French Tennis Federation President Bernard Giudicelli has supported calls for players returning from doping suspensions to be denied wildcards to participate in tournaments.

Russia's Maria Sharapova has been handed a wildcard into the main draw of the women's singles competition at the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Internazionali BNL d'Italia tournament, due to be held in Rome in May.

second major of the year, the French Open.Sharapova is likely to need a wild card in order to play at Roland

Garros and is likely to face a similar situation at Wimbledon, as her ranking will not be good enough.Great

Bernard Giudicelli has been elected to replace Jean Gachassin as the President of the French Tennis Federation (FFT).

, remains the subject of an enquiry concerning claims he helped sell tickets for the French Open at Roland

Garros, one of the four Grand Slams, for five times more than their price.It is claimed the ex-FFT head

Garros will be one of the key tasks for the new FFT President ©Getty ImagesThe new President's election

during his time as FFT President, including overseeing the implementation of redevelopment plans at Roland

Garros, which will be used if Paris wins its bid for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.The proposals

Never mind the politics; never mind the terrorist threat still hanging over Paris; never mind disconcerting financial questions, such as will France still have the euro as its currency in 2024?; never mind any of these things.

£1.16 billion/€1.35 billion), a new media village ($372.5 million (£297 million/€348 million)), work at Roland

Garros ($399 million (£318 million/ €373 million)), work on the Stade de France ($79.8 million (£62.4

finally been given to plans to fit a €397 million (£343 million/$428 million) redevelopment at the Roland

Garros-home of the French Open which will include a retractable roof and a new court.

the transformation of Philippe Chatrier court and its retractable roof. pic.twitter.com/BQc1fuXeM5— Roland

Garros (@rolandgarros) February 3, 2017Environmental groups claimed the redevelopment will endanger

Garros extension would be a "nice gift to the bid's competitors, especially the United States"."

I do not see how Paris 2024 can claim to be ecological," she said.Named after the French aviator, Roland

Garros, the site was built in 1928 to host a Davis Cup final against the United States.Rain caused a

It is just after five o’clock in the morning when the hordes of Angelenos arrive at the iconic Memorial Coliseum, dressed in all sorts of weird and wonderful outfits.

adjacent to the StubHub Stadium, is also inadequate in its current state and even more so compared with Roland

Garros, Paris 2024’s proposed venue for the sport, but Los Angeles 2024 are confident the improvements

Gordon Reid of Great Britain has completed a career Grand Slam in the wheelchair men's doubles event by winning the Australian Open today.

, Reid has also won the US and French Open.He won in New York in 2015 and has secured two titles at Roland

Garros in 2015 and 2016."

Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitová has promised she will "do everything possible" to return to competitive tennis "one day" after suffering potentially career-threatening injuries to her left hand in a knife attack at her home.

due to take place from January 16 to 29.It is also likely she will be absent from the French Open in Roland-Garros

Tennis player Petra Kvitova is likely to be out for around six months as she recovers from surgery following a knife attack in her home in the Czech Republic yesterday.

is scheduled to take place from January 16 to 29.It is also likely she will miss the French Open in Roland-Garros

Gilles Simon fought back from a set down to clinch victory in an all-French affair with Julien Benneteau in the pick of the first round matches in the Paris Masters at the AccorHotels Arena today.

second set due to injury ©Getty ImagesTennis competitions will be played on the iconic red clay at Roland

Garros, host of the French Open each year.Roland Garros is set to undergo renovation work, including

from the French Tennis Federation (FFT) have expressed confidence here that the planned expansion of Roland

Garros will be completed in 2020 after a Paris High Court ruling allowed them to press ahead with constructing

expansion had no impact on the greenhouses.The news provided a boost to both the FFT and to Paris 2024 as Roland

Garros has been earmarked to stage tennis, wheelchair tennis, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby

the French Open, the second Grand Slam of the year on the international tennis calendar, played on Roland

Garros’ iconic red clay.All of the three other Grand Slam tournaments - the Australian Open, Wimbledon

its main showpiece court in 2009.Providing there are no further legal hitches, the expansion work at Roland

Mastercard have been announced as the title sponsor of the Hopman Cup ahead of the 2017 edition of the tournament.

and Adelaide ahead of the first Grand Slam of 2017.The company already boast existing deals with the Roland

Garros, home of the French Open, and the Miami Open."

Paris 2024 co-bid leader Tony Estanguet has cited making the most of iconic landmarks and the importance of ensuring full stadiums as two key lessons gleaned from the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

It made me realise how we must also make iconic venues like Roland Garros and the Olympic Stadium at

Paris 2024 Athletes’ Committee co-chair Teddy Riner has been named as the French flag bearer for the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro next week.

“Over recent weeks France has hosted Roland-Garros, Euro 2016 and the Tour de France with great success

The International Golf Federation (IGF) and its President Peter Dawson should, in the words of the famous Kool and the Gang hit from 1980, be celebrating good times as the sport prepares to make its Olympic return after a 112-year hiatus from the programme.

Austrian star Dominic Thiem, who reached the semi-finals of the French Open on the bright red clay at Roland

Garros, American John Isner and Spain’s Feliciano Lopez, have also opted out, mainly due to the fact