The United States women's national soccer team captured the FIFA World Cup July 7 with a 2-0 victory over the Netherlands in Lyons, France. In June, a girls.

The takeover of French Ligue 1 side Nice by British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe has been cleared by the country's competition authority.

Start your engines! The 30th edition of the thrilling FAI World Aerobatic Championships takes off this evening with an Opening Ceremony at 6pm local French ...

LONDON (AP) — Lock Paul Gabrillagues will miss France's first three pool games at the Rugby World Cup after he was suspended on Tuesday for six weeks for ...

Scotland are in France for the first of their Rugby World Cup warm-up matches.

BRIANÇON, France — To watch the cyclists of the Tour de France assault the high Alps, those grand geologic up-thrusts of granite and limestone, to see men ...

That was the headline running across the front page of France's biggest-selling sports newspaper L'Equipe three weeks ago, amid nationwide hopes that a ...

(CNN) The Tour de France is the most coveted race in all of cycling. But the title hasn't touched French hands since Bernard Hinault last won it in 1985. This year ...

We are not satisfied by the broadcast coverage in the U.S.,” the CEO of France's top soccer league told The Inquirer.

LIMOUX, France — On a muggy morning before another 115-mile race through the Pyrenees, the cyclist George Bennett peered at a few of us sweaty ...

NORTH CAROLINA, Aug 22 ― Top seeded Frenchman Benoit Paire saved a match point and then fought back to beat compatriot Ugo Humbert 3-6 7-6(2) 6-3 to ...

A change in sports drinks before the Tour de France is being blamed for UAE Team Emirate's lacklustre performance in the French Grand Tour, where general ...

Algerian forward Islam Slimani joins Monaco on loan until season-end from Leicester City with option to buy - Anadolu Agency.

Neymar's return to Barcelona could take a step closer on Tuesday with officials from Spain travelling to France for talks with Paris Saint-Germain, according to ...

Scotland coach Gregor Townsend retained just one player, full-back Stuart Hogg, in the starting XV for Saturday's Test with France as the side bid to rebound ...

Huge Toronto and Scott Sports designed a cycling helmet that triathletes will also be interested in.

Stuart McInally believes Scotland's Six Nations growing pains will help ensure that they stand tall at next month's Rugby World Cup in Japan.

Following the guidelines of a new rule in France, the Ligue 2 game between Nancy and Le Mans was stopped by referee Mehdi Mokhtari due to homophobic ...

Internet giant Amazon will add coverage of the French Open to its budding live tennis portfolio after securing one of the clay-court grand slam's two domestic ...

French champions Paris Saint-Germain suffered a surprise defeat away at Rennes on Sunday in a repeat of April's French Cup final. PSG dominated the early ...

SPORTS – Western's April Clark and Saskatchwan's Bailee Bourassa scored to lead the U SPORTS All-Stars to their second straight Summer Showcase win, ...

As the Tour de France nears a thrilling close, we look at the cycling fans who have lined the roadside from Brussels to the Alps.

Experienced scrum-half Morgan Parra said on Monday he is not "bitter" about being left off France's squad for this year's Rugby World Cup. Parra, 30, who h.

(CNN) Football is back! Well, the preseason, anyway. And international friendlies, also known as soccer. The Hall of Fame game between the Denver Broncos ...

Luke Rowe and Tony Martin have protested their disqualification from the Tour de France for what they believe was a "heat of the moment" incident.

As if on a seek and destroy mission to rid the sporting world of anything remotely offensive or unjust, radical feminists have taken their latest politically correct ...

NIMES, France — Crashing is becoming a bad habit for defending Tour de France champion Geraint Thomas.

A focus on cycling has not translated into success in the world's most famous road race despite success in other forms of the sport, like in the velodrome Even ...

France U20 back-row Jordan Joseph: Get to know the powerful tteenage No 8 who is already a back-to-back U20 World Cup winner.

MIALET, France — There are those who merely talk of giving it all up and starting a new life. And there are others, far fewer, who actually do it. The husband-wife ...

The 2019 Tour de France may be remembered as one of the most thrilling races of recent decades, featuring landslides, a hailstorm and more. Here's a look ...

A major storm near the finish line forced an early end to Stage 19 of the Tour de France and shook up the overall standings.

