French Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra has announced the country’s athletes will not wear the veil during next year's Olympic Games in Paris.

Wearing the veil is set to remain banned during football matches in France, an approach that goes against

Saudi Arabia, for whom she ran on the basis of her father having been born in Saudi Arabia.Last month France

France did a clean sweep of the men's elite podium in stage six of the International Cycling Union (UCI

final podium spot was claimed by Tokyo 2020 bronze medallist Merel Smulders of The Netherlands in 24.94.France

John McEnroe's Team World has retained the Laver Cup following a thumping 13-2 win over Team Europe in Vancouver.

lead.American sensation Ben Shelton started the proceedings with a 7-6, 6-1 win over Arthur Fils of France

Fokina.The third singles match on day one saw Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime ease past Gaël Monfils of France

David Haggerty of the United States was re-elected as the President of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) at its Annual General Meeting in Cancun on Sunday.

votes with 344.Other Board members include Brian Hainline of the United States, Lionel Ollinger of France

Today, Varna on the Bulgarian coast is a destination for clubbers, but 50 years ago this week, the first Olympic Congress to be held in 43 years was about to begin.

bulletin.Killanin had set up a Tripartite Commission to organise the meetings.Comte Jean de Beaumont of France

Hayward Field in Eugene, the venue for last year's World Athletics Championships, is set to host another major event in the United States' Olympic Team Trials for Track and Field.

Games in the Soviet capital.Track and field events at Paris 2024 are due to be staged at the Stade de France

Scotland both ran out big winners as the third week of matches concluded at the Rugby World Cup in France

Victor Montalvo and Dominika Banevič won golds at the World DanceSport Federation World Breaking Championships in the Belgian city of Leuven to earn quota places at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

2024 quota place by winning gold at the WDSF World Breaking Championships ©Getty ImagesSya Dembele of France

Britain's Beth Potter produced a brilliant running display here to claim her maiden women's triathlon world title.

year, with Kendall Gretsch, Kyle Coon, Grace Norman and Carson Clough dominating the race in 49:29.France

There were two golds for Russian athletes competing as individual neutrals on the final day of the Heydar Aliyev Baku Grand Slam on the International Judo Federation (IJF) World Tour, with Mikhail Igolnikov and world champion Inal Tasoev claiming victories.

Kotsoiev won the first bronze medal bout against Zlatko Kumric of Croatia, followed by Aurélien Diesse of France

Christophe Laporte of France won the men’s road race title at the European Cycling Union Road European

Britain finished their home International Canoe Federation (ICF) Canoe Slalom World Championships at Lee Valley with a kayak cross double from Joe Clarke and Kimberly Woods.

Camille Prigent to settle for silver and Eva Terčelj of Slovenia to finish with bronze.Emma Vuitton of France

 Boris Neveu of France earned silver and Martin Dougoud of Switzerland bronze, with France's Benjamin

Six Nations Championship, after uncertainty over his future with the national team, due to a move to France

for next year's prestigious Six Nations Championship, which also includes Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France

Rugby World Cup in 2019, and are set to play their final Pool D match of this year's tournament in France

The 2023 Karate World Championships is set to be the biggest ever tournament in terms participants, the World Karate Federation (WKF) has claimed.

kumite under-55 kilograms, Irina Zaretska of Azerbaijan in women's kumite under-68kg, Steven Dacosta of France

in men's kumite under-67kg, and Youssef Badawy of Egypt in men's kumite under-84kg.Steven Dacosta of France

World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue has virtually met newly-appointed Committee chairs to introduce them to their roles and develop a coordinated plan for the future.

to Egyptian official Shaaban, with a particular focus on the Paris 2024 Olympics.He asked Sadok of France