Europe finished on top as the first World Team Trophy in cue sports concluded today in Roissy-en-France

Europe’s men finished top of the general ranking today ahead of the Rest of the World, with France third

three-cushion Carom event, where she defeated Peru’s Jackeline Perez 25-10.In the final women’s event, France

Jenjira Stadelmann was the only home qualifier on the opening day of the Badminton World Federation Swiss Open that got underway at St. Jakobshalle in Basel.

won her match against Switzerland's Ayla Huser 21-10, 21-14.In the men's draw, Lucas Claerbrout of France

Home favourite Hanna Oeberg claimed her first-ever International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Championships gold medal today, shooting clean to win the women's 15 kilometres individual competition in Östersund.

 Late starter Justine Braisaz of France also secured her inaugural individual podium finish at the

Double world champion Jeroen Kampschreur’s revenge win in the men’s sitting event headlined a day of comebacks during the second giant slalom races at the World Para Alpine Skiing World Cup in La Molina in Spain.

World champion Arthur Bochet of France breezed to victory in the men’s standing event in 1:36.77, but

pic.twitter.com/nSGhnNdGsI— Para Alpine Skiing (@ParaAlpine) March 12, 2019There was also success for France

a further 0.01 seconds back.With yesterday’s men’s visually impaired winner Hyacinthe Deleplace of France

Home skiers Maiken Caspersen Falla and Johannes Høsflot Klaebo were triumphant in the women's and men's sprint races as the International Ski Federation Cross Country World Cup season reached the Norwegian resort of Drammen today.

winning the final with a 0.89sec advantage over team colleague Eirik Brandsdal, with Richard Jouve of France

Ireland's Sam Bennett snatched his second stage win in Paris-Nice today after the one clinched two years ago in Chalon-sur-Saone. 

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

World Karate Federation (WKF) President Antonio Espinós has claimed it is "simply not logical" to exclude the sport from the Paris 2024 programme before its Olympic Games debut at Tokyo 2020 and has vowed that the international governing body will "continue fighting until the end" for the "restoration of its honour and its athletes' rights".

sport in the programme of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games that, regardless of being a world-class power in France

France is considered a hotbed for karate ©WKFEspinós has also highlighted the "tremendous notoriety"

of karate in France as the main reason for its would-be inclusion as an additional sport at Paris 2024

.France is the number one nation in Europe and number two in the world, while the WKF claims karate boasts

There is no other country where karate is stronger than in France," Espinós added."

The first World Team Trophy in cue sports is underway in Roissy-en-France near Paris, with a new format

In the men's competition Europe defeated France 4-0, and the Rest of the World beat Asia 2-0.In the women's

France's Arthur Bauchet got off to a winning start today at the World Para Alpine Skiing World Cup in La Molina, triumphing in the first of three men's standing giant slalom contests.

 The men's visually impaired contest saw France gain their third win of the day through Hyacinthe

global Women's Football Convention will be held in Paris this June before the Women's World Cup in France

South Africa beat a resurgent France 21-12 to win the World Rugby Canada Sevens event in Vancouver, the

The two sides had never previously met in a Sevens Series final and France had not featured in a final

since 2012, making it an impressive performance for them despite their loss.Playing at the BC Place, France

third try then came from Kok on the left side of the pitch.Stephen Parez got a late consolation try for France

Dmytro Pidruchnyi of Ukraine upset a star-studded field to claim the men's pursuit gold medal as Germany's Denise Herrmann surged to victory in the women's event at the International Biathlon Union World Championships in Östersund.

World Cup season, Bø still did enough to clinch the overall seasonal crown.Quentin Fillon Maillet of France

World champions France surpassed the Olympic champions Russia to win the women's team title today at

Norway and Sweden were crowned curling champions at the Winter Universiade as bandy gold saw hosts Russia secure their 100th medal of Krasnoyarsk 2019.

Kazakhstan's Pavel Kolmakov in the final.Bronze went to yesterday's moguls winner, Benjamin Cavet of France

France's Arthur Bauchet will be the man to beat in the standing events when the penultimate World Para Alpine Skiing World Cup of the season begins in La Molina tomorrow.

same feat in La Molina.In the women’s standing class the undoubted favourite is another athlete from France