Paul Myers    Organisers of the Paris Olympic Games began their day countdown on Wednesday amid uncertainty over the site of the Opening Ceremony on July.

Paul Myers    Paris Olympics organisers launched the sale of , tickets on Wednesday as part of initiatives to mark the start of the day countdown to the Opening Ceremony along the River Seine on July.

Paul Myers    Kylian Mbappé bagged a brace on Tuesday night as Paris Saint Germain overturned a two goal aggregate deficit to beat Barcelona and advance to the Champions League semi finals for the first time since .

RFI    The flame for this summer’s Paris Olympics was lit at a ceremony at the ancient site of Olympia in Greece on Tuesday, ahead of a torch relay that will start in Athens. After a , kilometre journey through mainland France and the overseas French territories, it will arrive in Paris for the Games...

Paul Myers    Paris Saint Germain boss Luis Enrique was bullish on Monday over his side’s chances of overturning a deficit and reaching the Champions League semi final at the expense of Barcelona.

Paul Myers    Stefanos Tsitsipas on Monday re entered the world’s top following a spectacular week at the Monte Carlo Masters during which he dispatched three of the best players on the planet to claim a third title in the principality.

Paul Myers    Perhaps the weekend break will help Paris Saint Germain’s players recover from their midweek travails. down and then up before losing to Barcelona at the Parc des Princes, it was to mutilate the cliché a game of two halves within two halves.

Paul Myers    Quite where all this is going boggles the mind. Just over hours after the French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin declared that Paris Saint Germain’s Champions League match against Barcelona at the Parc des Princes had featured on an Islamic State video as a target, PSG and their fans reacted...

Paul Myers    Just as Paris Saint Germain seemed set to overwhelm Barcelona on Wednesday night following two goals in three minutes early in the second half, they lost control of their Champions League quarter final with sloppy defending.

Paul Myers    Paris Olympic chiefs on Wednesday declared themselves primed and prepared for any last minute hitches ahead of the formal day countdown celebrations before the start of the Games on July.

Paul Myers    Paris Saint Germain head coach Luis Enrique urged his players to forget the pressure of reaching the latter stages of the Champions League and be ambitious during the first leg of their last eight clash against Barcelona on Wednesday night.

Dhananjay Khadilkar    Mathieu van der Poel towered above his rivals to retain the Hell of the North Paris Roubaix bike race title, a week after burnishing his reputation with his third victory at the revered Tour of Flanders.

Paul Myers    French police chiefs on Tuesday revealed they plan to step up security in Paris ahead of the Champions League clash between Paris Saint Germain and Barcelona on Wednesday night.

Ngala Killian Chimtom in Yaounde    Cameroonian football’s internecine infighting exploded into the open on Tuesday following the appointment of Marc Brys as head coach of the national football squad.

Paul Myers    Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola urged his players to forget about last season’s semi final annihilation of Real Madrid when the sides clash on Tuesday night at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Paul Myers    As nearly , obsessed and stressed athletes continue their preparations around the globe for the Olympics in Paris in just over three months, around, gold, silver and bronze medals remain under lock and key in the various vaults of La Monnaie de Paris the Paris Mint waiting to...

RFI    Despite their relative lack of marathon experience, Ethiopia’s Mulugeta Uma and Mestawut Fikir beat off the favourites to win the men’s and women’s race in the Paris Marathon on Sunday.

Paul Myers    What does it say about the essence of a football championship when a team can lose the likes of Lionel Messi, Neymar and Marco Verratti and still be points clear with seven games remaining

Paul Myers    Former footballer Didier Drogba joined South Africa’s rugby World Cup winning captain Siya Kolisi and Olympians Marlène Harnois and Masomah Ali Zada in Paris to launch the white card campaign as part of the celebrations on Saturday for the international day of sport for development and peace.

Paul Myers    French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday paid tribute to the vast array of engineers, landscapers and politicians who worked on the Aquatics Centre in Saint Denis, which will be used during the Paris Olympic Games.

Paul Myers    French President Emmanuel Macron will on Thursday hail the array of artisans, architects and engineers involved in building the Paris Aquatics Centre during an inauguration ceremony of the showpiece venue to be used during the Olympic Games.

Paul Myers    Somewhat ironic that Paris Saint Germain’s bogey team Rennes were undone by a bit of old fashioned fluke on Wednesday night at the Parc des Princes.

Paul Myers    Ligue pacesetters Paris Saint Germain take on Rennes on Wednesday night at the Parc des Princes for a place in next month’s final of the Coupe de France against Lyon.

Paul Myers    Lyon boss Pierre Sage urged his players to look back at their catastrophic start to the Ligue season in order to seize their chance for glory when they take on Valenciennes in the semi finals of the Coupe de France.

Paul Myers    Italy’s Jannik Sinner rose on Monday to second place in the tennis world rankings following his straight sets win over Grigor Dimitrov to claim the Miami Open.

Paul Myers    Paris Saint Germain on Monday started their preparations for a crucial days of domestic and European action in Ligue, the Coupe de France and the Champions League with question marks over the form and attitude of stand in skipper and star striker Kylian Mbappé.

Paul Myers    Olympics naysayers would be given short shrift at the moment in and around the Paris suburbs of Le Bourget and Dugny.

Paul Myers    Tennis world number one Novak Djokovic continued his preparations for the clay court season on Thursday after announcing a split with coach Goran Ivanisevic.

RFI    The Paris Olympics are expected to cost the state between three and five billion euros, the French court of auditors said Tuesday as new figures revealed the country’s widening debt levels.

RFI    There will be no Saudi Olympic village at Les Invalides this summer, during the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Gulf state had asked the French government for permission to set up the Olympic village near the landmark site.