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Britain win first men's World Group wheelchair tennis title

  • Wheelchair Tennis
  • 31 May 2015 23:00

Top seeds Great Britain claimed their first men’s World Group title with a 2-0 win against holders France on the final day of BNP Paribas World Team Cup in Antalya.

number six Nicolas Peifer ©Getty ImagesWorld number three Reid sees it as a timely boost ahead of the Roland

Garros wheelchair tennis event, which is set to take place in Paris from Wednesday (June 3) to Friday

“It feels amazing going into Roland Garros knowing we are World Team Cup champions,” he said.

Sharapova and Federer ease through to fourth round at French Open

  • Tennis
  • 29 May 2015 17:59

Defending champion Maria Sharapova and 17-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer were among the third-round winners today at the French Open.

winner who is seeking a first Major title for three years, qualified for the second week of action at Roland

Garros for the 11th year in a row with a straightforward 6-4 6-3 6-2 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina's

Cuevas of Uruguay for a place in the quarter-finals.Roger Federer was a comfortable winner today at Roland

Garros ©AFP/Getty ImagesThere was a similarly regulation progression today for Sharapova, who eased

Defending champion Sharapova seals comfortable passage into French Open second round

  • Tennis
  • 25 May 2015 19:15

second round of the French Open with a comfortable straight-sets victory over Estonian Kaia Kanepi at Roland

Garros in Paris today.

Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor with a dominant 6-2, 6-1 win.The result marked the perfect return to the clay at Roland

Garros for the Belarusian after she missed the 2014 tournament through injury.Eighth seed Spaniard

Paris to decide on whether or not to bid for 2024 Olympics next Monday

  • Paris 2024
  • 9 Apr 2015 18:46

Paris will launch a bid for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the French capital’s Deputy Mayor Jean-Francois Martins has claimed.

insists they will create a sustainable bid, utilising current facilities such as the Stade de France and Roland

Garros, which plays host to the French Open tennis tournament each year.

TSN and RDS secure French Open broadcast rights in Canada until 2024

  • Tennis
  • 19 Mar 2015 16:48

By Emily Goddard at the JW Marriott Marquis MiamiThe Sports Network (TSN) and Réseau des Sports (RDS) have secured an extension on their deal as the exclusive Canadian broadcasters of the French Open through to 2024.

the other Grand Slam tennis events - the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open - will air the Roland

Garros men's and women's singles from the tournament's early rounds, round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals

network launched in 1984.Last year it achieved the highest ever audience for a non-finals match from Roland

Garros, with 536,000 people tuning in to watch Canadian star Eugenie Bouchard's semi-final match against

The legendary French Open clay courts of Roland Garros have shaped some of the most remarkable moments

Archery at Invalides and beach volleyball on Champs de Mars: Paris 2024 study offers insight into Olympic roles for city landmarks

  • Paris 2024
  • 16 Feb 2015 15:38

By David OwenCycling at Versailles; fencing in the Grand Palais; and beach volleyball on the Champs de Mars, a former training ground for French soldiers.

velodrome at Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, as well as already well-known places of sporting pilgrimage such as Roland

Garros and Longchamp."

billion (£1.3 billion/$1.9 billion) of this would pay for construction of an Olympic Village.Roland Garros

Alcott claims maiden Grand Slam title in front of home crowd at Australian Open

  • Wheelchair Tennis
  • 31 Jan 2015 16:14

By Liam MorganAustralia's Dylan Alcott claimed his maiden quad wheelchair Grand Slam singles title with a straight-sets win over David Wagner in front of his home crowd at the Australian Open in Melbourne.

I have this one, they can't take it away from me any more so now I can look further towards Roland Garros