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France's full-back Thomas Ramos passes the ball during the Six Nations match between France and Italy at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, northern France, on February 22, 2026. FRANCOIS LO PRESTI / AFP France remained on course for the Six Nations title after a scrappy 33-8 win against Italy on Sunday, February 22. ,Fabien Galthié's side is favored to win back-to-back titles and is the only team to have won all three matches. France grabbed five tries for a bonus point and has 19 tries so far, having managed a tournament-record 30 last year. Jet-heeled left winger Louis Bielle-Biarrey, lock Emmanuel Meafou and makeshift flyhalf Thomas Ramos scored first-half tries at Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Lille, two of them set up by star scrumha...

Antoine Kombouaré in Nantes, France, on May 17, 2025. DAMIEN MEYER / AFP Ligue 1 club Paris FC confirmed the sacking of coach Stéphane Gilli on Sunday, February 22, and announced the appointment of former Paris Saint-Germain boss Antoine Kombouaré as his replacement. The club secured promotion to the French top flight for the first time since 1979 under Gilli last season. But a run of poor form has left them just six points above the relegation play-off place and they conceded a late equalizer in a 1-1 draw at Toulouse on Saturday. "Stéphane Gilli will remain in the memory of all those who love this club, the one that helped us return to Ligue 1, almost half a century after leaving it," said PFC president Pierre Ferracci. ...

Ukraine's Paralympic Committee President Valerii Sushkevych speaks to journalists after arriving at Warsaw Chopin Airport, Poland, with team members on March 15, 2022. JANEK SKARZYNSKI / AFP Ukraine's Paralympic athletes will skip the opening ceremony of the Milan-Cortina Paralympic Winter Games next month in protest at the International Paralympic Committee's decision to allow Russian athletes to compete under their national flag, Ukraine's National Paralympic Committee said. "The Ukrainian Paralympic team and the National Paralympic Committee of Ukraine are boycotting the opening ceremony of the 14th Winter Paralympic Games and demand that the Ukrainian flag not be used at the opening ceremony of the Paralympics-2026!," the committee said in...

Real Madrid's French forward #10 Kylian Mbappe at the match between SL Benfica and Real Madrid CF at Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, February 17, 2026. PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP Paris Saint-Germain have decided against appealing a French labor court ruling that forced them to pay their former forward Kylian Mbappé up to €61 million in unpaid wages and bonuses, the club told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Friday, February 20. PSG, who had been ordered in December to pay the Real Madrid star within a month even if they decided to appeal, said they had decided to close the long-running legal battle. "In the interest of responsibility and in order to put a definitive end to a procedure which has lasted too long, the club has chosen ...

Alex Ferreira of the United States wins the gold for the Men's Freeski Halfpipe Final, Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics, Livigno Snow Park, Livigno, Italy, on February 20, 2026. GONZALO FUENTES / REUTERS US freestyle skier Alex Ferreira won gold on Friday, February 20, to complete his set of Olympic medals, soaring to victory in a men's halfpipe final littered with errors. Ferreira, who already had a silver and bronze in his collection, posted a winning score of 93.75 after a sublime effort on his third and final run of the competition under the lights in Livigno. He dislodged Henry Sildaru from top spot, but the Estonian's silver was still his country's first medal of the Milan-Cortina Games. Canada's Brendan Mackay took bronze ...

United States players celebrate after a women's ice hockey gold medal game between the United States and Canada at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, on February 19, 2026. HASSAN AMMAR / AP Megan Keller's spectacular overtime strike earned the USA the Olympic women's ice hockey gold medal with a 2-1 win over defending champions Canada on Thursday, February 19. It was the first time the Americans have won the women's title since the 2018 Pyeongchang Games. Keller skillfully deked a Canadian defender and beat goaltender Ann-Renee Desbiens just over four minutes into overtime. Her goal sparked huge celebrations on the Team USA bench and among the thousands of US fans in the Santagiulia Arena in Milan. "I'm lost for words...

USA's Alysa Liu after winning the gold in the figure skating women's single free skating final during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at Milano Ice Skating Arena, Milan, February 19, 2026. GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP American Alysa Liu surged from third at the start of the day to win the Olympic women's singles figure skating gold with an electrifying performance at the Milan-Cortina Games on Thursday, February 19. World champion Liu took the title ahead of Japan's Kaori Sakamoto who won silver with 17-year-old Ami Nakai winning bronze after the free skating final at the Milano Ice Skating Arena. Liu hit a career-best score in the free skate and her overall 226.79 points was also a lifetime best as she grabbed her second...

Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron during the free dance at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy February 11, 2026. JULIEN DE ROSA/AFP Picture it: Music evoking the ocean's depths and two skaters clad in blue-green costumes reminiscent of the sea, moving in perfect harmony. A couple who, in turn, connect, break apart and then come together as one. On Wednesday, February 11, 9,700 spectators at the Milano Ice Skating Arena and millions more watching on television were captivated by four minutes and 30 seconds of pure spectacle: a fusion of skating and theater. This performance earned French ice dancers Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron Olympic gold. They were already leading the competition after the first segment, the rhythm dance, ...

Ukraine's Vladyslav Heraskevych starts a men's skeleton training session at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, on Wednesday, February 11, 2026. AIJAZ RAHI / AP Ukraine denounced a decision to ban skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych from the Winter Olympics on Thursday, February 12, after he refused to back down over his banned helmet, which depicted victims of Russia's invasion of his country. Heraskevych, 27, had insisted he would continue to wear the helmet, which carries pictures of Ukrainian sportsmen and women killed since Russian forces invaded Ukraine in 2022, during the men's skeleton heats on Thursday. But the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said Heraskevych had been kicked out of the Milan-Cortina Games aft...

Unfazed by the glass doors of the Palais Omnisports Marseille Grand Est, a handful of children, hockey sticks in hand and using a plastic ball for a puck, mimicked their favorite players. On Wednesday, January 21, the Spartiates, Marseille's local ice hockey team, hosted the Ducs d'Angers in a match of France's top ice hockey league, Ligue Magnus. Nearly 4,000 people filled the stands of France's largest ice rink – slightly below the season's average attendance of around 4,900. Later that night, Olympique de Marseille was scheduled to play Liverpool at the Stade-Vélodrome in a UEFA Champions League match. "After football, we are the city's second biggest sport, both in terms of attendance and level," said Jonathan Zwikel, the general manager of the Spartiates. ...