Etienne Thobois has been appointed director general of the Paris Organising Committee for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, it has been confirmed tonight.

three contenders – Thobois, Jérémy Botton, former director general of the Tour de France and tennis’s Roland

Garros, and a third man, or woman, who is yet to be unmasked.These individuals are thought to have been

Argentina's Gustavo Fernandez, Japan's Yui Kamiji and United States' David Wagner have been named the 2017 International Tennis Federation Wheelchair world champions.

seven singles titles.Kamiji triumphed in three of the four Grand Slams, winning at the Australian Open, Roland

Garros and US Open.The 23-year-old won a total of 14 titles and was a finalist at the NEC Masters in

Cities may be reluctant to bid for the Olympic Games at the moment, but there is evidently no shortage of people keen to organise them.

according to sportbusiness.club, Jérémy Botton, former director general of the Tour de France and tennis’s Roland

Garros, is also in the running.A decision is expected to be finalised on December 21, when the last

Former Wimbledon champion Jana Novotna has died at the age of 49.

Jana Novotna, pictured here in the women's legends doubles at the French Open at Roland Garros in 2012

Paris 2024 co-chairman Tony Estanguet believes events arranged to celebrate the final stage of the 2017 Tour de France highlighted the French capital's ability to work in unison with major organisers and boost the role of women in sport.

bid we wanted to work with all major organisers and the Tour de France is one of them, we worked with Roland

Garros before," Estanguet told insidethegames."

Wheelchair tennis player Alfie Hewett of Great Britain has won the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Allianz Athlete of the Month Award for June.

“Winning Roland Garros was a special moment for me," he said."

Five-time winner Venus Williams rolled back the years with a vintage display as she beat French Open winner Jelena Ostapenko in straight sets under the Centre Court roof to reach the semi-finals of the Wimbledon Championships.

2008 but appears to be returning to her best form.Ostapenko, who stunned the world with her victory at Roland

Garros in Paris last month, was considered a formidable opponent for Williams but the American proved

A new grass court tournament beginning in Surbiton on Thursday (July 6) is being hailed as a "groundbreaking development in the wheelchair tennis calendar".

Playing on grass requires a different approach to the clay of Roland Garros or hard courts of other tournaments

Alexander Bublik is set to be the first opponent who Sir Andy Murray will face at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships after the draw was made today.

side of competition as Spain’s Rafael Nadal, who won his 10th French Open title earlier this month at Roland

Garros, with the duo set to meet in the semi-finals if they reach that far.Nadal, who won the Olympic

World champions New Zealand were in fine form as they clinched the opening victory of the eagerly anticipated series against the British and Irish Lions yesterday morning.

no player actually enjoys a home advantage in tennis, the closest to having one is Rafael Nadal at Roland

Garros.

Spain's Rafael Nadal became the first player to win 10 men's singles titles at a Grand Slam tournament after beating Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland in the final of the French Open today.

The 31-year-old claimed a comfortable 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 straight sets win at Roland Garros in Paris to claim

Maria Sharapova will not be able to compete at this year's Wimbledon Championships after she was ruled out of the qualifying event for the tournament through injury.

ranked at number 178 in the world.She was denied a wildcard for the French Open, which concluded at Roland

Garros in Paris yesterday.Her first Grand Slam title came on Centre Court in London in 2004 as a 17-

As an Englishman, it is difficult to look at the difficulties and travails of Australian sportsmen without at least a tinge of a smile.

You may recall last year’s French Open at Roland Garros, where a whole day’s play was washed out for

for the emphatic return of Rafael Nadal - who could win a staggering 10th title on the red clay at Roland

Garros if he emerges victorious in tomorrow's final against Stanislas Wawrinka – and the exploits of

Alfie Hewett became the first British player to win a French Open wheelchair singles title after defeating Argentina's Gustavo Fernández today.

on I've got two Paralympic silver medals, Wimbledon doubles champion and now a singles Grand Slam at Roland

Garros - I can't believe it."

the men's doubles final alongside Gordon Reid later this afternoon.Yui Kamiji won her second title at Roland

Garros ©Getty ImagesThey were once again beaten by French pair Stephane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer, who

Garros beat reigning champion Marjolein Buis of The Netherlands yesterday and proved too strong for

Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko became the first unseeded player to win the women's French Open title in 84-years after beating Romanian Simona Halep today.

The 20-year-old came from a set down to beat Halep at Roland Garros in Paris and become Latvia's first

aiming to win a record 10th title at the French Open while Wawrinka will get the chance to add a second Roland

Garros crown to his 2015 victory.