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France will make its Red Bull Air Race World Championship debut in 2018 after the city of Cannes was added to next season’s calendar.

The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) has ramped up the pressure on World Rugby following last week’s decision to recommend South Africa as host of the 2023 World Cup by issuing a formal complaint over the process to the sport’s global governing body.

World Rugby has said it will contact the French Rugby Federation (FFR) to “raise its concerns” after FFR president Bernard Laporte accused the world governing body of “amateurism” in the process by which it last week backed South Africa as the proposed host of the 2023 World Cup.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has suspended its accreditation of the laboratory of the National Anti-Doping Organisation of France, which is located in Paris, for a period of up to six months.

Eleven nations have submitted bids to host the European Handball Federation’s European Championships in 2022 and 2024, with several countries having teamed up on joint proposals.

France and Ireland have vowed to fight on in their efforts to land the 2023 Rugby World Cup after seeing South Africa’s bid backed by the sport’s world governing body.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has today (Monday) named Pierre-Olivier Beckers-Vieujant and Patrick Baumann as chairmen of the Coordination Commissions for the 2024 and 2028 summer Olympic Games, respectively.

France’s financial watchdog, the Parquet National Financier (PNF), is investigating the role played by the International Automobile Federation (FIA) in January’s takeover of the Formula One motor-racing series by US mass media company Liberty Media, according to the New York Times.

The race to host the 2023 Rugby World Cup will conclude in just a matter of weeks, with the World Rugby Council set to decide on November 15 whether France, Ireland or South Africa should host the tournament. Here, SportBusiness International examines the South African bid.

The race to host the 2023 Rugby World Cup will conclude in just a matter of weeks, with the World Rugby Council set to decide on November 15 whether France, Ireland or South Africa should host the tournament. Here, SportBusiness International examines the Irish bid.

The race to host the 2023 Rugby World Cup will conclude in just a matter of weeks, with the World Rugby Council set to decide on November 15 whether France, Ireland or South Africa should host the tournament. Here, SportBusiness International examines the three contenders' bids.

The race to host the 2023 Rugby World Cup will conclude in just a matter of weeks, with the World Rugby Council set to decide on November 15 whether France, Ireland or South Africa should host the tournament. Here, SportBusiness International examines the French bid.

French banking group Société Générale has defended its anti-corruption practices after being implicated in the scandal surrounding the assignment of hosting rights to the 2016 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, along with other major sporting events.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has provisionally suspended its accreditation of the laboratory of the National Anti-Doping Organisation of France, which is located in Paris.

World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont today (Monday) said that the sport’s global governing body faces a tough choice in selecting the host of the 2023 World Cup after France, Ireland and South Africa laid out “exceptionally strong, impressive and exciting bids” for the national team tournament.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Pyeongchang 2018 have today (Friday) maintained that safety and security are among their primary concerns for next year’s winter Olympics after France’s Sports Minister, Laura Flessel, said its team would not travel to South Korea if there is any doubts regarding the growing tension in the region.