Eve Muirhead reflects on remarkable six months after being upgraded to OBE
Eve Muirhead reflected on a remarkable change in fortunes after concluding the greatest season of her career by being upgraded to an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.
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Novak Djokovic vs Rafael Nadal - Full Head-To-Head Details Of All 58 Matches So Far
Novak Djokovic renews his 16-year rivalry with Rafael Nadal at the French Open on Tuesday with a semi-final spot at stake and where victory for the world number one could end the 13-time champion's Roland Garros career. Nadal, who turns 36 on Friday, puts his record of 109 wins and just three losses in Paris since his title-winning debut in 2005 on the line against the defending champion.
China's repression of Uighurs: UN urges Beijing to comply with human rights standards
Meanwhile in Japan, the co-founder of the Japanese Red Army, an anti-imperialist militant group, has been released after two decades behind bars. Speaking to reporters in Tokyo, Fusako Shigenobu said she was deeply sorry for the harm her group had caused to innocent victims. The once-feared Marxist-Leninist organisation, which supported the Palestinian cause, carried out several attacks in the 1970s and 1980s.
Some 125 sports sanctions imposed against Russia and Belarus – Gutzeit
Minister of Youth and Sports Vadym Gutzeit states that 125 sports sanctions have already been imposed against Russia and Belarus.
Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic - five of the best matches from their rivalry ahead of French Open showdown
As Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic prepare to meet each other once again on the biggest stage, we have been sifting through the 58 previous occasions the giants of tennis have gone head-to-head in singles matches. World No.
Texas school shooting, Battle for Donbas, Indo-Pacific tensions, Women's rights in Spain
While the United States liberally sells weapons of war over the counter, Ukraine is pleading for all the military hardware it can get. As the world marked 90 days of war, it was the week when the eastern city of Severodonetsk emerged as the new Mariupol. Surrounded on three sides, Ukrainian forces now endure a pounding while Russian forces shell the country's second city of Kharkiv at a distance.
Zheng Qinwen: Five things to know about China's new tennis sensation
BEIJING: Teenager Zheng Qinwen has lit up the French Open as the newest star to emerge from China, where the coronavirus pandemic and the Peng Shuai scandal have put top-level tennis on hold for more than two years.
On This Day in 2012 – Jessica Ennis sets new British heptathlon record in Gotzis
Great Britain’s Jessica Ennis set a new British heptathlon record as she won the Hypo event in Austria with 6,906 points on this day in 2012.