France24 - Sports (35 minutes ago)
Efforts to expand tennis in France have seen hard courts gradually replace clay in the land of Roland Garros, leaving the iconic slippery surface to a select few – and, according to some, contributing to the home players' miserable run at the Paris Grand Slam tournament.
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The 27-year-old is enjoying his moment in the sun at the French Open after a shock win over Daniil Medvedev but with an eye on more grand slam successAdam Walton's phone has hardly stopped pinging in the past 24 hours after the 27-year-old Australian produced a huge shock at the French Open with a stunning victory over Daniil Medvedev in the first...
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Doubts over formation and form of key players means hopes of advancing to knockout stages are not highThis article is part of the Guardian's 2026 World Cup Experts' Network, a cooperation between some of the best media organisations from the 48 countries who qualified. theguardian.com is running previews from three countries each day in the run-up...
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The last three months of the season, including the playoffs, were anything but easy for Poulin. Her troubles began at the Milan Cortina Olympics in February, when she suffered a right knee injury. Then she aggravated that injury in a March 15 game against the Boston Fleet, which Poulin confirmed to reporters Wednesday.
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After being denied their rightful place in this season's Europa League, Crystal Palace finally have their revenge. In Oliver Glasner's final match in charge, it was fitting that Jean-Philippe Mateta should score what turned out to be the winning goal after his January move to Milan was scuppered by a failed medical. It has been that kind of...
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Fifteen-year-old hits 12 sixes in 29-ball knockJofra Archer wickets help Royals past SunrisersThe teenage batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi smashed a staggering 12 sixes to lead Rajasthan Royals to a 47-run drubbing of Sunrisers Hyderabad in Wednesday's Indian Premier League eliminator.The 15-year-old Sooryavanshi, who won the regular season's...
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Mensik offered wheelchair to get back to locker roomDjokovic calls for more night games on hot daysJakub Mensik claimed it was "insane” for players to compete in such hot conditions at Roland Garros and after collapsing on court due to cramps and being escorted back to the locker room in a wheelchair at the end of his dramatic 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, 1-6,...
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England winger flying out for medical on ThursdayGordon could double wages to around £300,000 a weekAnthony Gordon is due to undergo a medical in Barcelona on Thursday after the La Liga winners agreed a £69.3m transfer with Newcastle on Wednesday night. Should everything proceed to plan the England winger is set to double his wages to around...
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World No 2 is stunned by Ukraine's Yuliia StarodubtsevaBritain's Jones lost 6-0, 7-6 (3) to 27th seed BouzkovaEven by Fran Jones's high standards – she describes herself as a "mentality monster”, rightly so given all the trials she has overcome – her chances of any sort of recovery seemed painfully remote. She had lost 10 of her first 11...
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Read Ed Aarons' match report from Leipzig Get in touch! Email Dominic with any thoughtsIt's important to remember tonight's winners will be granted an automatic spot in next season's Europa League. Which is no small prize for the eighth-placed finishers in Spain (Rayo) and the team that finished 15th in the Premier League (Palace), neither of whom...
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