French President Emmanuel Macron received widespread booing at the Stade de France as he addressed the

Naturally, France is hoping to win this World Cup on the pitch, but also in the hearts of everyone who

From Nice to Lille, from Saint-Étienne to Toulouse, France will be the arena for the three halves of

Macron pictured alongside World Rugby chairman Sir Bill Beaumont during the tournament opener between France

Russia and Belarus.Meanwhile during his Opening Ceremony speech World Rugby chairman Sir Bill heralded France

our great sport was born and there could be no greater place to celebrate our birthday than here in France

Australia’s Nikki Ayers and Jed Altschwager won the PR3 mixed double sculls title at the World Rowing Championships in Belgrade to seal their place at next year’s Paralympics in Paris.

Wollenschlaeger and Todd Vogt who finished in 8:15.22.Defending champions Laurent Cadot and Elur Alberdi of France

Lithuania and The Netherlands’ Karolien Florijn in the women’s single sculls semi-finals.The US, Ireland, France

Two-time Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark claimed stage 13 of the Vuelta a España as

Madagascar finished off its most successful IWF World Championships to date when Tojo Andriatsitohaina made a huge jump in the Olympic rankings in the men’s 73 kilograms, from 35th place to 12th.

weightlifting, the world’s strongest nation has welcomed several nations to training camps recently, including France

French state-owned public transport operator RATP Group has become the latest supporter of next year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris.

responsible for most of the public transport in the Greater Paris area, including the Paris Métro, Île-de-France

tram, and RATP bus network, as well as part of the regional express rail network.In the Île-de-France

French sporting events, will support the Paris 2024 Organising Committee, in conjunction with Île-de-France

Finally, this global event will be synonymous with heritage for Ile-de-France residents who will notably

between hosts France and New Zealand.

Serbia have won their fifth consecutive men's International Basketball Federation (FIBA) 3x3 Europe Cup in Jerusalem, while The Netherlands earned the women's continental title for the first time.

Pool B with dominant 21-13 wins against Czech Republic and Germany, then thrashed Belgium 21-12 and France

A French delegation has visited the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) headquarters in Lausanne to meet President Thomas Bach and discuss the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics bid from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes' and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

replaced as chair of the Future Host Commission for the Olympic Winter Games by Austria's Karl Stoss when France

American world number six Coco Gauff reached her first final at her home Grand Slam with victory against Czech Republic's Karolína Muchová in a match delayed by nearly 50 minutes because of a climate change protest.

final 13 years on from his last, beating former champions Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut of France

Chilean twins Melita and Antonia Abraham sealed a ticket for next year’s Olympics in Paris on a day where qualification for the Games was on the line at the World Rowing Championships in Belgrade.

Canada, New Zealand and the US sealed quotas for the women’s lightweight double sculls as Italy and France

The men’s four saw France sealed third spot ahead of Italy and book their ticket to the Olympics along

Less than 12 months before Paris hosts its first Olympic Games for a century, I imagined that the French capital would be buzzing with anticipation and there would be a sense of growing excitement. 

Heck, there was hardly any buzz either about the Rugby World Cup which France is staging and that kicks

reeled off a series of impressive statistics about volunteers (300,000 applications), sign ups for Club France

France will be aiming to deliver Rugby World Cup glory on home soil in what is expected to be a big test

Six Nations Championship.Scrum-half Antoine Dupont is their talisman and captain as he looks to guide France

set to start the tournament tomorrow with a mouthwatering clash against New Zealand at the Stade de France

Cup (@rugbyworldcup) September 6, 2023The Rugby World Cup opener will present a test for the Stade de France

make up Pool D.The top two teams from each group will progress to the last eight, with the Stade de France

ago that our sport was born and there can be no better place to celebrate our birthday than here in France

Cricket remains on course to be added to the Olympic programme at Los Angeles 2028, along with flag football, despite a surprise decision to postpone an official announcement, insidethegames can reveal.

in the Olympics once before, during the Games in Paris in 1900, when just two countries, England and France

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is celebrating the work of an all-female team that ensured the safety and security at this year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup.

ensuring a safe and secure environment for Panama who lost all three of their group matches but ran France

close in their final fixture.Panama celebrate scoring against France in the group stages ©Getty Images"I

at monitoring and tackling online abuse of players and officials during the men's Rugby World Cup in France

Valentin Madouas became the first Breton to win the home event of the Bretagne Classic Ouest-France since