Sports

Paris's most popular sport clubs are the football club Paris Saint-Germain FC, the basketball team Paris Basket Racing, and the rugby union club Stade Français. The 80,000-seat Stade de France was built for the 1998 FIFA World Cup and is used for football and rugby union, and is used annually for French rugby team's home matches of the Six Nations Championship and sometimes for big matches for the Stade Français rugby team.

In addition to Paris Saint-Germain FC, the city has a number of other amateurs football clubs: Paris FC, Maccabi Paris, RCF Paris and Stade Français Paris.

The last is the football section of the omnisport club of the same name, most notable for its rugby team.

The city's major rugby side is Stade Français.
Racing Métro 92 Paris (who now play in Rugby Pro D2) is another rugby team, which actually contested the first ever final against Stade Français in 1892.

Paris also hosted the 1900 and 1924 Olympic Games and was venue for the 1938 and 1998 FIFA World Cups.

Although the starting point and the route of the famous Tour de France varies each year, the final stage always finishes in Paris and since 1975, the race has finished on the Champs-Elysées. Tennis is another popular sport in Paris and throughout France.

The French Open, held every year on the red clay of the Roland Garros National Tennis Centre near the Bois de Boulogne, is one of the four Grand Slam events of the world professional tennis tour.

The 2006 UEFA Champions League Final between Arsenal and FC Barcelona was played in the Stade de France. Paris hosted the 2007 Rugby World Cup final at Stade de France on 20 October 2007.
Parisians are well known for their love for sports and there will be a number of places you can go to where you can enjoy your favorite games. If you are fond of casino games, there are some casinos in the capital city of Paris, to make sure that tourist and citizens can also have the chance to strike and win big. Although France has a rich gambling heritage since roulette originated in Europe and Blackjack was believed to be invented by a Frenchman, casinos are subject to a lot of strict regulations to gain licenses from the government.