The United States continued their dominance of the Olympic 4x400 metres relay on Saturday but only just, as Rai Benjamin held off Botswana's Letsile Tebogo in a thrilling last-leg battle between two individual gold medallists.
Defending champion Neeraj Chopra signed off with a silver medal in the Olympics men's Javelin Throw in Paris on Thursday. Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem was a class above the field, setting a new Games record of 92.97 metres for the gold medal.
Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi of Kenya, 20, narrowly missed the world mark of 1:40.91 set by Kenya's David Rudisha at the 2012 London Olympics.
France entered Euro 2016 supposedly as an attacking side with defensive weaknesses, yet Les Bleus have confounded that image by conceding only one goal while scoring four in the group phase.
India's inspirational para-athletes achieved their stated goal of 25 medals and remained on course for more in Paris on Thursday.
Paralympics gold medallist Navdeep Singh, who suffered from dwarfism, endured not just the usual rigours of training but cruel taunts from onlookers.
France and Spain will step up security ahead of the Champions League quarter-finals in Madrid and Paris on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, top officials said, as Islamic State threats cast a shadow over Europe's top club soccer tournament.
A summary of Indian athletes' showing at the Paralympics in Paris on Wednesday.
Real Madrid forward Vinicius Jr scored a hat-trick to help the LaLiga champions snap a two-game winless run in all competitions.
Defending champion Neeraj Chopra turned on the style as he stormed into the men's Javelin Throw final of the Olympic Games with a season's best effort of 89.34m in his very first attempt in the qualification round in Paris on Tuesday.
The revamped Champions League will feature a tennis-style seeding system for the last-16 knockout phase, UEFA said.
Novak Djokovic etched his name into Olympic history, capturing the gold medal in a thrilling victory over Carlos Alcaraz.
But it was man-of-the-match Dimitri Payet who scored his second goal in as many matches to put the Frenchmen through to the knockouts.
If CAS rules in Vinesh's favour, she will be awarded a joint-silver in the women's 50kg freestyle category.
His stunning monster throw of 89.34 metres in the qualification round made quite a statement, but a tough challenge awaits defending champion Neeraj Chopra as he seeks another piece of history in the Paris Olympics men's javelin throw final round in Paris on Thursday.
IMAGES from the Champions League matches played on Wednesday.
France World Cup captain Patrice Evra should not be recalled to the national team after serving his ban for his role in the team's revolt in South Africa, French Minister of Sport Chantal Jouanno said on Saturday.
A summary of Indian athletes' showing at the Paris Paralympics on Sunday, September 1.
The 33-year-old felt France needed to recover the team spirit of previous years if they were to be successful in Germany.
Spurs striker Bergwijn is major casualty as Netherlands trim squad
The president of République Française needed to attend the inaugural game of the rugby World Cup at the Stade de France in Paris on Friday night.
The enfant terrible of French football earned a surprise recall by France for their friendly internationals against Costa Rica on November 9 in Martinique and Germany three days later.
A controversial goal in extra time by defender William Gallas sent France to next year's World Cup with a 2-1 aggregate playoff win over Ireland on Wednesday.
Brazil inflicted France's first defeat since the World Cup when a perfectly executed second-half performance earned them a 3-1 win in a friendly game at the Stade de France on Thursday.
A round-up of Saturday's Euro 2020 qualifying matches.
Germany claimed their first win over France in 26 years when goals by Thomas Mueller and Sami Khedira secured a 2-1 win in an entertaining friendly at the Stade de France in Paris, on Wednesday.
'The Paris Olympics has once again blessed the Indian sports marketing landscape with fresh faces and promises.' 'Expect at least one biopic.'
France striker Karim Benzema came into the World Cup following a fine season with Real when he netted 24 goals in 52 games in all competitions and helped the world's richest club by income to win a 10th Champions League crown and the King's Cup.
China's Yang Jiayu claimed gold in the women's 20km race walk at the Paris Olympics on Thursday.
French football was again marred by violence after Olympique de Marseille's Ligue 1 match against Olympique Lyonnais was called off on Sunday when the visitors' bus and some fans were pelted with stones and beer bottles, injuring Lyon coach Fabio Grosso.
France shocked the World champions to win the Six Nations rugby tournament.\n\n
The tie will be played on a hard court indoor surface with the roof closed.
More than 700,000 Tunisians live in France, with about two thirds of them being dual nationals.
World champions France had eight players, one less than former holders Spain, in international players' association FIFPro's 55-name shortlist for its World XI of 2018 award.
Brazil dominated most of the game and had the best chance after 67 minutes when Roberto Carlos hit the post.
Portugal won their first Euro title after defeating France 1-0 at the Stade de France in Paris on Sunday.
Germany, who crashed out at the group stage in the World Cup in Russia, suffered their sixth defeat of 2018.
France's goalless draw with Israel confirmed a lot of work will be needed to overcome the absence of Zinedine Zidane.
Kylian Mbappe was in the thick of action during the UEFA Nations League game between France and Austria at the Stade de France in Paris on Thursday, September 22, 2022.
Dutch winger Arjen Robben has recovered from a groin injury and is fit to face France in their Group C game at Euro 2008, coach Marco van Basten said on Thursday.
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