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3 weeks, 4 days ago

Paul McCartney leaves Manchester spellbound as he rolls out the hits on first night of UK tour

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4 weeks, 1 day ago

Andre Agassi bats for inclusion of pickleball in Olympics, says it’s great exercise for him and wife Steffi Graf

The Hindu

As the demand to include pickleball in the Olympics grows louder, tennis legend Andre Agassi believes that the sport could be included in the event ‘sooner’ than expected. I think it’s going to maybe even happen sooner than you’re hoping,” Agassi said during the launch of the Pickleball World Rankings DUPR India League. The eight-time Grand Slam winner, who is …

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2 months ago

WTA Finals: Iga Swiatek knocked out, Gauff vs Sabalenka set for semis

India Today

Defending WTA Finals champion Iga Swiatek was eliminated from the season-ending tournament on Thursday after Barbora Krejcikova defeated Coco Gauff 7-5, 6-4, which meant the Polish world number two was unable to advance to the semifinals. With the win, Gauff will now face world number one Aryna Sabalenka in a high-profile semifinal, while Krejcikova will take on China’s Olympic champion …

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4 months ago

U.S. Open Women’s Champions

Associated Press

2024 - Aryna Sabalenka 2023 — Coco Gauff 2022 — Iga Swiatek 2021 — Emma Raducanu 2020 — Naomi Osaka 2019 — Bianca Andreescu 2018 — Naomi Osaka 2017 — Sloane Stephens 2016 — Angelique Kerber 2015 — Flavia Pennetta 2014 — Serena Williams 2013 — Serena Williams 2012 — Serena Williams 2011 — Sam Stosur 2010 — Kim Clijsters …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Drinking water firms urge Germany to act on Rhine PFAS discharge

Dutch News

Dutch drinking water firms have written to German environment minister Steffi Lemke urging her to “set boundaries” for the discharge of toxic PFAS chemicals into the river Rhine. “Dutch citizens and companies will need more clean drinking water in the coming years, but producing it is becoming increasingly expensive due to industrial dumping in Germany.” the drinking water company association …

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5 months ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Novak Djokovic beats Carlos Alcaraz to win men’s singles gold

The Hindu

Serbia’s Novak Djokovic produced a stunning display to beat Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz 7-6, 7-6 and win gold in the Paris 2023 Olympics tennis men’s singles final at Roland Garros on Sunday. The two players had met each other three weeks ago at the Wimbledon 2024 final, where the Alacaraz beat Djokovic in straight sets. However, at the French capital, the …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Today in Sports - Serena Williams joins Steffi Graf as the only women to complete the Golden Slam

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Aug. 4 1936 — American athlete Jesse Owens wins his 2nd gold medal at the Berlin Olympics; beats German Luz Long in the long jump final with an Olympic record. 2012 — Serena Williams beats Maria Sharapova 6-0, 6-1 to join Steffi Graf as the only women to complete the Golden Slam — winning the Olympics and the four majors. …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Britain’s Alfie Hewett joins career Grand Slam club

The Independent

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6 months, 1 week ago

Marketa Vondrousova follows in Steffi Graf’s footsteps with early Wimbledon exit

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7 months, 1 week ago

French Open 2024: Belgian Goffin slams partisan crowd, seeks action

The Hindu

Belgian David Goffin accused partisan fans at the French Open of “total disrespect” and said he was spat at by a spectator during his marathon first-round victory over local favourite Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard. Fans can often turn the usually quiet Roland Garros courts into a wild arena when a French player needs backing, with the resulting atmosphere unmatched at the …

French Belgian Goffin

9 months, 3 weeks ago

Swiatek swamps Sakkari 6-4, 6-0 to win Indian Wells title for Tour-leading 20th match win of year

The Hindu

Iga Swiatek flinched when the celebratory streamers shot into the sky. She beat Maria Sakkari 6-4, 6-0 in just over an hour to win the Indian Wells masters on Sunday, with Swiatek losing just 21 games in six matches during the 12-day tournament — an average of 3.5 games per match. “Hard to compare because I remember that last time …

Tour Set Swiatek Sakkari Win Indian

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Why you might be born to run

BBC

Why you might be born to run University of Bath For some, running comes naturally, but for others, every small gain in speed or distance can feel like a battle. We looked at over 3,000 different genes and found 19 specific genes kept on coming up, all of them related to some sort of fitness variable – Henry Chung "Over …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Novak Djokovic looking to cap off ‘almost perfect’ year with ATP finals win

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1 year, 6 months ago

Today in Sports - Week Ahead, July 7 - July 13

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July 7 1911 — Dorothea Lambert Chambers sets the record for the shortest championship match at Wimbledon — 25 minutes — by disposing of Dora Boothby 6-0, 6-0 in the women’s finals. 1985 — West Germany’s Boris Becker, 17, becomes the youngest champion and first unseeded player in the history of the men’s singles at Wimbledon with a 6-3, 6-7, …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Today in Sports - Week Ahead, June 30 - July 6

Associated Press

July 4 1907 — Canadian world heavyweight boxing champion Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires of Australia in round 1 in Colma, California, his 6th title defense. _____ July 5 1919 — Suzanne Lenglen beats reigning champion Dorothea Lambert Chambers 10-8, 4-6, 9-7, in the challenge round to win her first women’s singles title at Wimbledon. 1952 — Maureen Connolly wins …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Germany to roll out measures against heat wave deaths, drawing lessons from France

