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad has criticised attitudes in France towards the hijab, a debate becoming

running" - a nylon hood designed to allow Muslim women to cover their hair while exercising - after France

becoming the first female Muslim-American athlete to earn a medal at the Olympics.During a visit to France

 "I'll be in my Nike pro hijab every damn day," Muhammad told Agence France-Presse (AFP)."

It's sad to me that France has not joined the global conversation around inclusivity, around diversity

Italy’s triple Mediterranean Games champion Lara Mori topped qualifying in the women’s floor today as action continued at the International Gymnastics Federation Individual Apparatus World Cup in Baku.

medallist, topped balance beam qualifying.She scored 13.466 points to finish ahead of Marine Boyer from France

Germany and Britain have been announced by the International Canoe Federation (ICF) as the hosts of 2023 World Championships, events which will double as qualifiers for the following year's Olympic Games in Paris.

canoe slalom programme in 2021 will head into the sport's heartland, with World Cups in Germany, Spain, France

, which will join Markkleeberg in Germany, Prague in the Czech Republic, La Seu in Spain and Pau in France

 The 2021 ICF Canoe Wildwater World Cups will be held In Treignac in France and Banja Luka in Bosnia

Germany’s Angelique Kerber defeated Venus Williams to reach the semi-finals at the Indian Wells Masters in California.

after a 12-match winning streak, including a quarter-final win over Karolína Plíšková.Gael Monfils of France

Russia's two-time champions, Team Junost Junior, will defend their title at the International Skating Union's World Junior Synchronized Skating Championships in Neuchâtel in Switzerland, starting tomorrow.

Synchronized Skating Championships in Neuchâtel ©ISUTeams from Australia, Croatia, Czech Republic, France

The stars of the International Judo Federation's World Tour are set to be out in force at the Ekaterinburg Grand Slam this week, with Georgia's Gela Zaalishvili being one of a new generation of young judoka ready to build on already high reputations.

-70kg to under-78kg last year.She already holds wins over former world champions Audrey Tcheumeo of France

meeting between 31-year-old Olympic bronze medallist and four-times Grand Slam winner Cyrille Maret of France

A day of sprint biathlon racing at the World Para Nordic Skiing World Cup Finals in Sapporo in  Japan saw the same three Paralympic sitting champions finish on the podium as in the previous day's full race - but in a different order - as Ukraine's Taras Rad took gold.

Paralympics Nordic Skiing (@USParaNordic) March 14, 2019The men's standing race went to Benjamin Daviet of France

Konashuk, who recorded 19:18.0.The men's visually impaired race was won in 20:06.9 by Anthony Chalencon of France

Britain's Simon Yates produced a defiant performance to win his first career time trial on today's stage five of Paris-Nice - on a day when his 26-year-old twin brother, Adam, took up the overall lead of the Tirreno-Adriatico in Italy.

stages, one undulating test and three mountain days, Paris-Nice 2019 - which concludes in the south of France

Great Britain's Kadeena Cox showed her class yet again to win gold in the women's C4 500 metres time trial at the International Cycling Union Para Track World Championships in Apeldoorn in The Netherlands.

, who defended her title.She sealed the gold medal comfortably in 36.464, while Marie Patouillet of France

Switzerland's Theo Gmur, Paralympic champion in the men's standing giant slalom, succeeded at the third attempt in beating France's 18-year-old world champion Arthur Bauchet at the World Para Alpine Skiing World Cup at the Spanish resort of La Molina.

Perrine, who is guide by Bobbi Kelly, clocking 2:00.63.In the women's standing class Marie Bochet of France

with France's Hyacinthe Deleplace taking silver in 1:53.58 with guide Maxime Jourdan.Thomas Civade of France

Denmark's Magnus Cort, of Astana Pro Team, won the fourth stage of the Paris-Nice today as the overall lead in the general classification passed from Dutch sprint specialist Dylan Groenewegen of Jumbo-Vista to Michal Kwaitkoski of Poland and Team Sky.

year's winner Kwiatkowski is contesting Paris-Nice, the event has attracted team-mate and 2018 Tour de France

The official poster for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France has been unveiled at the Galerie Celal

tickets for all group matches are available from €9 (£7.70/$10.20), apart from the opening match between France