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Favourite monument in France: which won the 2024 contest?

The rather unusual ‘monument’ won out over chateaux, a villa, and grand gardens

French authorities launch major crackdown on illegal streaming

The watchdog has already blocked almost 200 sites since the start of the Ligue 1 football championship

French, English and Irish swim team sets new Channel record

The team - including French ‘seal’ Stève Stievenart - withstood water temperatures of just 7-9C

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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

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’

Paris 2024: Marseille the first city to welcome the Olympic Flame

The city will kick off the Flame’s three-month journey to Paris and has been chosen partly because of its ancient links to Greece

New Olympic Intelligence Centre will coordinate security at Paris 2024

It will be a tough job, with events held at museums or landmarks and a free opening ceremony for 600,000 along the Seine - ‘we can pull it off’ says organiser

Vendée Arctique race departs from western France today

The 3,500 nautical mile race, which is one of the races on the road to qualifying for the Vendée Globe, is set to depart at 17:00 and will see sailors make a loop around Iceland