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Wounded Barca, shaky Real Madrid need La Liga morale boost
AFP, Published on 28/11/2025
» BARCELONA - Spanish champions Barcelona and current league leaders Real Madrid are looking to build confidence this weekend in La Liga after chastening nights in the Champions League.
Alcaraz into US Open last eight as Pegula, Jabeur crash out
AFP, Published on 05/09/2023
» NEW YORK - Carlos Alcaraz surged into the quarter-finals of the US Open on Monday as upsets dominated the women's draw with Ons Jabeur and Jessica Pegula becoming the latest highly ranked players to go crashing out.
Alcaraz through at US Open as Sabalenka, Vondrousova advance
AFP, Published on 01/09/2023
» NEW YORK - World number one Carlos Alcaraz edged closer to a US Open rematch with Italy's Jannik Sinner on Thursday as Grand Slam winners Aryna Sabalenka and Marketa Vondrousova booked their places in the third round.
France hope for clean bill of health on eve of World Cup final
AFP, Published on 17/12/2022
» DOHA - France were on Saturday anxiously awaiting news on the health of three key players on the eve of the World Cup final against an Argentina side led by Lionel Messi.
Heaven can wait: How the super-centenarians live
AFP, Published on 10/02/2022
» TOULON (FRANCE) - Her 118th birthday wish is "to die soon". But in the meantime, Lucile Randon, better-known as "Sister Andre", always keeps her door open for any visitor who might want to say hello.
The pandemic that cancelled the Copa America... in 1918
AFP, Published on 11/06/2021
» SAO PAULO - "Rio is a giant hospital," screamed one headline.
Overseas fans barred from Tokyo Games
AFP, Published on 20/03/2021
» TOKYO: Overseas fans will be banned from this summer’s pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics, organisers said on Saturday, in a bid to reduce virus risks and convince a sceptical Japanese public the Games will be safe.
How a pair of Jordans led my friendship with 'His Airness'
Sports, Pat Perez, Published on 29/01/2021
» Back when I was in junior high, everyone wanted the Jumpman IVs but there was no chance we could afford a new pair of Jordans back in the day.
NFL teams still set to play Sunday despite virus cases
AFP, Published on 18/10/2020
» NEW YORK: The Atlanta Falcons, Baltimore Ravens, New England Patriots and Jacksonville Jaguars remained scheduled to play NFL games on Sunday despite at least one player for each club being placed on the Covid-19 reserve list Saturday.
Sport in the time of Spanish flu
AFP, Published on 22/04/2020
» PARIS: The world's desperate combat against coronavirus evokes the battle it faced over a century ago with Spanish flu. AFP Sport examines here some cases of how sport fared during the 1918 pandemic: