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Demise of England's 'Crooked House' shows pubs in peril
AFP, Published on 18/08/2023
» LONDON - With a 15-degree list making one end four feet (1.2 metres) lower than the other, the historic Crooked House pub looked as if could topple over at any minute.
French Open day 9: Three matches to watch
AFP, Published on 05/06/2023
» PARIS - Iga Swiatek targets a place in the French Open quarter-finals on Monday as she closes in on becoming the first woman in 16 years to win back-to-back titles at Roland Garros.
Subway 'surfing' leaves a grisly, lethal toll in New York City
AFP, Published on 15/03/2023
» NEW YORK: One-time subway "surfer" Isa Islam has a straightforward message for thrill-seeking youngsters sparking a surge in riders traveling on the roofs of New York City trains: don't do it.
Scheffler returns to World No.1 after Players triumph
AFP, Published on 13/03/2023
» MIAMI - American Scottie Scheffler won The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass by five strokes on Sunday to return to number one in the world rankings.
Swiatek extends winning run, to face Gauff in French Open final
AFP, Published on 03/06/2022
» PARIS: Iga Swiatek romped into her second French Open final on Thursday and will face Coco Gauff for the title after the teenager became the youngest Grand Slam finalist since 2004.
Grateful Woods looks ahead after capping improbable Masters return
AFP, Published on 11/04/2022
» AUGUSTA: Tiger Woods capped his remarkable return to the Masters with a final-round 78 on Sunday and said his 13-over par 301 was one of the greatest achievements of his career.
Rublev, Swiatek power on at Indian Wells
AFP, Published on 14/03/2022
» INDIAN WELLS: Seventh-seeded Andrey Rublev pushed his ATP winning streak to 10 matches on Sunday, shaking off a slow start to beat Dominik Koepfer 7-5, 6-4 in his second-round opener at the Indian Wells WTA and ATP Masters.
Djokovic, Federer in Wimbledon landmarks as title showdown nears
AFP, Published on 07/07/2021
» LONDON: Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer can inch closer to a Wimbledon title showdown on Wednesday when they make landmark appearances in the quarter-finals.
Federer makes winning French Open return as Swiatek, Medvedev progress
AFP, Published on 31/05/2021
» PARIS - Roger Federer kicked off only his second French Open campaign in six years with an impressive dismissal of Denis Istomin on Monday, while reigning women's champion Iga Swiatek and men's second seed Daniil Medvedev both reached round two.
Sport's tempestuous 2020 in 15 moments
AFP, Published on 23/12/2020
» PARIS - AFP Sport picks out 15 moments in sport during an extraordinary, coronavirus-disrupted 2020: