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Track, BMX, road, mountain all rub shoulders at cycling's world championships
AFP, Published on 02/08/2023
» GLASGOW - Remco Evenepoel is among the stars assembling for the world cycling championships in Scotland with 13 disciplines including road races, BMX, mountain biking and track racing on the menu from Thursday.
Amsterdam at war over 'erotic centre' plan
AFP, Published on 11/04/2023
» AMSTERDAM - The atmosphere was tense as residents confronted Amsterdam's mayor on a controversial plan to move legal prostitution from the city's historic red light district to a suburban "erotic centre".
Amsterdam unveils its largest bike garage. It's underwater
AFP, Published on 26/01/2023
» AMSTERDAM - Plagued by ever-shrinking space to park its hundreds of thousands of bicycles, Amsterdam opened Wednesday the first of its largest-ever bicycle parking complexes, built underwater in a pioneering engineering project.
Cyclists in Australia on alert for swooping magpies
AFP, Published on 17/09/2022
» WOLLONGONG, Australia: Riders are bracing for an unusual threat at the world cycling championships in Australia this week — swooping magpies.
Tesla's cameras-only autonomous system stirs controversy
AFP, Published on 07/01/2022
» LAS VEGAS: As it pursues the goal of fully autonomous driving, Tesla has bet entirely on cameras and artificial intelligence, shunning other commonly used tools such as laser detection.
Spain sizzles in crushing heat as fires blaze
AFP, Published on 16/08/2021
» MADRID: Fires in Spain's central Avila province forced hundreds of people to flee their homes Sunday as parts of the country sweltered under crushing temperatures.
Star of Italy's medal-winning Olympic squad returns to hero's welcome
AFP, Published on 10/08/2021
» ROME - The star of Italy's Olympic team, Lamont Marcell Jacobs, returned home as a national hero on Monday after the country's best performance in the Games' history capped an unforgettable summer of sport for the Mediterranean nation.
Puerto Rico win first Olympics athletics gold, Belarusian sprinter 'safe'
AFP, Published on 02/08/2021
» TOKYO - Hurdler Jasmine Camacho-Quinn claimed Puerto Rico's first Olympics athletics gold on Monday but Belarusian sprinter Kristina Timanovskaya was absent from the women's 200m after claiming her country had forced her to leave the Games.
Djokovic launches Olympic quest on first day of medal action in Tokyo
AFP, Published on 24/07/2021
» TOKYO - Novak Djokovic launches his quest for Olympic tennis glory on day one of the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Games on Saturday as Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar goes for one of 11 gold medals on offer.
Djokovic starts Olympic mission as Pogacar targets road race gold
AFP, Published on 24/07/2021
» TOKYO - History-chasing Novak Djokovic launches his quest for Olympic tennis glory, while Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar goes for one of 11 gold medals on offer Saturday as the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics finally rumble into life.