GRAND RAPIDS — Former Cornerstone men's basketball standout and assistant coach Kyle Steigenga has decided to continue his basketball career after a ...

The 2019 Tour de France is nearing its finish, check out all the highlights from Stage 20 right here.

WASHINGTON, Aug 21 ― Top-seeded Benoit Paire reached the third round of the ATP Winston-Salem Open yesterday, beating Prajnesh Gunneswaran 6-3, ...

2019 Tour de France results for the yellow jersey, green jersey, white jersey and polka-dot jersey.

NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 6 – Harambee Stars head coach Sebastien Migne is set to leave for his native France next week for an unspecified period of time but Get ...

Due to a nagging leg injury, Thibaut Pinot was forced to leave the 2019 Tour de France. He was fifth in the overall standings,

MORGANTOWN — The West Virginia kid is going to have to learn some French — Nate Adrian is headed to Bordeaux, France, to play professional basketball.

Stage 19 of the Tour de France was stopped after mudslides, hail, and snow blocked the beginning of the fifth climb.

The 18-year-old Irishman moves up 15 places in general classification, and is now 30th overall.

After Luke Rowe and Tony Martin were disqualified for misconduct during Stage 17, Paul Burmeister, Christian Van Velde and Chris Horne discuss whether.

Two riders, including a teammate of defending Tour de France champion Geraint Thomas, have been kicked out of the race after they got into an altercation.

Former France and Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery is to join Fiorentina, the Serie A side said on Wednesday. The club's website showed a video of the ...

Germany's Emanuel Buchmann is sixth in the overall rankings and within striking distance of the yellow jersey. If the 26-year-old is going to go for it, he's bound ...

Thousands have signed an online petition and a prominent women's rights activist are among those to have criticised the "sexist tradition" of podium girls during ...

France have named a strong side to face Scotland in Murrayfield, as head coach Jacques Brunel targets continuity with the World Cup less than a month away.

Manchester United's Harry Maguire calls on social media companies to "stop these pathetic trolls" after team-mate Paul Pogba is subjected to racist abuse ...

For 62 stages Robbie McEwen had tried and failed to win a stage of the Tour de France.

Patrice Evra, who made 81 appearances for France, has set his sights on a career in coaching after deciding to hang up his boots.

Fiji born France based player, Virimi Vakatawa has been re-called into the France Rugby World Cup squad to replace Geoffrey Doumayrou who was ruled out ...

Stage 19 of the 2019 Tour de France was stopped due to inclimate weather near the finish line, which resulted in Julian Alaphilippe losing his yellow jersey.

The Kiwi cyclist has fully recovered after breaking his ribs at the Tour de France.

Oliver Norwood quits international football but Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill says the Sheffield United midfielder is making a 'huge mistake'.

2012 Tour de France winner Sir Bradley Wiggins, talks 2019 Tour de France standings, end results predictions, and his doubts on Alaphilippe's run.

CINCINNATI: France's Richard Gasquet captured his first ATP Masters Series quarter-final victory in six years on Friday, defeating Roberto Bautista Agut 7-6 ...

Geraint Thomas took a tumble during Stage 16 of the 2019 Tour de France, but he got back on his bike and later rejoined the peloton.

GENEVA — When most people in the world think of Geneva, their immediate thoughts likely go to a picturesque lake town in Switzerland surrounded by the ...

Dhaka: On the Kashmir row, Bangladesh on Wednesday maintained that the abrogation of Article 370 by the Indian government was an internal matter.

Scotland were on the wrong end of a 32-3 defeat to France in Nice last week.

France is not in Monday's lineup against the Reds. France is 1-for-11 with three strikeouts and zero walks in three games since taking over as the primary ...

Take a look back at the top 10 moments from the 2019 Tour de France, including Egan Bernal's historic victory.

Stéphanie Frappart will become the first permanent female referee in Ligue 1 this weekend as the 2019/20 campaign begins.

The post-mortem of Banyana Banyana's performance in the Fifa Women's World Cup was predictable, borrowing a tired line that was used after their two ...

Mark Cavendish is due to return to racing in Italy this week following his Tour de France snub.

One look around the Al McGuire Center after Saturday's open practice, and it's clear fans' attention is on Markus Howard. A lengthy line formed for autographs as ...

