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Paralympic silver medallist Bunschoten adds further gold at World Para Snowboard World Cup

  • Alpine Skiing News

Paralympic silver medallist Lisa Bunschoten of The Netherlands followed her opening day victory at the latest World Para Snowboard World Cup in La Molina with another gold, this time in the women cross lower limb 2 event, where she once again defeated home favourite Astrid Fina Paredes.

1.The women cross lower limb 1 gold medal went to Cecile Hernandez of France.Maxime Montaggioni of France



Local pair to defend FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event arrives in Australia

  • Volleyball

Australia’s Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho will defend their women’s title on home sand this week as the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Beach Volleyball World Tour returns to Manly Beach in Australia after a fortnight of play on the Asian continent.

McHugh and Zachery Schubert captured the titles Sunday (March 3) by defeating teams from Japan and France


China's An snatches short track gold as South Korean team-mates collide at Winter Universiade

  • Krasnoyarsk 2019

China's An Kai seized upon an unexpected opportunity to win the men's 1,500 metres short track speed skating gold here at Krasnoyarsk 2019 today as South Korean team-mates Park Jiwon and Hong Kyunghwan collided to crash out of contention.

his South Korean rivals still recovering from the abrupt end of their podium hopes.Quentin Fercoq of France






Hosts Britain to meet Japan in final of Wheelchair Rugby Quad Nations

  • Wheelchair Rugby News

Hosts Great Britain will meet Japan in the final of the Wheelchair Rugby Quad Nations in Leicester, despite losing to the East Asian country today.

in the second of three matches at the Morningside Arena.But their wins yesterday against Canada and France

 France finished in third place thanks to a 50-46 success over Canada.Those two nations will meet


Inui earns second victory at FINA Artistic Swimming World Series in Paris

  • Artistic Swimming

Double Olympic medallist Yukiko Inui of Japan secured her second victory of the International Swimming Federation Artistic Swimming World Series as she triumphed in the solo free event in Paris today.

finish narrowly ahead of Ukraine's Marta Fiedina, who finished second with 91.0000 points.Eve Planeix of France

a non-Olympic event.The Spanish squad earned 89.9667 points for their performance as they condemned France



Row over sale of running hijab highlights divisive nature of debate in Paris 2024 build-up

  • Paris 2024

There are growing signs of opposition among French groups in the build-up to the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris to the hijab and other items of Islamic clothing 

designed to allow Muslim women to cover their hair while exercising.But the item has sparked outrage in France

against the Olympic Charter.The row over Decathlon selling the "hijab de running" has divided opinion in France

originally created in Morocco at the request of customers there, caused an acrimonious public debate in France

criticism on social media forced the sports retailer to suspend sales of the item in all its stores in France

The debate on this issue became hysterical and I regret that," she said on France Info.In secular France