Japan, France athletics federations sign partnership accord

PARIS, Apr 18: Pro-Palestinian activists have staged a protest outside the office of the French Football Federation (FFF) in Paris, demanding the release of Palestinian sportsmen held by Israel. Dozens of activists gathered in front of the FFF ...

Seventeen athletes face doping bans after abnormalities were detected in the International Association of Athletics Federations' (IAAF) biological passports which track changes in their blood profiles. “Seventeen cases are currently under proceedings,” Thomas Capdevielle, the results manager in the IAAF's medical and anti-doping department, said on Wednesday. “Nineteen cases were concluded with a sanction and three cases were referred to CAS (Court of Arbitration for ...

Clashes between the Athletic Club of Bizerte, CAB in french , supporters and police broke yesterday and continued today in Bizerte, northern of Tunisia. The young supporters took it to the streets in protest of the National Federation of Football ...

Head butt ... Thomas Drouet after the altercation with John Tomic. Photo: AFP John Tomic, the father and coach of Australian tennis star Bernard Tomic, will not be granted accreditation to this year's French Open, according to the tournament ...

Defence Minister Peter MacKay, who will again pick up the job of representing Newfoundland and Labrador at the federal cabinet table, says there will be no repercussions for Peter Penashue's loss in the Labrador byelection. "You're looking at him," ...

PARIS: Sprint legend Usain Bolt (pic) will compete at the Diamond League meeting in Zurich in August, the Jamaican athlete confirmed yesterday. I am excited to go back to Zurich. I love the electric atmosphere at the stadium and both the competition ...

(CNN) -- The stars of tennis took time out from their French Open preparations Sunday to honor the man who helped them become some of the highest-paid athletes in the world. Brad Drewett passed away Friday, aged 54, succumbing to the motor neurone ...

The French rugby players' union on Thursday reacted with disbelief at claims that the sport had returned the highest proportion of positive doping tests in the country last year. Provale said in a statement that the assertion made by French ...

It had seemed like a done deal billionaire hedge fund manager Marc Lasry would be ambassador to France. Even , confirming the news for Politico. But earlier this week Lasry was forced to tell his investors that he would not be heading overseas. He ...