Bois de Boulogne

The extension being planned for Roland Garros stadium, home to the French Open, will not be completed until 2018, a year later than originally planned, the president of the French Tennis Federation has said.

A senior French local government official on Wednesday dismissed a plan by Paris Saint-Germain's Qatari owners to knock down the historic Parc des Princes and build a new stadium in its place, calling it unworkable.

Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi on Tuesday said he would like to knock down the historic Parc des Princes to build a new 60,000-seater stadium in its place.

Shortly after leaving the Elysee Palace on Tuesday, former French president Nicolas Sarkozy went jogging in Paris's Bois de Boulogne park near the chic neighbourhood where he now lives.

PARIS (Reuters) - Reports of Roger Federer's demise were as wide of the mark as Rafa Nadal's own prediction he was not playing well enough to win a sixth Roland Garros title.

PARIS (Reuters) - Tradition won the day Sunday when the French tennis federation decided to keep the French Open at a renovated Roland Garros and rejected plans to move the tournament to the Paris suburbs from 2016.

The French Open tennis tournament could be soon wrenched from its historic home at Roland Garros in the chic 16th arrondissement of Paris and relocated to the capital's outer suburbs.

Many young women think of Yves Saint Laurent as a brand, they know nothing about him, says Farid Chenoune, one of the curators of the first major retrospective in 27 years devoted to the fashion genius who died in 2008.

Many young women think of Yves Saint Laurent as a brand, but few know anything of the designer behind the iconic clothes, says Farid Chenoune, one of the curators of the first major retrospective in 27 years devoted to the fashion genius who died in 2008.

Many young women think of Yves Saint Laurent as a brand, they know nothing about him, says Farid Chenoune, one of the curators of the first major retrospective in 27 years devoted to the fashion genius who died in 2008.

Thousands of musicians took to the streets and stages across France on Sunday for the annual "Fete de la Musique", one of the nation's most popular festivals celebrating rhythm and sound.