Coco Gauff of the United States wins her second Grand Slam title beating Aryana Sabalenka of Belarus at the French Open. Coco Gauff has won the French Open for the first time by defeating top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-4 in the final. The second-ranked Gauff came out on top of Saturday’s contest that … Read more
Race for Poland’s presidency blows wide open politico.eu Donald Tusk: next two weeks will ‘decide future of Poland’ The Guardian Polish centrist and nationalist presidential candidates to face off in 2nd round CNN Poles vote for a new president as security concerns loom large NPR Poland set for knife-edge presidential runoff as far right surges NBC News Source link
The six-time winner beat Grigor Dimitrov 6-2, 6-3 to reach his first Miami Open final since 2019. Novak Djokovic had some company for another Miami Open victory. With Lionel Messi watching from a suite, Djokovic cruised into the Miami Open final by routing 14th-seeded Grigor Dimitrov 6-2, 6-3 on Friday at the Hard Rock Stadium. … Read more
Four-time Grand Slam champion pulls out of her first WTA final in three years after winning the first set of the Auckland Open. Naomi Osaka has retired from the final of the Auckland Classic with an abdominal injury, a blow to the Japanese star just a week before the start of the Australian Open. Playing … Read more
Haitian authorities have struggled to address rise of powerful armed gangs, and accountability for violence is rare. Armed men have opened fire on a group of journalists in Haiti who had gathered to cover the reopening of the capital’s largest public hospital. While authorities have not offered details on casualties from the attack on Tuesday, … Read more
The opening ceremony of the Paris Paralympics has been held in the centre of the French capital, firing the starting gun on 11 days of intense competition. Just as for the opening ceremony of the Olympics on the Seine in July, it took place away from the main stadium for the first time at a … Read more
Investigators are baffled that a vessel deemed ‘unsinkable’ by its manufacturer sank while a nearby sailboat was spared. Prosecutors in Italy have opened a manslaughter investigation after a superyacht capsized off the coast of Sicily, killing seven people on board. Ambrogio Cartosio, a prosecutor in the town of Termini Imerese, said on Saturday that no … Read more
Thousands of Palestinians in Gaza have flooded the coastal road northwards after hearing that several people managed to cross a closed checkpoint towards Gaza City, despite Israel denying it was open. Those making the journey on Sunday hoped to cross a military checkpoint on al-Rashid Street, south of Gaza City, but the Israeli army said … Read more
Goals from Romain Saiss, Azzedine Ounahi and Youssef En-Nesyri see Morocco cruise past 10-man Tanzania. Morocco underlined their status as pre-tournament favourites by beating 10-man Tanzania 3-0 to make a winning start to their Africa Cup of Nations campaign in Group F. The World Cup semifinalists got their campaign under way with an impressive performance … Read more