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Djokovic makes record jump to top of ATP rankings after Australian Open win

  • Tennis

Novak Djokovic has made the biggest jump to world number one in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings history after his men's singles triumph at the Australian Open while women's champion Aryna Sabalenka returns to second.

Sabalenka still trails current world number one Iga Świątek of Poland by 4,385 points.However, through Roland

Garros, Sabalenka is defending 1,115 ranking points compared to Świątek's 6,270 points.Rybakina enters



Men's singles tennis final at Paris 2024 to remain in best-of-three sets format

  • Paris 2024

The men's tennis singles final at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games is set to be played in a best-of-three sets format, despite reports of a potential five-set clash.

and women's singles tournaments and the three doubles competitions are due to take place at the Stade Roland

Garros in the French capital.It is the first time that the Olympic tennis tournament will be played

Nadal has won the French Open, held at Roland Garros, a record 14 times and has just three defeats to


Spanish NOC chief backs tennis great Nadal for Olympic gold at Paris 2024

  • Tennis

Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) President Alejandro Blanco has predicted tennis great Rafael Nadal will win the gold medal in the men's singles at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, if he chooses to extend his career to the next Games.

favourites for the tournament despite his age, as the Paris 2024 tournament is scheduled to take place at Roland-Garros

non-winning year seeing him pull out in the third round due to injury.Rafael Nadal has won 14 French Opens at Roland-Garros


Government confirms Djokovic granted visa for 2023 Australian Open

  • Tennis

Novak Djokovic has been granted a visa to enter Australia and play in tennis' first Grand Slam of 2023, new Immigration Minister Andrew Giles has confirmed.

ImagesThat is one behind Spanish great Rafael Nadal's record of 22.It was Nadal who beat Djokovic at Roland

Garros this year.Djokovic was not able to play in the US Open - or several other high-profile ATP Tour


Motion for ITF to assume padel governance short of necessary votes at AGM

  • Tennis

A proposal for the International Tennis Federation (ITF) to assume governance of padel has been rejected at the ITF Annual General Meeting in Glasgow.

football club Paris Saint-Germain.Premier Padel events have been staged at iconic tennis venues including Roland

Garros in Paris and Rome's Foro Italico.The ITF's main discipline, tennis, is well established on the


International Tennis Federation accused of "hostile takeover" of padel in appeal to CAS

  • Tennis

The International Padel Federation (FIP) has filed an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) seeking to stop what it characterises as a "hostile takeover" of padel governance by the International Tennis Federation (ITF). 

football club Paris Saint-Germain.Premier Padel events have been staged at iconic tennis venues including Roland

Garros in Paris and Rome's Foro Italico.The ITF's main discipline, tennis, is well established on the


Świątek pledges more prize money to mental health organisations after Ostrava final

  • Tennis

Iga Świątek, the world number one women's tennis player, will donate her prize money from Sunday's final of the Agel Open in Ostrava to a Polish mental health organisation.

has been open about her work with sports psychologist Daria Abramowicz since her breakthrough win at Roland

Garros in 2020, first donated prize money to a mental health charity last year during the BNP Paribas


IOC Executive Board approves Paris 2024 venue changes, but "no definitive decision" on basketball

  • Paris 2024

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board has approved a series of changes to the planned venues for Paris 2024, with moves of the shooting venue and the Main Press Centre among those rubber-stamped, although "no definitive decision" has been taken on basketball.

in Paris 2024's legacy ambitions.Boxing preliminaries have been moved from Court Suzanne Lenglen at Roland

Garros to the North Paris Arena in Villepinte.Semi-finals and finals remain set to take place on Court

Philippe-Chatrier at Roland Garros, the site that hosts tennis' French Open.The North Paris Arena has


Galán and Lebrón win second Premier Padel Major of the season in Paris

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Alejandro Galán and Juan Lebrón have won another Premier Padel event as they secured the gold medal at the Paris Major.

tournament in May.The Spaniards defeated Argentina's Juan Tello and Federico Chingotto in the final at Roland

Garros in the French capital which gave them 2,000 points towards their International Padel Federation


Stade Pierre-Mauroy chosen by Paris 2024 as basketball venue

  • Basketball

The Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Lille has been chosen by Paris 2024 as the venue for the preliminary phase of the basketball events for the Olympic Games.

preliminaries are now set to be held in Villepinte in Seine-Saint-Denis, moving from Court Suzanne Lenglen at Roland

Garros, following approval by Paris 2024’s Board of Directors.The venue is also due to stage the fencing

Paralympic Games with the final stages of the boxing events to be hosted at Court Philippe Chatrier at Roland

Garros following the completion of the tennis competitions.Paris 2024’s Board also agreed to present



French broadcaster CANAL+ agrees deal to broadcast Premier Padel Tour

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Premier Padel Tour, less than a week before the Paris Premier Padel Major is due to get underway at Roland

Garros.

watching on from all over the world enjoying the upcoming Greenweez Paris Premier Padel Major at Stade Roland-Garros

Launching our Premier Padel coverage with the Major in France at the prestigious setting of Roland-Garros


Paris 2024 confirms shooting venue switch as boxing preliminaries also move

  • Boxing

Paris 2024 organisers have confirmed that shooting will now not take place in Seine-Saint-Denis, but boxing preliminaries are set to move there instead.

to Seine-Saint-Denis in "compensation" after originally being planned for Court Suzanne Lenglen at Roland

Garros, the site of the French Open tennis.Paris 2024 said that this switch was due to "technical and

noise" conditions on Suzanne Lenglen.The boxing finals and semi-finals are still due to take place at Roland

Garros, on Court Philippe-Chatrier.Preliminaries in Seine-Saint-Denis have been tipped for the Parc