Paul Myers    French culture chiefs on Friday unveiled their latest blockbuster exhibition aimed at adding a more reflective level to the Olympic and Paralympic fever set to grip France from the middle of July.

Paul Myers    French Open chiefs unveiled on Thursday a package of innovations including a retractable roof and a wheelchair event for juniors as part of the new era at the tennis circuit’s most prestigious clay court competition.

Paul Myers    Monaco edged past Lille on Wednesday night to take a big step towards next season’s Champions League and postpone Paris Saint Germain’s title celebrations.

Paul Myers    Former world number one Rafael Nadal conceded on Wednesday his farewell tour was not proceeding to plan but his wish to compete one last time at cherished tournaments such as the French Open where he has claimed titles was pushing him through the pain barrier.

Paul Myers    Three months before the start of the Paris Olympics, the Louvre will add its cultural heft to the prelude with the launch on Wednesday of an exhibition glorifying the museum’s role in the birth of the modern Games. It features the academics, artists and politicians whose dynamism defined the...

Paul Myers    Tennis world number one Novak Djokovic on Monday confirmed his absence from the Madrid Masters tournament one of the three most prestigious clay court competitions on the circuit in the prelude to the French Open in Paris.

Paul Myers    Gonçalo Ramos bagged a brace on Sunday night as Paris Saint Germain swept past Lyon to move points clear at the top of Ligue .

Paul Myers    It’s just as well Paris Saint Germain’s players enjoy a point lead in Ligue or they might have to think seriously about the French top flight rather than their impending clashes in a couple of weeks against Borussia Dortmund in the semi finals of the Champions League.

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.