Beauden Barrett says New Zealand are keen to gain revenge for home series defeat to Ireland
New Zealand's Beauden Barrett says his side are eager to gain revenge after the pain of their home series loss to Ireland in the summer of 2022.
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Who is on tonight's Graham Norton show on BBC One?
The Graham Norton Show is back on our screens for another episode tonight (Friday, October 6). The popular host will be joined on the sofa by Bernie Taupin, Catherine Tate, Ashley Walters and Bill Bailey.
Peter O’Mahony targets more Ireland milestones as he reaches 100 caps
Peter O’Mahony feels a degree of embarrassment at joining Ireland’s “hugely inspirational” list of centurions and hopes even greater moments are to come as he targets Rugby World Cup glory.
Vondrousova makes final list of qualifiers for WTA Finals
Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova has qualified for the WTA Finals and will be joined in the season-ending tournament by French Open runner-up Karolina Muchova and Tunisian world number seven Ons Jabeur, the women's governing body said on Friday.
Climate crisis: French Alps hit by increasing rockfalls
The phenomenon is not new, but scientists say it has accelerated rapidly. In 2022, some 250 rockslides were reported in the Mont-Blanc range alone. Since the 1970s, such events have increased tenfold.
Footballer Paul Pogba faces four-year ban after failing second anti-doping test
The 30-year-old former Manchester United player, a World Cup winner in 2018, faces a ban of up to four years.
Canada: Meeting the people determined to keep the French language alive
At its height in about 1750, New France, a vast French colony in North America, stretched from the St. Lawrence River in eastern Canada to Cajun country in present-day Louisiana in the south of the United States. But after France lost control of the territory to Great Britain in the Seven Years' War, the language of Molière came under immense pressure from Indigenous languages and American variations of English. Our correspondent went to meet those determined to keep the French language alive in Canada today.
Moala gets his chance in Tonga's final pool match
LYON, France : Former All Blacks centre George Moala will finally get his chance to play for Tonga at the World Cup against Romania in Lille on Sunday, when the Pacific islanders will be looking to sign off from the tournament with a first victory.