The 2023 Alpine World Ski Championships at Courchevel-Méribel in the French Alps concluded with a provisional budget surplus of more than €3 million (£2.7 million/$3.1 million).

schedule.Part of the surplus is now likely to be used to help promote two new French sports bids at a time when France

Former world champion Yago Abuladze and Olympic bronze medallist Madina Taimazova are among 17 Russian judoka that have been cleared to compete at next month’s European Judo Championships in Montpellier.

and Lorsanov.The European Championships are scheduled to be staged from November 3 to 5 at the Sud de France

Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet has claimed here the ongoing Rugby World Cup has enhanced France's reputation for hosting events in the build-up to next year's Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Committee (IOC) Session, Estanguet said the Rugby World Cup had generated enthusiasm and further proof France

could deliver a successful Games,"For us, it's a new demonstration that France is able to deliver a

A lot of people in France are really fully engaged with this tournament, and I've been impressed by the

It has been very inspiring to see in different matches even when France is not playing the people are

This event is a new demonstration that France is able to deliver fantastic events."

Workers have blocked activity at the construction site of a Paris 2024 venue as part of calls for their demands for contracts and residency permits to be met.

Village in Saint-Denis by striking electricians and gas workers.This was part of mass protests across France

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) membership increased to 107 here, after the election of eight officials including Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh, International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) President Petra Sörling and International Skating Union (ISU) President Kim Jae-youl.

Once earlier this year.Yeoh married former International Automobile Federation President Jean Todt of France

On Location, the official hospitality partner for Paris 2024, has unveiled its offering for next year's Paralympic Games.

The company has promised a "truly immersive hospitality model" as France prepares to host the Paralympics

Activists from the Extinction Rebellion group have spread oil across the entrance of the French Rugby Federation (FFR) to protest against the sponsorship of the 2023 Rugby World Cup by petroleum company TotalEnergies.

It is reported that around ten protesters from the Ile de France branch of Extinction Rebellion had been

chanted "Total coupable" (Totally guilty) as they made their protest before the quarter-final tie between France

as a Rugby World Cup sponsor last year ©TotalEnergies"As an official sponsor of the Rugby World Cup France

the strength of the team and a taste for performance," the company claimed.In a statement to Agence France

It is false to claim that TotalEnergies is greenwashing by sponsoring the France 2023 Rugby World Cup

Police in Brussels have shot dead a gunman suspected of killing two Swedish citizens, that forced the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifier between Belgium and Sweden to be abandoned at half-time.

number of security personnel will be doubled for tonight's international football friendly between France

Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet has insisted he remains "very confident" in the security of next year's Olympic and Paralympic Games, after delivering the Organising Committee's report to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session here.

attended by 500,000 people along the River Seine.Speaking after presenting his report, Estanguet insisted France

When we launched this project, it was at the moment when France had been attacked.

Hosts United States impressed with a one-two in the opening women’s event at this year’s International Waterski and Wakeboard Federation (IWWF) World Waterski Championships held at Florida.

record when he scored 12,690 points in the elimination round.Silver went to Louis Duplan-Fribourg of France

The French Taekwondo Federation (FFTDA) has selected the weight divisions where its athletes will qualify directly at their home Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

As the host nation, France has two reserved quota places - two men's and two women's - for the Olympics

next year.With four men's and four women's weight divisions due to be contested, it means that France

Championships or winning the French title.Universality places will now be awarded in the weight divisions where France

Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate has announced plans to rescue the 2026 Commonwealth Games with a "streamlined" event.

Tate is said to now be travelling to France to attend the Rugby World Cup.No details about the streamlined

The good news for rowing: of 16 proposals for new sports disciplines at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, beach sprint rowing was the only one accepted by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at its Executive Board meeting in Mumbai last week.

s double sculls, the lightweight men’s four rowing event produced four different winners - Denmark, France

Île-de-France President Valérie Pécresse has written to the country's Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra

make it easier for the policy to be enforced across various sports, according to L'Equipe.The Île-de-France

It was announced here today that the sliding sports for the 2026 Winter Olympic Games will take place outside Italy after a proposal to redevelop the planned venue in Cortina d'Ampezzo was abandoned.

plans to hold the surfing competition in Tahiti, an overseas collectively and an overseas country of France