France said Wednesday it will deploy more than 60,000 police to provide security for Euro 2016 as it vowed to ‘everything possible to avoid a terrorist attack’ ...

Andy Murray tried to end speculation about the state of his relationship with former coach Amelie Mauresmo by declaring “we certainly didn’t fall out”.

It was a heart-tugging moment: As Francesca Schiavone went down to defeat in the first round of the French Open, the tournament organisers announced she was retiring, and the crowd had seen her last Roland Garros campaign.

Tennis at the Olympics should be treated like a fifth grand slam and ranking points awarded, world number one Novak Djokovic said yesterday, after top American John Isner confirmed he would skip the games in Rio de Janeiro.

Top seed Novak Djokovic launched his bid for a first French Open title with a routine victory as Andy Murray battled through to round two yesterday, while Australian Open champion Angelique Kerber crashed out.

Japan’s Hiroshi Hoketsu will miss out on a chance to become the oldest ever Olympian at Rio due to his horse’s ill health but the 75-year-old remains hopeful of establishing the record at Tokyo 2020, some 56 years after his first Games.

Russia could lose medals from the 2008 Beijing Olympics after 14 of its athletes tested positive for banned substances during re-tests conducted from eight-year-old samples, the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) said on Tuesday.

South Korea’s Byeong Hun An is aiming to go one better than his parents if he qualifies for August’s Olympic golf tournament in Brazil.

Australian star Bernard Tomic admits he shouldn’t have made his notorious rich-boy boast but refused to backtrack entirely from the remarks which also led to him snubbing the Olympics.

Tennis golden girl Eugenie Bouchard admitted yesterday that she has battled an eating disorder which caused alarming weight loss as she attempted to put her high-flying career back on track.

Martina Navratilova is hoping for a positive outcome to the Maria Sharapova doping drama which has kept the popular Russian from tennis for months.

Rafael Nadal is eagerly awaited on court – as opposed to in court – in France for the first time since starting legal action against one of the country’s former sports ministers over doping allegations.