Vietnam’s 10th National Sports Games will award 973 medals across 48 sports, drawing roughly 12,000 athletes, coaches and officials plus about 200,000 guests, spectators and tourists to Ho Chi Minh City and three other host provinces, vietnam.vn reported. The quadrennial event — the country’s largest multi-sport gathering — returns to Ho Chi Minh City as … Read more
Lewis Hamilton said Thursday he is still “annoyed” by his opening-race clash with Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc at last weekend’s Mexico City Grand Prix, telling reporters in São Paulo that the two Formula 1 drivers must hold a discussion when the championship returns to Europe, Ouest-France reported. The seven-time world champion said the Scuderia had … Read more
HO CHI MINH CITY — Nguyen Hai Dang enters the 10th National Sports Games of 2026 as the man to beat in men’s singles badminton, but the path to a second gold medal runs through a crowded field of veterans, rivals and teenage challengers, vietnam.vn reported. Dang, who plays for Ho Chi Minh City and … Read more
Le Sphinx Badminton Club of Nouvion, a commune in France’s Somme department, is back in the departmental championship this season after spending three seasons in Régionale 3, Actu.fr reported. The club will field three teams in the competition: two in Pré-régionale and one in Division 1, the highest level of departmental play. The return puts … Read more
Less than a month after winning the Circuit des Raquettes 2026 Masters in early October, Amira Benaissa and Julien Dando have each added another title in the opening weeks of the 2027 edition. The 2027 Circuit des Raquettes kicked off between Oct. 11 and 31 in Malepère, in the Aude department of southwestern France. Benaissa, … Read more
Three French clubs return to European competition this Thursday, November 5, 2026, as Lyon, Marseille, and Monaco face critical fixtures in the Europa League and Conference League. Lyon faces Real Sociedad in post-Fonseca era Olympique Lyonnais travels to the Basque Country to meet Real Sociedad in the Europa League, marking the team’s first match since … Read more
Pauline Coatanéa will conclude her professional handball career with Brest Bretagne Handball (BBH) at the end of the 2027-2028 season. The club confirmed on Thursday that the veteran right-winger has signed a one-year extension, marking what she intends to be her final campaign as a professional athlete. A Career Final Chapter at the Brest Arena … Read more
The Badminton pays de Ploërmel (BPP) club in Morbihan has reached a milestone in its operational growth by hiring its first salaried employee. The organization, which has expanded steadily since its founding in the 1980s, now supports a membership base of over 200 players, Actu reported. Strategic hiring for club development Jean-Noël Vulcain has joined … Read more
At 34, Franck Le Ven remains a prominent figure in Breton running, though the Saint-Pol Athletic Club member has faced a challenging path back to peak fitness. After struggling with a hamstring tendon injury late last year, the athlete is now recalibrating his goals for the end of the season. Le Ven Overcomes Injury with … Read more
On December 4, 1980, Stella Walsh, a 69-year-old Olympic track and field legend, was fatally shot in the parking lot of an Uncle Bill’s department store in Cleveland. Walsh, who was preparing to help host a visiting group of Polish basketball players, attempted to resist a robbery when she was struck by a bullet that … Read more