Associated Press

BERLIN — The German government said Monday it is launching a campaign against deaths from heat waves that are becoming more frequent and intense due to climate change. Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said Germany is learning lessons from France, which put in place numerous measures following a devastating heat wave in 2003 that caused about 15,000 deaths in the country. …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Germany to roll out measures against heatwave deaths, drawing lessons from France

India Today

The German government said Monday it is launching a campaign against deaths from heatwaves that are becoming more frequent and intense due to climate change. Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said Germany is learning lessons from France, which put in place numerous measures following a devastating heatwave in 2003 that caused about 15,000 deaths in the country. Lauterbach said the French …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Two-time champion Kvitova warms up for Wimbledon with German Open title

The Hindu

Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova beat Donna Vekic of Croatia 6-2, 7-6 on Sunday to lift the German Open title and confirm her form on grass just over a week before the Grand Slam in London. The 33-year-old Czech, who also beat Vekic en route to victory at the Miami Open this year, earned her 31st career title. The left-hander …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Swiatek beats Wang in French Open third round, records first Grand Slam double bagel of career

The Hindu

1 Iga Swiatek unlocked a new achievement in her French Open third-round win over China’s Xinyu Wang at Roland-Garros on Saturday. It is the first time the 22-year-old Pole has dished out a ‘double bagel’ in a Grand Slam match. Six-time French Open champion Steffi Graf famously beat Natasha Zvereva 6-0, 6-0 in the 1988 final, the only instance of …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Monica Seles attack: “Like a horror movie,” recall witnesses 30 years on

The Hindu

Thirty years have passed since a crazed Steffi Graf fan stabbed tennis star Monica Seles on court in Hamburg, but witnesses can still recall the attack, describing it as “like a horror movie”. Parche plunged the knife between Seles’s shoulder blades, later telling police he wanted to “hurt Seles so much that she couldn’t play tennis for a long time.” …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Germany ends nuclear era by shutting down last three power plants

Firstpost

Berlin: Reaching its final step in quitting nuclear power, Germany on Saturday pulled the plug on its last three nuclear power stations, ending the country’s nuclear era that began almost six decades ago. Germany’s Federal Minister for the Environment and Consumer Protection, Steffi Lemke, told CNN, “The position of the German government is clear: nuclear power is not green. At …

Energy Germany Plants Nuclear Power Power Shut Nuclear Era

1 year, 9 months ago

Seven Winters in Tehran: Chilling story of a woman wronged by system

Hindustan Times

"This film is based on secretly recorded video and sound material that was smuggled out of Iran," announces the disclaimer of Steffi Niederzoll's documentary Seven Winters in Tehran, which marks its International Premiere at the 2023 Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival. Seven Winters in Tehran revolves around the trail of an Iranian woman named Reyhaneh Jabbari. The chilling story of …

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1 year, 10 months ago

On top of the world: Notable No 1s

China Daily

Novak Djokovic on Monday set a record in men's and women's tennis for total weeks spent on top of the world rankings. The 35-year-old winner of 22 Grand Slam titles is enjoying his 378th week in pole position, edging ahead of Steffi Graf who was on top of the women's rankings for 377 weeks in her career. "It's surreal in …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Novak Djokovic breaks Steffi Graf's record for most weeks as World No 1 in tennis history

Firstpost

Novak Djokovic is starting his 378th week in pole position, edging ahead of Steffi Graf who was on top of the women’s rankings for 377 weeks in her career. The 35-year-old winner of 22 Grand Slams titles is starting his 378th week in pole position, edging ahead of Steffi Graf who was on top of the women’s rankings for 377 …

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Paul McCartney leaves Manchester spellbound as he rolls out the hits on first night of UK tour

Andre Agassi bats for inclusion of pickleball in Olympics, says it’s great exercise for him and wife Steffi Graf

WTA Finals: Iga Swiatek knocked out, Gauff vs Sabalenka set for semis

U.S. Open Women’s Champions

Drinking water firms urge Germany to act on Rhine PFAS discharge

Paris 2024 Olympics: Novak Djokovic beats Carlos Alcaraz to win men’s singles gold

Today in Sports - Serena Williams joins Steffi Graf as the only women to complete the Golden Slam

Britain’s Alfie Hewett joins career Grand Slam club

Marketa Vondrousova follows in Steffi Graf’s footsteps with early Wimbledon exit

French Open 2024: Belgian Goffin slams partisan crowd, seeks action

Swiatek swamps Sakkari 6-4, 6-0 to win Indian Wells title for Tour-leading 20th match win of year

Why you might be born to run

Novak Djokovic looking to cap off ‘almost perfect’ year with ATP finals win

Today in Sports - Week Ahead, July 7 - July 13

Today in Sports - Week Ahead, June 30 - July 6

Germany to roll out measures against heat wave deaths, drawing lessons from France

Germany to roll out measures against heatwave deaths, drawing lessons from France

Two-time champion Kvitova warms up for Wimbledon with German Open title

Swiatek beats Wang in French Open third round, records first Grand Slam double bagel of career

Monica Seles attack: “Like a horror movie,” recall witnesses 30 years on

Germany ends nuclear era by shutting down last three power plants

Seven Winters in Tehran: Chilling story of a woman wronged by system

On top of the world: Notable No 1s

Novak Djokovic breaks Steffi Graf's record for most weeks as World No 1 in tennis history