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Swiatek powers on, Sinner and Medevedev top men's Melbourne bill
AFP, Published on 16/01/2025
» MELBOURNE - Iga Swiatek romped into a showdown with Emma Raducanu in early Australian Open second-round action Thursday ahead of Jannik Sinner stepping up the defence of his Melbourne Park title.
New Yorkers have mixed feelings about 'snow drought'
AFP, Published on 29/01/2023
» NEW YORK: The idea of New York in wintertime conjures up images of Manhattan's Times Square and Central Park shrouded in snow. Not this year.
Police say British journalist and Brazilian guide shot in Amazon killings
AFP, Published on 19/06/2022
» ATALAIA DO NORTE, Brazil: British journalist Dom Phillips and his Brazilian guide, whose disappearance in the Amazon some two weeks ago sparked an international outcry, were killed by gunfire, Brazilian police said Saturday.
Djokovic opens dramatic court battle to stay in Australia
AFP, Published on 10/01/2022
» MELBOURNE: Detained tennis superstar Novak Djokovic gets his day in court Monday, with an Australian judge poised to hear his make-or-break bid to avoid deportation and challenge for a record-breaking 21st Grand Slam title.
Djokovic readies vaccine exemption case for Australian visa showdown
AFP, Published on 09/01/2022
» MELBOURNE: Tennis world number one Novak Djokovic prepared his legal guns Sunday for a battle to stay in Melbourne and defend his Australian Open title, arguing he has the all-clear because of a positive coronavirus test in December.
Australian tennis boss rejects blame for Djokovic drama
AFP, Published on 08/01/2022
» MELBOURNE: Australia's tennis chief boasted in an internal video leaked Saturday of his team's "unbelievable job" despite a visa crisis engulfing the men's world number one, Novak Djokovic.
Women's skateboarding soars in Brazil after Tokyo Olympics
AFP, Published on 23/09/2021
» SAO PAULO: When she saw 13-year-old Brazilian Rayssa Leal win silver in the first-ever street skateboarding competition at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Giovanna Alves Farias only had one wish: to start flying around a skate park herself.
'Champion of Auschwitz': The boxer who brought hope
AFP, Published on 08/09/2021
» WARSAW - Polish boxer Tadeusz Pietrzykowski was known for his ability to dodge blows. Still, the odds were against him when he fought his first bout at the Nazi German death camp Auschwitz.
Top-ranked Barty saves match point in Miami win, Halep rallies
AFP, Published on 26/03/2021
» MIAMI: Australian world number one Ashleigh Barty saved a match point as she battled back to defeat Slovakia's Kristina Kucova on Thursday and reach the third round of the ATP and WTA Miami Open.
Nadal, Serena on guard at French Open as Halep plays compatriot
AFP, Published on 30/09/2020
» PARIS: Rafael Nadal looks to build on a promising start to his quest to match Roger Federer's 20 Grand Slam titles at the French Open on Wednesday while Serena Williams faces a familiar foe in round two of her latest push to equal Margaret Court's all-time mark.