British cycling great Chris Froome is determined to bid for a record-equalling fifth Tour de France crown next year after the horrific injuries he suffered in a crash ...

Gregor Townsend's team began their warm-up to the World Cup in Japan with a 32-3 defeat.

Sporting goods retailer Decathlon has abandoned plans to sell a sports hijab in France, following a backlash from politicians and the public.

As the husband of U.S. women's soccer star Julie Ertz, Eagles tight end Zach Ertz was eager to spend a three and a half weeks in France during the World Cup.

Photo thanks to @ConnachtRugby. The second season of Andy Friend's Connacht tenure got underway in the shadow of the French alps in Oyonnax tonight.

It's now easier than ever to act out "Star Wars" fantasies in France, because lightsaber dueling has been recognized as a competitive sport.

Megan Rapinoe scores twice in 2-1 victory over World Cup host country's team.

France's Isabeau Coudurier has been on the CamelBak Canadian Open Enduro podium in each of the past five years, but on Aug. 11, she stood atop it for the ...

The United States women's national team passed its toughest test thus far at the 2019 Women's World Cup to keep its hopes of a repeat alive. Taking on France ...

French telephony giant creates temporary high-speed, reliable communications networks for each day of the race across rural France.

For his Groupama-FDJ team and many cycling fans, his would be a victory for style over substance, for emotion over cold calculation, old-fashioned racing ...

A French store dropped a plan to sell a hijab designed for runners after becoming embroiled in the country's debate about what Muslim women wear.

ORLÉANS, France — The first Women's World Cup on French soil was only days away, and Delphine Cascarino, a 22-year-old French wing with the speed and ...

Sports takes on a global feel this weekend. Here's your guide to the weekend's biggest sports events.

The host country's team dominated South Korea, 4-0, and validated its status as a favorite to win the whole tournament.

A day after the United States rocked the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup with a record-breaking 13-0 demolition of Thailand, Day 6 of tournament action began ...

ALBI, France — I was late, oh so late, and my car's GPS had expired in the midst of remote vineyards and stands of cypress and golden fields of ...

The home team, which finished round-robin play with a 3-0 record, benefited twice from the Video Assistant Referee system in a 1-0 win Monday over Nigeria.

The French women's football team may be out of the World Cup, and will not be playing in Sunday's final, but France will be in another championship this ...

France's coach has given decades to soccer as a player and pioneer, and she has spent the last two years building a World Cup contender. Is her reward — and ...

As the peloton treks through brutal Pyrenees stages of the Tour de France this weekend, NBC Sports Group is providing U.S. cycling fans with a deeper ...

France is into the quarterfinals of the 2019 World Cup after the hosts edged Brazil 2-1 in extra time in one of the tightest, most intense games of the tournament.

FIFA recognizes a France-Netherlands encounter in 1971 as the first women's international match. It was no such thing, but that doesn't diminish the women who ...

Renard's World Cup started with two goals and continued with a blunder and a missed penalty. She still hopes it ends with a trophy.

CYCLING. Italian rider Elia Viviani claimed his first career stage win on the Tour de France after storming a bunch sprint on Tuesday. Viviani was ideally set up ...

PARIS — Investigators in France detained Michel Platini, the former European soccer federation president, on Tuesday to question him about the awarding of ...

This year's Tour de France is not only more open than it's been in years, but it could very well come down to a battle between teammates.

REIMS, France — By Saturday, the Women's World Cup will have been winnowed from 24 teams to four. And either France, the host nation, or the United States, ...

France aims to wrap up Group A at the 2019 Women's World Cup on Monday when the hosts take on Nigeria in their third group stage match. With victories over ...

The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup wrapped up Sunday with the United States beating the Netherlands, 2-0, in Lyon, France. It's the second straight World Cup ...

The FIFA Women's World Cup is now taking place in France until July 7. All eyes are on France's footballeuses as they make their championship bid on home ...

By Sportswriter Su Bin. PARIS, March 24 (Xinhua) -- With China gearing up for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, three-time hosts France expect to capitalize on ...

After being suspended this week for three Champions League matches next season for insulting officials, Neymar may have another punishment coming.

France have preserved their perfect record to top Group A at the women's World Cup with a 1-0 win against a 10-woman Nigeria thanks to Wendie Renard's 79th ...