French, English and Irish swim team sets new Channel record The team - including French ‘seal’ Stève Stievenart - withstood water temperatures of just 7-9C
SEE: dates of key sports events in France and around the world in 2024 An overview of important dates, including the Paris Olympics, the Paralympics and the Tour de France
Runner breaks new record in Normandy - at age 82 The athlete ran at an incredible 18 km/h per hour, breaking both the Normandy and French records
news France votes to allow new gambling casinos to support ‘horse towns’ The vote will ‘save the region’ and ‘write history’, say supporters
France makes bid to host 2030 Winter Olympics Proponents say they are aiming for a ‘simple and sustainable’ event, but critics have called the plans ‘an aberration’
Rugby World Cup: Key points to check for supporters coming to France We pass on tips from English-speaking countries’ governments, and the apps and sites that can help in case of difficulties
Rugby exclusive: How France became the team to beat in World Cup Former national rugby coach Philippe Saint-André tells us how ‘les Bleus’ were transformed into winners
A marathon with wine and 4 other unusual sporting events in France The Marathon du Médoc, sometimes called the longest race in the world, features 23 wine stops, orchestras, oysters and steak over 43 kilometres
Second sewage leak cancelled another try at Olympic trials in Seine Investigations are underway into how this occurred - and how to stop it happening again ahead of the 2024 Paris Games
100 years of Le Mans: what makes this French car race so special? We look back at a century of speed, endurance, and crashes. Plus how to party in Le Mans if you don’t have a race ticket
Man ‘breaks world record’ for fastest marathon… running backwards! Frenchman Guillaume de Lustrac, 29, finished the 42-km race in three hours and 25 minutes, remarkably finishing 19th
‘Odious act’: Three dogs die after poisoning at French running event A police inquiry is underway into the incident, which has been condemned as ‘traumatising’, ‘cruel’, ‘extremely violent’ and ‘nightmarish’
French rugby terms to know ahead of Le Crunch with England To prepare for France versus England in the Six Nations, here are some key French rugby terms to help you watch in a bar or with friends
Scotland and Ireland, then France, top readers’ support in Six Nations Have you switched allegiance to France now you live here or do you still proudly fly a Home Nation flag in your window? Your feedback on this year’s rugby tournament Pension debates, strikes, wine, culture: The week ahead in France Paris 2024: Marseille the first city to welcome the Olympic Flame Did you know? Football fans have French to thank for World Cup
France celebrates as The Sun’s England football campaign backfires People in Paris turned posters designed to annoy the French ahead of the France-England quarter-final around on the tabloid French sport ‘longe-côte’ or sea wading is growing competitive event Paris Olympics 2024: How can I become a volunteer? Calling all pickleball fans: help grow the US craze in France New Olympic Intelligence Centre will coordinate security at Paris 2024 Vendée Arctique race departs from western France today
Champions League final chaos: French minister defends police response Gérald Darmanin apologised for the ‘disproportionate’ use of teargas, but continues to place blame on an ‘industrial scale’ ticket fraud
French industry expert: UK’s printed sport ticket tradition aids fraud He said Liverpool’s preference for printed - rather than digital - tickets made it so much easier for fakes to be made for the Champions League final