Eiffel Tower countdown turns to 100 days to Paris 2024
PARIS : The Eiffel Tower's countdown clock to the Paris 2024 Olympics turned to 100 days on Tuesday as preparations for the Games entered the final straight.
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Flame to pass by Bataclan, Shoah Memorial, Paris mayor says
PARIS : The Olympic flame will pass by the site of the 2015 Islamist attack on the Bataclan concert hall as well as the Shoah Memorial as it makes its way through Paris in July ahead of the 2024 summer Games, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said on Tuesday.
'Unlike anyone we've seen': WNBA seizes Clark spotlight
NEW YORK : The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) will look to harness record-smashing sharpshooter Caitlin Clark's super-sized star power when she joins the professional ranks on Monday.
Bhupat Seemar grateful for 'beautiful' memories as Zabeel Stables relocates to Meydan
After more than three decades of success, Zabeel Stables are moving to a new location at Meydan.
Olympic champions to earn $50,000, end of 128-year tradition
LONDON :Athletics has become the first sport to offer prize money to Olympic champions, announcing in a landmark decision on Wednesday that the 48 gold medallists in Paris this year will earn $50,000 each.
'Landmark' prosecution for online abuse of Rugby World Cup official
World Rugby hailed "a landmark" after a man in Australia was prosecuted for targeting a match official and his family online during last year's World Cup in France.
Mum dies of common killer she wrongly thought was 'just trapped wind and bloating'
A heartbroken son has described the devastation of losing his mum who thought she was suffering with "trapped wind" and "bloating" but was actually dying of ovarian cancer.
NBA Africa celebrates basketball at Homecoming Festival
National Basketball Association (NBA) Africa recently celebrated the growing popularity of the game in Nigeria, when the yearly Homecoming Festival returned to Lagos over the Easter weekend.