French soccer club Montpellier has denied racism allegations made by Australia forward Mary Fowler who said a teammate gave her bananas as a departing gift in 2022.

Valentin Paret-Peintre has triumphed on Mont Ventoux to become the first home rider to win a stage at this year’s Tour de France.

Koyo Kouoh, the curator of the 2026 Venice Art Biennale, has died at age 58, her home institution in South Africa said in an Instagram post.

The World Cup in Qatar takes place from Nov. 20-Dec. 18.

Olympic ice dance champions Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron shattered their own rhythm dance world record on Friday to take the lead over two American teams at the world championships in Montpellier, France.

Thousands of French women have denounced in an online campaign the response of police officers victim-blaming them or mishandling their complaints as they were reporting sexual abuse.

(AP Photo/Christophe Ena)BARCELONA A Spanish court has ruled in favor of Barcelona in a dispute with former player Neymar over a signing bonus paid in part to the Brazil striker before he left for Paris Saint-Germain. The court on Friday rejected Neymars suit that Barcelona owed him 43 million euros ($48 million) from part of a signing bonus that it never paid the player. The court ruled instead that Neymar must pay Barcelona 6.7 million euros ($7.5 million), corresponding to part of the signing bonus it had already paid to the player. Barcelona and then player Neymar agreed to a new contact in 2016, which included a signing bonus of 64 million euros. The club paid the player 22.5 million euros in July 2016 and was supposed to pay him the remaining 43 million euros by July 2017.

Italy players celebrate following their victory over China in the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup France Round of 16 match at Stade de la Mosson on June 25, 2019, in Montpellier, France. (CNN) - Europeans are dominating the Women's World Cup. In beating China 2-0, Italy not only equaled its best ever performance in the tournament but also became the sixth European country to progress to the last eight. Though competing at the Women's World Cup for the first time in 20 years -- and having made it through to the last 16 for the first time since 1991 -- Italy has impressed in France. China, which has only once failed to progress to the last eight, grew into the match as the first half progressed.