Dylan Groenewegen, riding for Jumbo-Visma, became the first man to put on the yellow jersey at the 2019 Paris-Nice as the first major stage race of the season got underway today.

La Mondiale's Romain Bardet is among the favourites for the general classification on home soil in France

Spain produced the shock result on day one of the World Rugby Canada Sevens, beating New Zealand for the first time in their history.

bUu9p1Sy4b— World Rugby Sevens (@WorldRugby7s) March 10, 2019Either side of their loss the Kiwis thrashed France

after also falling to a shock defeat against hosts Canada 26-19.Meanwhile in the third upset of the day France

in the other quarter-finals South Africa will play Argentina after winning Pool A, Samoa will play France

Olympic champion Cassie Sharpe won the women's ski halfpipe title on a bumper day of action across the Freestyle Skiing and Snowboard World Cups in Mammoth Mountain.

of 95.20.Canada's Simon D'Artois was the silver medallist on 93.80 as Thomas Krief took bronze for France

Four more International Judo Federation (IJF) Marrakech Grand Prix gold medallists were crowned on day two in Morocco as four different anthems were played.

scores to win her fourth Grand Prix bronze medal.Paris Grand Slam silver medallist Margaux Pinot of France

American Championships gold medallist Antoine Bouchard of Canada, who defeated Guillaume Chaine of France

Julian Alaphilippe became the first French rider to win the men's Strade Bianche as he triumphed at the spring classic race in Italy.

rival late on to win by two seconds.Alaphilippe, who won the mountains classification at the Tour de France

Norway's Johannes Thingnes Bø secured his second gold medal of the International Biathlon Union World Championships as he powered to victory in the men's sprint in Östersund.

ban in 2014, completed the 10 kilometres course in 24:50.9 to take silver.Quentin Fillon Maillet of France

Egyptian Mohamed Elshorbagy will aim to bounce back from his disappointment at the recent World Championships with a successful title defence at the Professional Squash Association Canary Wharf Classic in London.

semi-finals at the World Championships, is the second seed and will take on either Mathieu Castagnet of France

France's Benjamin Cavet saw off a Japanese challenge to be crowned men's moguls champion at the Krasnoyarsk 2019 Winter Universiade here today.

and Natalie Jurcova finished six seconds down to take the silver medal for the Czech Republic, with France

Jacob Birtwhistle outsprinted Eli Hemming of the United States to earn mixed relay gold for Australia at the opening World Triathlon Series event of 2019 in Abu Dhabi.

International Triathlon Union's flagship circuit after a penalty imposed on the last leg had taken France

came out of the water with an 18-second lead over Birtwhistle as Germany were challenged for bronze by France

Lambert Maltock has been elected permanent President of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) as FIFA head Gianni Infantino sent a warning to members of the continental body following a string of scandals in the region.

Congress in Auckland ©OFC"It's vital that OFC turns the page," Infantino said, according to Agence France-Presse

Uzbekistan won two gold medals on day one of the International Judo Federation (IJF) Grand Prix in Marrakech.

bronze.France's world number one Amandine Buchard Nordmeyer ensured the under-52kg went to form ©IJFSpain, France

nailed Romania's Monica Ungureanu with waza-ari to capture the under-48kg title.Melanie Clement of France

The United States will aim to extend their lead on the overall standings when the World Rugby Sevens Series resumes in Vancouver this weekend.

New Zealand will go up against France, Australia and Spain in Pool C, while Pool B features Fiji, hosts

Tiesj Benoot of Lotto-Soudal has recovered from his recent crash and will seek a second consecutive victory in the Strade Bianche race - part of the International Cycling Union (UCI) WorldTour - that starts and finishes in Siena tomorrow.

team-mate Tim Wellens is also expected to challenge strongly.Also in the field will be British Tour de France

A row over equal pay for the national women's football team in the United States has been escalated after 28 players from the current pool filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the US Soccer Federation.

filing of the class-action lawsuit comes just three months before the Women's World Cup takes place in France

Home favourite Despina Georgiadou will face top seed Sofya Velikaya of Russia in the last-64 of the International Fencing Federation (FIE) Women’s Sabre World Cup in Athens after coming through direct elimination today. 

Velikaya, the world number one and Rio 2016 Olympic silver medallist.Second seed Cecilia Berder of France

the FIE Grand Prix épée competition for men started at the BOK Hall.World number one Yannick Borel of France