By Tom DegunJuly 2 - British sprint star Jonnie Peacock heads the shortlist for the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athlete of the Month award for June after his sensational T44 100 metres world record in Indianapolis.

tennis star Stéphane Houdet of France completes the list after he won the men's singles competition at Roland

Garros in Paris to move to top spot in the ITF's world rankings.The public can now has until 12:00 (

By David GoldJune 8 - Frenchman Stephane Houdet claimed his first Grand Slam title on home soil at Roland

Garros with a victory over Japan's four time champion Shingo Kunieda.

world's top wheelchair tennis stars will be battling for glory in Paris this week for the French Open at Roland

Garros, which runs from tomorrow until Friday (June 8).

By Mike RowbottomThe hushed and swanky surrounds of the Grosvenor House Apartments in Park Lane offered a suitably smart venue for five of Russia's most illustrious Olympians this week.Invited over by VisitBritain to do what Russian tourists do best for the best part of a week, 2008 Olympic silver medallist and former world number one tennis player Dinara Safina and 1996 Olympic 800 and 1500 metres winner Svetlana Masterkova have been out and about around the capital in company with Alexei Nemov, the all-around gymnastics champion in 2000, Maria Kiseleva, three-times Olympic synchronised swimming champion and Buvaisar Saitiev, the three-times...

places in the world junior rankings to 69th and is now hoping to play in the junior French Open at Roland

Garros."

By David GoldOctober 1 - MATCH Hospitality has been appointed by the French Tennis Federation (FFT) as the sales agent for hospitality packages during the 2012 and 2013 editions of the French Open.

Hospitality and a former French Davis Cup star in the 1980s, said: "For players and spectators alike, Roland

Garros is unique in the world."

FFT chief executive Gilbert Ysern added: "Roland Garros enthrals tennis fans all over the world."

By David GoldJune 29 - The US Sports Academy has named Dirk Nowitzki (pictured), the Dallas Mavericks forward who led his team to a first NBA championships, and Chinese Grand Slam singles title winner Li Na as their male and female athletes of the month for June.

period of the six game series.Na (pictured) made history when she beat Francesca Schiavone 6-4, 7-6 at Roland

Garros to claim the French Open title.She was given a homecoming celebration in Beijing after her stunning

By David GoldJune 12 - MP & Silva has been awarded the European broadcast distribution rights to the French Open for the next five years, replacing the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).

Roland Garros is one of the most important international sporting events in the world and we are extremely

We believe that this is a historical moment for Roland Garros."

We believe that together, we will significantly enhance the positioning and value of Roland Garros."

December 2 -Sports timing company Swiss Timing has been charged by Indian police over alleged kickbacks contained in a contract it won for the Delhi Commonwealth Games, a police statement said.

the Fédération internationale de ski and just entered the world of tennis in scoring the Tournoi de Roland-Garros

By Tom Degun July 4 - Women’s wheelchair number one Esther Vergeer and her Dutch compatriot Sharon Walraven today saw off Britain's Lucy Shuker and Australia's Daniela Di Toro 6-2, 6-3 to claim the prestigious women’s wheelchair doubles crown at Wimbledon. 

Vergeer and Walraven finished runners-up in Roland Garros last month but made no mistake at Wimbledon

Houdet and Kunieda, who had won at both Melbourne and Roland Garros earlier this year, played some fantastic

By Tom Degun July 2 - Britain’s number one Lucy Shuker (pictured) has revealed that she is focused on going one better than last year in the Wimbledon women’s doubles event by winning the prestigious Grand Slam event on home soil.

admitted that she is excited about competing with Walraven after the pair finished as runners up at Roland

Garros in the French Open.

The five-time Paralympic champion said: "After Korie got injured, Roland Garros was the first doubles

" The wheelchair tennis doubles events will continue tomorrow with Australian Open and Roland

Garros champions Stephane Houdet of France and Shingo Kunieda of Japan facing the all-French pairing

By Tom Degun June 23 - The All England Club have announced the four men’s and four ladies’ pairings for the wheelchair tennis doubles events for the 2010 edition of Wimbledon with Stephane Houdet (pictured) of France and Shingo Kunieda of Japan strong favourites to claim the men’s crown.

in formidable form having won the men’s wheelchair doubles titles at the Australian Open and Roland

Garros in the first two majors of the season.

  Roland Garros runners-up Robin Ammerlaan of the Netherlands and Stefan Olsson of Sweden pair

Garros where the two were narrowly beaten in the final.

Van Koot won at the Australian Open and Roland Garros this year with two different partners in Daniela

May 13 -  Roger Federer (pictured) has no plans to hang up his racquet and retire from tennis after the London 2012 Olympics, he insisted today.

Federer will begin the defence of his French Open title at Roland Garros later this month and insists

By Tom Degun January 26 - The year’s first wheelchair tennis  Grand Slam - the 2010 Australian Wheelchair Tennis Open - kicks off tomorrow at Melbourne Park with seven of the world’s top ten men’s and women’s players and all four top ranked quad players including Britain’s Peter Norfolk (pictured) in action.

could provide the strongest competition to the defending champion as both took him to a deciding set at Roland

Garros in 2009.

By Tom Degun December 29 - Japan's Shingo Kunieda (pictured) and the Netherlands' Esther Vergeer of the Netherlands, named as the 2009 International Tennis Federation (ITF) Wheelchair Tennis World Champions, have already set their sights on retaining their titles in 2010.

singles titles in 2009 including all three Grand Slam singles events, which are the Australian Open, Roland

Garros and the US Open.

June 7 - London 2012 officials are set to back away from what would easily have been their most controversial Olympic sponsorship deal reports David Owen, who also discovers that Wimbledon is getting in the Games spirit

relatively soon.Proud to be an Olympic venueThe closing stages of the French Open tennis championships at Roland

Garros – which will be battled out this weekend - always herald the final countdown to Wimbledon.Besides