Met Office verdict on 'heatwave from northern France' arriving in UK this week
The Met Office has issued its latest verdict on whether heatwave is coming to the UK this week.
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Olympics: USA beats Germany to reach women's soccer final - ESPN
LYON, France — It took extra work yet again, but the U.S. women's national team will play for the gold medal after outlasting a resilient Germany 1-0 in a semifinal Tuesday night.
France claim rip-roaring win over Canada to reach last four
PARIS : The French men's basketball team announced their arrival in Paris with a rip-roaring 82-73 win over Canada on Tuesday that propelled the hosts into the Olympic semi-finals riding a wave of national emotion.
Hockey-Germany strike late to beat India 3-2 and set up men's final with Dutch
PARIS : Germany claimed a 3-2 win over India in the men's hockey semi-final at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday after Marco Miltkau scored the winner by lifting the ball over veteran goalkeeper PR Sreejesh with six minutes left on the clock.
Sailing-Wind writes script for finely poised finales
MARSEILLE, France :Fickle Mediterranean winds set the stage for tense finales to three of the Olympic sailing events, with the men's and women's dinghy medal races pushed back to Wednesday, when officials will also try to wrap up the mixed dinghies and multihulls.
Arjun Erigaisi Beats Magnus Carlsen As Team MGD1 Clinch In World Blitz Chess
The GM Arjun Erigaisi-led Team MGD1 banked on their all-Indian star cast to clinch the silver medal in the inaugural World Blitz Team Championships, a club-based event conceptualized by world chess governing body FIDE and held in Astana, Kazakhstan. In the final against Team WR Chess, Erigaisi, the highest-rated Indian in Classic Ranking, upset former World Champion and World No.1 Magnus Carlsen on the top board in Round 1. But the Norwegian's teammates won on the other boards to give the team a comfortable lead. Team MGD1 put up a strong fight in the second round to hold the eventual champions 3:3 but that was not enough to take the match into play-off.
Hockey-Netherlands down Spain 4-0 to reach men's hockey final
PARIS :Top-ranked Netherlands reached the men's hockey final at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday with a much more comfortable 4-0 win over Spain than in the pool stage when they had to fight back from two goals down.
LIVE court updates as more suspects appear over disorder in Greater Manchester
More suspects are set to appear in court today charged in connection with disorder in Greater Manchester over the weekend.