Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti of Italy, Pierre Le Coq of France and Noga Geller of Israel took gold

Russia continued their dominant performance at the United World Wrestling Under-23 European Championships as they claimed three gold medals on the opening day of men's freestyle finals in Istanbul.

Anvarbek Dalgatov 11-0 in the gold medal bout at under 65kg.Andrii Svyrd of Ukraine and Ilman Mukhtarov of France

Australia guaranteed themselves the Women's World Rugby Sevens series title with victory over hosts France

Fiji as the men's competition began in Paris ©World Rugby SevensCanada edged United States 26-24 while France

Geraint Thomas took second place behind stage winner Pello Bilbao to extend his overall lead with just one day remaining at the Critérium du Dauphiné in La Rosière Espace San Bernardo.

came on a 110 kilometres stage from Frontenex which is almost a carbon copy of this year's Tour de France

exception of Froome, who is resting after his Giro d'Italia win last month, almost all the Tour de France

The venue for badminton is reportedly the latest to be changed by Paris 2024 as part of efforts to reduce costs for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

million (£44 million/$61million) on a current cost of €172 million (£151million/$212 million), Agence France-Presse

Slovenia's Jernej Kruder and Tomoa Narasaki of Japan are set to renew rivalries after they both qualified for the men's bouldering semi-final at the International Federation of Sport Climbing World Cup in Vail in the United States.

behind American Alex Puccio.Among the other qualifiers were Slovenia's Urska Repusic, Fanny Gibert of France

Defending champions Brazil began their pursuit of a fifth International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Blind Football World Championships title by hammering Mali 6-1 on day two in Madrid.

was able to complete his hat-trick before Mamadou Thiam bagged a consolation for Mali.Colombia beat France

matches were played in Group B.Colombia have gone top in the early going thanks to a 3-1 victory over France

Olympic champions Australia remain on course to regain the overall Women's World Rugby Sevens Series title after three group stage victories at the season-ending event in Paris.

54-7 and Ireland 17-0 in Pool B.England won two matches to progress as runners-up.In Pool C, hosts France

Ireland's Dan Martin broke clear to win stage five of the Critérium du Dauphiné today as Great Britain's Geraint Thomas moved into the overall lead.

rivals including Mitchelton Scott's Adam Yates and Ag2r La Mondiale's Romain Bardet, from Britain and France

exception of Britain's Chris Froome, who is resting after his Giro d'Italia win, almost all the Tour de France

Jan Dijkema has been re-elected by acclamation to remain President of the International Skating Union (ISU) as the organisation's biennial Congress concluded today in Seville. 

Disciplinary Commission while Fabio Bianchetti of Italy, Halina Gordon-Poltorak of Poland, Philippe Maitrot of France

China and Spain made strong starts to the International Basketball Federation's 3x3 World Cup women’s event in Bocaue in The Philippines.

clinching a narrow 21-20 win over Switzerland, along with a 16-14 win over France.Both Switzerland and France

United States produced a strong performance to win the inaugural World Triathlon Series (WTS) mixed relay event in Nottingham.

2018The quartet would end 29 seconds behind the US in a time of 1:21.45.The podium was completed by France

New Zealand topped Group A of the World Rugby Under-20 Championship by beating rivals Australia in France

in the semi-finals.They are now set to face England on Tuesday (June 12).New Zealand will clash with France

Hosts Spain enjoyed the perfect start to the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Blind Football World Championships as they won the first match of the tournament against Thailand.

Thailand will also compete alongside Morocco and Turkey in Group A.Copa America winners Argentina, France

France 2019 have organised artistic events to mark the one-year countdown to the FIFA Women's World Cup

Rennes and Valenciennes.Each of the murals will pay tribute to the character of the city, according to France

7 and run to July 7 next year.Eight teams have already secured places at the tournament, including France

It's exactly one year until the #FIFAWWC France 2019 kicks off and we can't wait!

Europe will also qualify to complete the line-up for the tournament.The United States will head to France

mascot Ettie, a young chicken.The mascot is claimed to be the daughter of Footix, the mascot of the France