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French sports clubs and federations are being urged to be ready for a wave of interest likely to follow the 2024 Paris Olympics after a spectacular first week of success for French athletes.

Noah Lyles won the men's 100m Olympic title on Sunday night. The 27-year-old American beat Kishane Thompson from Jamaica by five-thousandths of a second. Fred Kerley from the United States was third.

Novak Djokovic knelt on the clay of centre court and wept. The elusive trophy had been claimed. At 37-years-old, he was the Olympic champion in the men's singles tennis competition. The triumph for himself and Serbia came 16 years after winning bronze at the Beijing Olympics.

Algerian teenager Kaylia Nemour conjured up "the performance of her life" to become the first African to win an Olympic gymnastics medal with gold on the uneven bars on Sunday.

Hélas, Manon Apithy-Brunet and Sara Balzer, the gold and silver medallists respectively in the individual sabre could not recreate the magic for team France. The South Koreans beat them in the semis.

The picturesque village of La Gacilly in Brittany, western France, is home to an annual photo festival focusing on the environment and social issues – and this year, Australia is the guest of honour. Among 11 Australian photographers featured is Bobbi Lockyer, who is keen to share her indigenous heritage…

Paris Olympics organisers have cancelled training for triathletes in the River Seine again because of poor water quality, leading to more uncertainty over whether the mixed relay will go ahead as planned on Monday.

Summer holidays are sacred in France, where paid leave is considered not a perk but a right. It all dates back to the summer of 1936, when a progressive new government rewrote French labour law to introduce paid time off for all employees.

Nigeria's President Bola Ahmed Tinubu called for the suspension of nationwide protests and an end to "bloodshed" on Sunday after security forces cracked down on rallies over economic hardship. Rights groups say at least 13 people have died since Thursday.

The illegitimate child of a dressmaker in south-west France, Jenny Sacerdote went on to run one of the world’s biggest fashion empires of the early 20th century. Yet she fell into oblivion. Nearly a century later, her avant-garde designs and entrepreneurial spirit have inspired a French stylist to tell her…

French star Teddy Riner Saturday helped his country claim gold in mixed team judo, after he beat Japan's Tatsuru Saito in the final for the second straight Olympic Games. The victory comes on the back of Riner's third individual gold medal in the +100kg division on Friday.