Sylvain Ripoll has been sacked as manager of the French men's Olympic football team with less than a year to go until the Paris 2024 tournament begins on July 24 next year.

2024 is set to take place from July 24 to August 10.Alongside France's qualification as hosts, the United

States, Brazil, and Colombia have all secured their places.

There were golds galore for China as they continue to make home advantage count at the International University Sports Federation (FISU) Summer World University Games in Chengdu.

line to win the women's 10,000m crown ©Chengdu 2021The bronze medal was won by Sophia Verzyl of the United

States after scoring 253.45.China stamped their authority on the first day of table tennis competition

Georgian Grandmaster Levan Pantsulaia will be the opponent for world number one Magnus Carlsen of Norway in round two of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) World Cup in Baku tomorrow.

Tomas Laurušas of Lithuania.His reward is a meeting with world number three Fabiano Caruana of the United

States, who was presented with a cake to mark his 31st birthday in Baku on Sunday (July 30).The adventures

Jan-Krzysztof Duda of Poland against Peru’s Emilio Cordova.World number two Hikaru Nakamura from the United

States is set to play Karthik Venkataraman of India.In the FIDE Women's World Cup, the entry of world

In 2019, shortly after he had turned 19, Simone Alessio reflected upon his surprise victory in the men's under-74 kilograms lightweight class at the World Taekwondo Championships in Manchester, making him the first Italian to win world gold.

just six points across his semi-final against Colombia's Miguel Trejos Salas and final against the United

States' Carl Nickolas.As he did in his semi-final, Alessio won a scoreless first round on hits against

Norway's world number one Magnus Carlsen will be forced to wait a few more hours before he learns the identity of his first opponent at the International Chess Federation (FIDE) World Cup here in Baku.

defeat by the youngster.Peru’s Emilio Cordova won both his round one games against Timur Gareyev of the United

States and his reward is a meeting with 2021 FIDE World Cup winner Jan-Krzysztof Duda of Poland.

Olympic champions Anders Mol and Christian Sørum clinched the men's title at the Beach Volleyball World Pro Tour Elite16 event in Montreal while Canadian fourth seeds Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson triumphed in the women's.

Norway's Mol and Sørum took revenge over Miles Partain and Andrew Benesh of the United States after losing

Paris 2024 Olympics quota places are on the line as the 18th International Federation of Sport Climbing World Championships is set to begin in Bern, Switzerland.

female athletes that are among the favourites for medals in Bern ©Getty ImagesNatalia Grossman of the United

States, who claimed boulder gold and lead silver at the previous World Championships, and is the winner

Hosts China extended their lead at the top of the medal table at the International University Sports Federation Summer World University Games after another golden day in Chengdu.

Hyeo-nju and Kim Seo-yeon collected silver with 242.40 as Sophia McAfee and Gabrielle Filzen of the United

States, who were the only other pairing on the entry list, did not start.China also tasted success in

The International University Sports Federation (FISU) is aiming to nail down a host for the 2027 Winter World University Games by the end of this year after revealing interest from four countries.

FISU has tied down hosts for the next four editions of its Summer Games, with North Carolina in the United

States awarded the 2029 event at the beginning of this year.Winter hosts, however, have yet to be finalised

A total of 79 medal events are set to be contested at the 2026 Winter Paralympic Games in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo following the confirmation of the sporting programme which features wheelchair curling mixed doubles for the first time.

medal events in Alpine snowboard and snowboard cross, while the women will compete for two medals.The United

States won a fourth consecutive Paralympic gold medal in Para ice hockey at Beijing 2022 ©The Para ice

 There is one medal event, with the the United States aiming to win a fifth successive Paralympic

Lesili Bertelsen has set his sights on becoming the first Hawaiin taekwondo player to compete at the Olympic Games.

Union Taekwondo National Championships in Fort Lauderdale in Florida.The result sealed his place at the United

States national team trials, scheduled to be held over the next three days in Des Moines in Iowa."

The World Triathlon Championship Series stop in Sunderland proved a stunning success for France, who enjoyed one-two finishes in both individual events then won the mixed relay.

sprint race in Sunderland ©World TriathlonBeaugrand is now her closest challenger on 2,924.34, with the United

States' Taylor Spivey - another absentee from the Sunderland individual start - third on 2,836.90.The

France's Céline Boutier earned an impressive six-stroke victory at the Evian Championship, becoming the first home player to win the event since it became women's golf's fifth major in 2013.

including six bogeys to finished tied for 16th at three-under-par.Olympic champion Nelly Korda of the United

States also dropped a shot on the final day and finished in a five-way tie for ninth at five-under-par.The

Hungary defended their women's team sabre title on the last day of the International Fencing Federation (FIE) Fencing World Championships in Milan, and Japan triumphed in the men's team foil for the first time ever.

Championships in Milan ©Getty ImagesKharlan helped Ukraine reach the semi-finals as her 6-4 win against the United

States' Elizabeth Tartakovsky ensured her team narrowly took the quarter-final 45-44, but she could

Lithuania’s Rūta Meilutytė broke the women’s 50 metres breaststroke world record on the final day of competition at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka.

29.16 to seal the title which was her second of the week having triumphed over 100m.Lilly King of the United

States came second in 29.94, while previous world record holder Pilato had to settle for bronze in 30.04