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AFP
Jun 03, 2025

Top seed Sabalenka battles past Zheng to reach French Open semis

The top seed Sabalenka from Belarus wins through 7-6 (7/3), 6-3 against the Chinese eighth seed in just under two hours on Court Philippe Chatrier.

Sport

Reuters
May 27, 2025

French Open: Djokovic makes smooth start to bid for 25th Grand Slam title

Smart player Djokovic says “It is great to return here a year later. I don’t know how many future Grand slams I have left in my hands but this is special”

Sport

AFP
May 27, 2025

Ledecka mulls ‘heliskiing’ to battle Olympic schedule

The 30-year-old Czech wins the Alpine skiing super-G at the Pyeongchang Olympics in 2018, before winning the snowboarding parallel giant slalom there a week later.

Sport

AFP
May 25, 2025

Olympic champion Zheng reaches French Open second round

China’s Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen returns to Paris for the first time since winning gold at last year’s Olympics

World

AFP
Dec 31, 2024

World greets 2025 after sweltering year of Olympics, turmoil and Trump

It is all but certain that 2024 will go down as the hottest year on record, with climate-fuelled disasters wreaking havoc from the plains of Europe to the Kathmandu Valley

Sport

Reuters
Nov 23, 2024

Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin bags 99th World Cup win

Shiffrin won the slalom in the resort of Gurgl by a comfortable 0.55 of a second from Italian-born Lara Colturi, who skis for Albania, in second place.