A reference guide to the city’s sporting culture.
Large stadium hosting international and national sports and championships including athletics, basketball, gymnastics, handball, hockey and judo. In the 12th.
Large arena that is the home of the Paris Basketball team, and also presents badminton and martial arts, when not hosting musical performances. In the 18th.
The City’s guide to a range of venues to learn, practise, compete in and watch archery.
Community-based organisation offering American football, flag football and cheerleading to all-comers, homed at the Suzanne Lenglen Stadium in the 15th.
Comprising men’s teams the Cockerels and Cockatoos, and a women’s team the Cockerelles, all are welcome to footy training in the Gymnase La Plaine or the Stade Suzanne Lenglen, both in the 15th.
The Paris guide to the many places to play Badminton (and Goodminton) across the city. Also see the Fédération Française de Badminton – the official Federation site.
The Paris guide to playing and watching baseball and softball across the city.
Large sports centre featuring athletics tracks, table tennis,
boxing gym, bowling alley, tennis courts and football, basketball and rugby fields. In the 14th.
Athletics, basketball, football, volleyball, boxing, padel and more, the Jules Ladoumègue offers places to train and regular competitions. In the 19th.
Community sports centre with athletics tracks, soccer field,
blind football pitch,
climbing wall and gymnasium, often open to public events and activities. In the 14th.
The Lumiere Sorts Centre is hosts a raft of community sporting and social events, including athletics, football and tennis areas, bowling, gym and more. In the 20th.
Publicly accessible sports centre hosting athletics, tennis,
soccer, rugby, bowling, ping-pong and skateboarding. In the 15th.
A multi-sports club offering a variety of sports activities for all ages and levels, distinguished by its focus on three main types: tennis, aquagym and yoga. In the 14th.
The French Fencing Federation manages the practice of épée, sabre, foil, artistic and show fencing, and lightsabre, and you can find clubs and tournaments in Paris using their helpful website.
The Paris guide to watching, learning and playing futsal across the city.
The Paris guide to where to play golf across the city.
Community sports centre hosting badminton, boxing, basketball, handball, volleyball and lightsabre. In the 11th.
The Paris guide to where to find, watch, learn and play handball across the city.
The City has listed almost twenty clubs affiliated with the French Hiking Federation, across almost all the arrondisements, and which explore the Île-de-France region almost every weekend.
The Paris guide to where to watch and play ice hockey across the city.
The French Karate Federation oversees the sport (you can find Paris clubs and competitions on their site), and administers the French Open Karate in Paris each January, at the the Pierre de Coubertin Stadium in the 16th.
L’Equipe is an online subscription service offering sporting calendars, news and content about all sorts of sports across the city.
Amateur sports teams playing flag football, at the Centre Sportif Léon Biancotto in the 17th.
Offering weekly training and playing, social events and local and international tournaments, based at two gyms in the 14th.
Every Friday from 9.30pm (except when rainy), Pari Roller promotes mobility via wheels (rollerblading, cycling, scootering, skateboarding etc.) Beginning at the Montparnasse station in the 14th.
Paris’ professional football club has men’s and women’s sections, and an interesting history, and plays home games in various stadiums in the city.
Promoting women’s and men’s Gaelic football and handball, hurling and camogie, as well as Irish culture, in different venues across the city.
A lacrosse team is flourishing in Paris, and all are welcome to watch, join, learn and play. Contact the team directly for details, and visit them in the 12th.
The nation’s traditional home of horse racing, and run by the national association France Galop, the Longchamp hosts prestigious flat races across the year. In the Bois de Boulogne in the 16th.
American football, made in Paris, the Musketeers compete in the European League of Football, and play home games in Paris – check the website for details.
Every year the City opens up a range of different sporting venues for free, for Paris Sports Sundays. Check the website for details, from ping pong to boxing.
The PSG is Paris’ national football club, playing in the premier league for the French Cup, and including a men’s and women’s team. Their home is the Parc des Prince stadium in the Bois de Boulogne in the 16th.
The city’s professional team season runs from October to March at the ‘Charpy’ in the 13th, and children and adults alike can learn the sport via the Paris Volley Université Club.
The Paris guide to where to find, watch and play ping pong across the city.
A basketball court that is also an artwork, the Playground is sandwiched between two buildings, and is home to a summer tournament organised by its owners. On the Rue Duperré in the 9th.
The city’s home of tennis and host of the French Open grand slam tournament, Roland-Garros also hosts other events outside of the tennis season. On the edge of the Bois de Boulogne in the 16th.
The Paris calendar of running events across the year.
The Paris division of the Lightsaber School is a training centre offering classes for adults and children, in an inclusive, mixed-gender space. In the Julie Vlasto gym in the 10th.
The home of the Paris FC, the Charlety holds 20,000 people and hosts a variety of athletics and training events. In the 13th.
The city’s professional rugby team, which competes at a national level. ‘Historically unclassifiable, culturally unique, invariably crazy.’
The ‘Lair of Rose and Blue’, the Jean Bouin Stadium is home to the Stade Français Paris rugby club and the women’s Paris Saint-Germain team. See them play in the 16th.
The Paris guide to where to train, compete and watch triathlons across the city.
Several Paris museums offer yoga classes within their galleries. Try the Louvre, the Museum of Modern Art, the Guimet, the Jean-Jacques-Henner, the City of Architecture and Heritage, and the Pompidou.