PARIS (Reuters) - Tour de France organizers put a spring in the step of the climbers on Tuesday after unveiling the route for the 2020 race featuring a first mountain stage on the second day and only one time trial on the eve of the final parade on the Champs Elysees.

SOFIA, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Bulgarian Football Union's (BFU) president Borislav Mihaylov has turned down the prime minister's call to resign following racist abuse and monkey chants from Bulgaria fans towards black England players during their Euro 2020 qualifier.

MUMBAI, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Batting greats Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara are among former cricketers who will return to the field for the Road Safety World Series in India next year.

LONDON (Reuters) - Formula One is to stick with its three-day race format but with changes to the Friday schedule to cater for an expanding calendar, according to the sport's managing director for motorsport Ross Brawn.

ANKARA, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Turkish footballers celebrated their goal in a 1-1 draw against world champions France with a military salute to soldiers fighting in northeast Syria, raising the risk of a UEFA investigation after a similar gesture three days ago.

LONDON, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Racist abuse aimed at England players during a match against Bulgaria on Monday was vile and European football's governing body UEFA must do more to tackle such behavior, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's spokesman said on Tuesday.

LONDON (Reuters) - Anti-racism organization Kick It Out has criticized European football's governing body UEFA for failing to abandon Monday's Euro 2020 qualifier in Bulgaria after England's black players were subjected to monkey chants.

(Reuters) - Cristiano Ronaldo has lost count of the number of records he has broken, the Portugal forward said after scoring the 700th goal of his career during a 2-1 defeat to Ukraine on Monday.

(Reuters) - LeBron James weighed in on the controversy between China and the NBA on Monday, saying that Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey "wasn't educated" when he sent a tweet in support of protesters in Hong Kong this month.