Russia's Nikita Avtaneev saved the best run of the men's snowboard halfpipe final until last as he clinched a dramatic gold medal at the Winter Universiade here.

their compatriots Sofia Evdokimova and Egor Bazin with 181.33.Adelina Galyavieva and Louis Thauron of France

Top seeded pair Taylor Crabb and Jacob Gibb of the United States won their second round match today to stay on target for the men's quarter finals of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Beach Volleyball World Tour three-star event in Sydney.

William Allen of the US, Mart Tiisar and Kusti Nolvak of Estonia, Youssef Krou and Edouard Rowlandson of France

Russian city Kirov will play host to the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA) Ice Climbing World Championships this weekend with a number of home athletes set to be in contention for medals.

a two-year run without a gold medal if he is to retain the title he won in Champagny-en-Vanoise in France

Paralympic silver medallist Lisa Bunschoten of The Netherlands rounded off her campaign at the latest World Para Snowboard World Cup in the Spanish resort of La Molina today by earning a fourth gold.

the World Cup.Huckaby clocked 50.98 ahead of her French rival's best of 52.82.Maxime Montaggioni of France

Paris 2024 made sure of the headlines when they announced they wanted breakdancing on their shortlist of preferred sports.

She beat Helene Prevost of France in straight sets.In the mixed doubles she teamed up with Reggie Doherty

, another celebrated player of the era.The competition included 13-year-old Katie Gillou of France who

There was to have been a four-team tournament with France, Great Britain, Belgium and The Netherlands.Rugby

The general opinion was that it was one of the best matches seen in France," said Tous les Sports 

Russia's world number one, the Rio 2016 Olympic silver medallist Sofya Velikaya, will be in the field for the International Fencing Federation (FIE) World Cup for women's sabre starting in Athens tomorrow.

Ukraine's Rio bronze medallist Olga Kharlan has also entered, as have Cecilia Berder of France and Anna

Britain's Vicky Holland and Mario Mola of Spain start their title defences in Abu Dhabi tomorrow as the 2019 World Triathlon Series (WTS) gets underway.

Schoeman defending his title against a field that includes top challengers such as Vincent Luis of France

Paralympic silver medallist Lisa Bunschoten of The Netherlands earned her third gold at the latest World Para Snowboard World Cup in the Spanish resort of La Molina, as she once again defeated home favourite Astrid Fina Paredes.

pic.twitter.com/Jd25pk5boY— World Para Snowboard (@Parasnowboard) 7 mars 2019Maxime Montaggioni of France

Discussions on the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics took place at the inaugural United Kingdom-France

during the 1st UK-FR Mayors' Summit to share #London2012 experience pic.twitter.com/efmo9LbBZZ— UK in France

World Rugby has insisted promotion and relegation will be a part of its proposed new World League despite opposition from within the Six Nations.

 "As part of the analysis, market research was conducted in the UK and France and more than 60 per

Austrian cross-country skier Johannes Dürr, who admitted to recent doping, has been released from custody as an ongoing investigation into a suspected worldwide drugs network continues.

Hansjoerg Mayr, a spokesman for the Innsbruck west prosecutor's office, was reported as saying by Agence France-Presse.Austrian

Paris 2024 has stated it will not be reconsidering its proposal for new sports on the programme of the Olympic Games in five years' time after holding a meeting with leading figures from karate, which was controversially excluded.

decision to exclude karate was considered a surprise as it was believed that the sports would have offered France

The only country more successful at the World Championships than France is Japan.In the 24 editions of

the event, France have won a total of 167 medals, including 55 gold.At last year's World Championships

in Madrid, France finished third on the overall medal table with two gold, coming behind only Japan

We are an important provider of medals for France since historically we are the first nation in Europe

Norway's Johannes Thingnes Bø will be hoping to carry his impressive form from the International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup into the World Championships with the sport’s premier event set to begin in Östersund in Sweden tomorrow.  

the event free-to-all in their respective territories.This will be complemented by broadcasters in France

The 2019-2020 Professional Squash Association (PSA) Women’s World Championship will take place in front of the Great Pyramid of Giza, the only ancient wonder of the world to remain largely in tact, after an agreement was reached today between the PSA, Egyptian events company I-Events and title sponsors Commercial International Bank (CIB).

Shanghai, which overlooks the Chinese city's famous Bund waterfront, and the Théâtre Graslin in Nantes in France

Short track speed skating competition at Krasnoyarsk 2019 ended in controversial fashion as the disqualification of the South Korean women's 3,000 metres relay team allowed hosts Russia to celebrate gold here today.

32.173.South Korea won five of the eight gold medals on offer in the short track programme, with China, France