UAE national jiu-jitsu team eye fourth consecutive world championship title in Mongolia
ABU DHABI: The UAE’s national team have arrived in Mongolia for the Jiu-Jitsu World Championship where they are hoping to win a fourth consecutive title.
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Grant, Jaravee share lead at LPGA’s Dana Open in Ohio
WASHINGTON: Sweden’s Linn Grant fired a bogey-free 7-under par 64 on Thursday to share the first-round lead at the US LPGA Dana Open with Thailand’s Jaravee Boonchant.
Exclusive: France's Macron calls for international taxation in push for climate solidarity
During a live appearance on FRANCE 24, French President Emmanuel Macron emphasised the need for global cooperation and "mobilisation" in implementing international taxes to support climate action and poverty alleviation.
Populists on parade, African leaders visit Ukraine, Migrant tragedy, Musk in Paris
There's no quick win in Ukraine's counteroffensive. But it's definitely on. Reuters journalists this Friday filmed the newly retaken village of Neskuchne in eastern Ukraine, which shows evidence of the heavy fighting.
CAF Champions League due for an upgrade as familiar foes fight for African supremacy
African club football’s great showpiece, the Champions League final, rolls into Cairo this weekend with an air of distraction. Its finalists are obliged to glance back over their shoulders because, this time last year, the same Al Ahly and Wydad of Casablanca were contesting the same prize. As standard-bearers in the competition, they also look forward to a deluxe version of the competition, the proposed African Super League, a project long in the planning and seemingly close to actual launch.
DR Congo’s Chancel Mbemba wins FRANCE 24-RFI award for best African player in Ligue 1
The 28-year-old Mbemba has become a crucial defensive linchpin at Marseille after spells at Anderlecht, Newcastle and Porto – even scoring seven goals in 43 appearances after coming into his own at the southern French club.
Russia's crusade against neocolonialism in Africa: Fact or fiction?
'Russia in Africa: Resurgent Great Power or Bellicose Pretender?' is out now in hardback.
Power struggle in Sudan: Civilians caught in crossfire as security forces battle it out
As soldiers and civilians re-negotiate the peaceful transition promised after the ouster of longtime strongman Omar al-Bashir in 2019, we take a look at the rivalry between the head of the military and the powerful RSA paramilitary force - borne of the Janjawid militia that wreaked havoc in Darfur – as well as their backers.