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Sports in France: What place for athletics in French society?

The heads of the French Athletics Federation met with French Sports Minister Amélie Oudea Castera today. That meeting comes after what was described as a fiasco for the French at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest that wrapped up over the weekend. France brought home just one medal, a silver for the French men's 4x400m relay team For more on the state of French athletics, FRANCE 24 is joined by French Olympic sprinter Ayodelé Ikuesan, also a member of the Athletes' Commission of the French Olympic Committee, a commission representing athletes.

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Olympic flame to arrive in France ahead of Paris Olympics

The Olympic flame is set to arrive in the French port of Marseille on Wednesday in front of a crowd of up to 150,000 people in a first major test of the hugely ambitious plans for the Paris Games.

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Mbappé plays his final champions League game in Paris with PSG

No doubt Kylian Mbappé will be greeted with loud cheers and applause when he takes to the Parc des Princes pitch on Tuesday night. It will be his final Champions League match in the French capital in a Paris Saint-Germain shirt. More information with France 24 sports commentator, James Vasina.

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Football: Real Madrid clinch record-extending 36th La Liga title

Real Madrid claimed a record-extending 36th LaLiga title on Saturday after Girona's 4-2 thrashing of local rivals Barcelona left Carlo Ancelotti's side with an unassailable lead in the standings.