The main round of the Women's Handball World Championship ended on Monday with all the favourites through to the quarter-finals, which will be played on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Sunday between two of the biggest medal contenders, Norway (current world and European champions) and France

for top spot in Group II, the Scandinavians suffered their first defeat of the tournament 24-23 to France

IHFFirst up for France on Tuesday (17:30) in Trondheim is the Czech Republic, who sit second in Group

The regional president stated that next year's Olympic surfing competition will take place in French Polynesia as originally planned, bringing an end to disputes and speculations about a change of venue due to environmental reasons.

idyllic French Polynesia (a group of 118 islands in the South Pacific belonging administratively to France

World Rugby and the Rugby Football Union have announced that the opening and closing ceremonies for the England 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup have been secured. The opening match will take place at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland and the iconic Twickenham Stadium will host the final on 27 September 2025.

. © Getty ImagesIt is worth noting that Canada, England, France, and New Zealand have secured their right

regional competitions in 2024.The regionals will qualify the top-ranked team from the 6 Nations, excluding France

The Argentinians defeated Australia 45-12 in the men's final, securing the first title of the Sevens season in Cape Town. With this victory and the runner-up position in Dubai, they now lead the World Circuit. In the women's category, Australia took home the gold and the top spot.

their first title in Cape Town and their second consecutive victory in the HSBC SVNS 2024, overcoming France

The Australians held a 22-0 lead by that time, and despite France quickly reaching the try, they managed

We played against France last week and also received a red card.

The European Taekwondo Under-21 Championships 2023 took place in Bucharest, Romania from December 7 to 10. 

MENDY Mohamed (France)Men -87kg:1. BILIC Josip (Croatia)2. HARBAR Artem (Ukraine)3.

Syd Millar CBE, former president of the International Rugby Board (IRB) from 2003 to 2007, was honored by the global organization following his demise at the age of 89.

historic Women's Rugby World Cup in Canada in 2006, and a record-breaking Men's Rugby World Cup in France

Hall of Fame) in 2009 and received the prestigious Legion of Honour in 2007 after a Rugby World Cup in France

As another edition of the The Global Martial Arts Association (GAMMA) world championships concluded on December 10, Team Kazakhstan once again asserted their dominance, securing the top position on the medals table for the second consecutive World Championships. They clinched an impressive tally of 8 gold medals, bringing their total to 16 in Bangkok.

Champions from different continents followed, including Lola Ruelle of France, Zoe Nowicki from the USA

Serbian OJK Belgrade win the European Club Championships in Belgrade held on December 9. In the men's Champions League final they beat Greece’s Aris 3:0. Filip Djinovic (+90) and Spanish legionnaires Alberto Gaitero Martin (-66) and Jorge Cano Garcia (-73) scored the points for the underdogs. Aleksandar Nerandzic(-81) and Darko Brasnjovic (-90) did not play in the final.

This is a great day for Judo France!” told Romane Dicko after the final.

Yesterday marked the deadline for the submission of bids to host the FIFA Women's World Cup 2027, and it was a record-breaking turnout. Two joint bids and Brazil will vie for the prestigious title in women's world football.

AG5RjRKf2D— FIFA (@FIFAcom) December 9, 2023Europe seeks its third women's World Cup after hosting in France

US Olympic chiefs on Thursday expressed confidence in security for the 2024 Paris Olympics after a deadly weekend attack in the French capital.

contact with French officials, both the French embassies in the United States and the U.S. embassies in France

The twelve top rugby sevens teams, both male and female, will face off in the beautiful city of Cape Town, South Africa. The HSBC SVNS 2024 is set to thrill fans on December 9th and 10th, promising a spectacle like no other in the land of the Rugby 15 World Champions.

Argentina's Pumas, last season's runners-up, will face Fiji, the double Olympic men's champion, along with France

France, an impressive bronze medalist in Dubai, will face Canada, the United States, and hosts South

The Doha 2024 World Aquatics Championships has launched the volunteer application process for the premier aquatics event set to be held in Doha, the capital of Qatar, from 2-18 February 2024.

alongside Thomas Ceccon and Nicolo Martinenghi from Italy, Florent Manaudou and Maxime Grousset from France

After an action-packed 17-stop World Tour season, 12 of the best teams in the world's most popular urban team sport will compete for the coveted FIBA 3x3 World Tour Jeddah Final title at the Al Asdaf Plaza on 9-10 December.

.• Paris (France).• Jeddah (Saudi Arabia, host).

The French government is insisting it will keep the plan to hold the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony on the River Seine even after a deadly attack in the French capital at the weekend amplified existing security concerns.

There is no plan B, we have a plan A within which we have several alternatives," the minister told France

and in particular the Islamist threat exists" but added "it is not new and it is neither specific to France

the famed Trocadero Gardens across the river from the Eiffel Tower.All rights reserved ©2023 Agence France-Presse

The first stage of the Women's Handball World Championship in Denmark, Sweden and Norway came to an end on Tuesday with a huge turnout, proving once again that handball is almost a religion in these countries.

2021 World Championship, which will be hosted by Spain, 4,316 spectators attended the final between France

with two and the Koreans with zero.They will next meet the three qualified teams in Group D, where France