France’s Just Fontaine, who scored record 13 goals at 1958 World Cup, dies at 89
Fontaine achieved the record in the 1958 finals in Sweden where Les Bleus reached the semi-finals for the first time in their history.
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French legend Just Fontaine passes away at the age of 89
Just Fontaine, the all-time top scorer in a single World Cup finals with 13 goals, has died aged 89.
Jessie Diggins cruises to historic Cross-Country 10km freestyle gold at World Championship
Jessie Diggins cruised to gold in the women's 10km freestyle to earn USA's first-ever individual cross-country skiing World Championship gold. Diggins finished in a time of 23:40.8, 14 seconds ahead of Sweden's Frida Karlsson, to take USA's first gold of the 2023 Nordic World Ski Championships in Planica.
Greta Thunberg says Norway’s wind farms are an ‘unacceptable’ violation of human rights
Greta Thunberg is protesting against wind farms built on Indigenous land in Norway.
WTA roundup: Alycia Parks bounced in Austin opener
American Alycia Parks, the only seeded player in action on the first day of the ATX Open in Austin, Texas, didn't make it out of the Round of 32, falling 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 to Sweden's Mirjam Bjorklund on Monday.
Armand Duplantis Sets New World Pole Vault Record
Armand Duplantis of Sweden set a new world pole vault record of 6.22 metres at an indoor meeting in France on Saturday, describing it as "almost an out-of-body experience". Olympic champion Duplantis improved his own record of 6.21m that he set in winning the world title outdoors in Oregon last year. Competing at the All-Star Perche meeting in Clermont-Ferrand, central France organised by 2012 Olympic pole vault champion Renaud Lavillenie, Duplantis cleared the new record at his third attempt to the delight of the 4,000-strong crowd.
Defending champion Einarson advances to face Manitoba's Jones in Canadian women's curling championship final
Kerri Einarson advanced to the final of the Canadian women's curling championship with a 7-5 semifinal win over Northern Ontario's Krista McCarville on Sunday in Kamloops, B.C.