The outcome may determine whether Macron's centrist coalition retains power or if France faces a period of political cohabitation with the far-right National Rally, led by Marine Le Pen.
Tahitian Kauli Vaast surfed a near perfect final to claim the gold medal for France in the men's event on Monday.
Barcelona made a disappointing start to their Champions League campaign by losing 2-1 to AS Monaco on Thursday.
Vinicius Jr came off the bench to score once and set up another goal to steer champions Real Madrid to a 4-1 fightback victory over Espanyol.
Brazil return to winning ways with dreary win over Ecuador in their World Cup qualifiers.
Divya Deshmukh of India outclassed Bulgaria's Beloslava Krasteva to clinch the title in the World Junior Girls' chess championship
Nagal is likely to reach a new career-high ranking of world No. 92
Arsenal reclaim provisional top spot with 1-0 win at Man United
International Master Divya Deshmukh maintained a slender half-point lead after defeating Norman Kseniya of Russia in the eighth round of the World Junior Girls' chess championship in Gandhinagar on Monday.
Many locals grumble that it will mostly be an inconvenience.
James Rodriguez scored one goal and set up two more as Colombia thoroughly dismantled Panama in a 5-0 win at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on Saturday to march into the Copa America semi-finals.
World number seven Erigaise Arjun started his campaign on a positive note, outplaying Eltaj Safarli of Azerbaijan in the first round of the Sharjah Masters chess tournament in Sharjah.
Second-half strikes by Federico Valverde, Brahim Diaz and Endrick gave feeble Real Madrid an unconvincing 3-0 win over lowly Real Valladolid.
Indian women's team eased past Uzbekistan while the men endured successive defeats with the loss to South Korea in the World Table Tennis Team Championships in Busan on Monday.
Third-placed Aston Villa are the surprise package of the season and Unai Emery's side face relegation-threatened Burnley while fifth-placed Spurs host a resurgent Bournemouth who have 19 points from their last seven games.
Ruthless Arsenal threw down the gauntlet in the Premier League title race with a 5-0 thrashing of London rivals Chelsea to roar three points clear at the top of the table on Tuesday.
The fires triggered evacuations in several regions of central Chile.
Arsenal's title hopes hit with 2-0 loss to Villa as Man City get boost
A summary of Sunday's action in the English Premier League.
Images from the Premier League matches played on Tuesday.
IMAGES from Premier League matches played on Saturday.
A stunning overhead kick by Eduard Bello helped Venezuela hold Brazil to a 1-1 draw in their 2026 World Cup qualifier on Thursday.
Gabriel India Ltd has posted a net profit of Rs 40.90 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2002 (DQ-02) as compared to Rs 9.80 million in the quarter ended December 31, 2001 (DQ-01).
Fulham fought back from a goal down to claim a 2-1 win over Arsenal on Sunday when strikes from Raul Jimenez and Bobby De Cordova-Reid foiled Bukayo Saka's early goal.
Kevin de Bruyne struck twice to inspire Manchester City to a dominant 4-2 win at Crystal Palace on Saturday and move the champions level on points with Liverpool at the top of the Premier League table.
A summary of Saturday's action in the Premier League.
R'Bonney Gabriel, the first Filipino American to win the Miss Universe title, visited New York's Empire State Building on Tuesday, January 17, 2023.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Arsenal closed the gap on leaders Liverpool with a 2-1 Premier League victory at Nottingham Forest
Salah's sublime second-half strike leaves Liverpool on 67 points, three ahead of second-placed Arsenal and four ahead of City on a pivotal day in the title race.
Arsenal had more than twice as many chances but failed to take any as the visitors defended gamely.
A summary of Tuesday's first leg quarter-final action in the UEFA Champions League.
Real Madrid beat holders Manchester City in an edge-of-your-seat 4-3 shootout victory to reach the semi-finals of the Champions League.
The sub-narratives in the main story will be equally intriguing in the next 13 days.
The squad and Tite will gather on Nov. 14 at Juventus' training facilities in Turin, where Brazil will hold a five-day training camp before flying to Doha on Nov. 19.
Manchester United climb into sixth place with 3-0 West Ham win
The struggling West Indies cricket team has been dealt a couple of injury blows in its ongoing tour of India with pacer Kemar Roach ruled out of the remainder of the trip and all-rounder Kieron Pollard rendered unavailable for the ODI series.
IMAGES from the Premier League matches played on Sunday
Chelsea came from behind to beat Crystal Palace 3-1 thanks to added time goals from Conor Gallagher and Enzo Fernandez.
Images from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Tuesday.
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