Tennis: French Open to stay in Paris

The French Open will continue to be played at Roland Garros in Paris after officials rejected proposals to move the Grand Slam event to another venue.

Three other projects, from the suburbs of the French capital, were bidding to host the clay-court event from 2016.

The Roland Garros venue, which is situated in western Paris, polled two-thirds of the vote in the final round to beat off competition from the eastern suburb Marne-la-Vallee, which also hosts Disneyland Paris.

- NEWSTALK ZB