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Ukraine's Avdiivka empties in face of Russian assaults
AFP, Published on 27/11/2023
» AVDIIVKA, Ukraine: On a narrow asphalt strip scarcely visible late at night, a Ukrainian soldier sped along with his lights off at the wheel of a large armoured Humvee jeep.
Colombia falls hard for cycling
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 30/07/2023
» The route up Las Palmas starts near the valley floor, but it doesn't stay there for long. It is 16 kilometres up to the summit, an arduous climb of roughly 1,036 vertical metres (3,40 feet), a journey of long rises and sharp turns, of straining muscles and heaving lungs.
Dune and dusted as Dakar Rally tests limits of endurance
AFP, Published on 30/12/2022
» SEA CAMP (SAUDI ARABIA) - When it comes to endurance races in motor sport, nothing can quite compete with the annual Dakar Rally which starts its 45th edition on the shores of the Red Sea on Saturday.
Russian tourists' luxury cars fill up Helsinki airport
AFP, Published on 23/08/2022
» HELSINKI: Porsches, Bentleys and other luxury cars with Russian licence plates are filling up the parking garage at Helsinki's airport as Finland becomes an important transit country for Russian tourists flying to Europe.
Pushing the cycling limits
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 17/07/2022
» Kevin Latta pushed his bike forward, following the Bull River down a ridge in the Canadian Rockies. The tyre tracks from riders ahead of him had disappeared.
Dakar Rally set for second Saudi outing despite 'sportswashing' row
AFP, Published on 02/01/2021
» JEDDAH (SAUDI ARABIA) - The Dakar Rally kicks off on Saturday in Saudi Arabia, the second time the world's most gruelling event in motorsport's calendar has been held in the kingdom amid continued accusations of "sportswashing".
Alonso aims to make history as Dakar Rally heads to Saudi
AFP, Published on 03/01/2020
» JEDDAH (SAUDI ARABIA) - Spanish driver Fernando Alonso is aiming to create history as the first Formula One world champion to win the Dakar Rally when the 12-day marathon gets underway in Saudi Arabia on Sunday.
France braced for second day of stoppages as strike bites
AFP, Published on 06/12/2019
» PARIS - France was on Friday preparing for a second day of travel cancellations and school closures as unions warned there would be no let-up in the strike called to protest planned pension reforms.
Desperate protesters explore sewers in campus escape bid
AFP, Published on 19/11/2019
» Arms covered in cling film and torches in hand as they drop into the sewers, clusters of pro-democracy protesters still inside a Hong Kong campus are plotting increasingly ingenious — and desperate — ways to escape a police siege.
Old hand Valverde ready for cycling world title defence
AFP, Published on 28/09/2019
» HARROGATE, United Kingdom: Established stars Peter Sagan and Alejandro Valverde face a potential generational shift on Sunday as the 2019 world cycling championships wrap up with an epic men's elite road race between Leeds to Harrogate.