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What next for Vonn after painful end to Olympic dream?
AFP, Published on 10/02/2026
» CORTINA D'AMPEZZO (ITALY) - Lindsey Vonn's hopes of claiming the fourth Olympic medal of her career vanished at the first attempt on Sunday after a brutal crash in the Milan-Cortina downhill final which left her with a broken leg.
Liverpool smash and grab stuns PSG in Champions League as Bayern cruise
AFP, Published on 06/03/2025
» PARIS - Liverpool snatched a late winner to beat Paris Saint-Germain away 1-0 in the first leg of their heavyweight Champions League last-16 tie on Wednesday, while Bayern Munich took charge with a 3-0 win over German rivals Bayer Leverkusen.
Cheaper, changing and crucial: the rise of solar power
AFP, Published on 11/08/2022
» PARIS - Generating power from sunlight bouncing off the ground, working at night, even helping to grow strawberries: solar panel technology is evolving fast as costs plummet for a key segment of the world's energy transition.
Assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moise: what we know
AFP, Published on 08/07/2021
» PORT-AU-PRINCE - The assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moise has plunged the impoverished Caribbean nation into crisis.
Old bikes, wooden stools: Gabon Paralympic athletes 'make do'
AFP, Published on 18/03/2021
» OWENDO (GABON) - With a personal record of 100 metres in 11.76 seconds, Gabon's Davy Moukagni has every reason to dream of mounting the podium at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo in August.
Racing faces bleak outlook as Covid bites deep
AFP, Published on 07/11/2020
» LONDON - Horse racing has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic but is facing even tougher times ahead, according to a bleak assessment by Ascot' director of racing Nick Smith.
Hopeless in Baltimore, ground zero of US 'urban apartheid'
AFP, Published on 20/10/2020
» BALTIMORE - Demon Lane says his east Baltimore neighborhood will still be blighted by drug dealing, deadly gunfire, rat-infested vacant houses and hopelessness, no matter who wins America's presidential election in November.
Calm before the storm? Racing braces for virus impact on sales
AFP, Published on 29/09/2020
» LONDON - Racing needs to "keep calm and carry on" in the middle of the greatest crisis the industry has faced, according to Henry Beeby, group chief executive of leading auction house Goffs.
Lewandowski passes 50-goal mark as Bayern win German Cup
AFP, Published on 05/07/2020
» BERLIN: Robert Lewandowski passed the 50-goal mark this season as Bayern Munich completed the double with a 4-2 victory over Bayer Leverkusen behind closed doors to win a 20th German Cup on Saturday.
Fake news amplifies fear and confusion in Hong Kong
AFP, Published on 20/11/2019
» HONG KONG - Murder disguised as suicide. A secret massacre at a subway station. Impending 'terrorist' attacks: false news online is amplifying fear and confusion in Hong Kong as months of pro-democracy unrest turns increasingly violent in the real world.