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[ad_1] PARIS : Around 50 khaki-clad men riding atop a black armoured truck approached an abandoned office building on the outskirts of Paris one spring morning and blew open a second-storey window with an explosive device. After clearing shards of glass from the window frame, they shuffled through the gaping hole and into the graffiti-covered […]

[ad_1] LOS ANGELES: The top-seeded Boston Celtics and Oklahoma City Thunder rolled to convincing victories in their opening NBA playoff series on Tuesday (May 7). Eastern Conference top seeds Boston laid down a marker with a 120-95 rout of the fourth-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers at the TD Garden. Oklahoma City meanwhile were made to work harder […]

[ad_1] Zak Crawley is aiming to secure a more regular role in England’s white-ball teams after establishing himself in the test side under skipper Ben Stokes and head coach Brendon McCullum. Test opener Crawley has scored over 1,000 runs in 13 matches since the start of 2023, playing with an attacking, aggressive style that has […]

[ad_1] Paris St Germain forward Kylian Mbappe shouldered the blame for their 1-0 defeat to Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday which saw them exit the Champions League semi-finals 2-0 on aggregate. Mbappe, who is set to leave PSG in the summer with Real Madrid a likely destination, missed two good chances in the second leg at […]

[ad_1] PARIS :Borussia Dortmund showed great composure to reach their third Champions League final after Mats Hummels’ second-half goal earned the visitors a 1-0 victory against misfiring Paris St Germain for a deserved 2-0 aggregate win on Tuesday. Hummels headed home from a corner five minutes into the second half to send the Germans, who […]

[ad_1] Canadian wunderkind Summer McIntosh has opted out of the 800 metres freestyle at Olympic trials, boosting Katie Ledecky’s chances of an unprecedented fourth gold medal in the event at the Paris Games. McIntosh had raised hopes of a showdown for the 800m title in Paris when she became the first swimmer to beat the […]

[ad_1] Brazil’s bid to host the 2027 Women’s World Cup scored higher than its rival, a joint bid from Belgium, Netherlands and Germany, in a FIFA’s evaluation report released on Tuesday. The world soccer governing body bid report came ahead of the vote at the 74th FIFA Congress in Bangkok on May 17, which will […]

[ad_1] Olympic 400 metres freestyle champion Ahmed Hafnaoui will miss the Paris Games, Africa Aquatics (AA) said on Tuesday. The continental governing body said on its website the 21-year-old Tunisian had confirmed Tunisian media reports that he would not swim at the July 26-Aug. 11 Games. AA’s report said Hafnaoui had declined to resume training […]

[ad_1] PARIS : Marco Reus’s Borussia Dortmund career is coming to an end and what better way to sign off at the Ruhr valley club than with a return to Wembley Stadium for another shot at Champions League glory 11 years after he lost there in the final. Dortmund beat Paris St Germain 1-0 on […]

[ad_1] PARIS : Paris St Germain missed a golden opportunity to reach their second Champions League final, but it was not all doom and gloom at the French club after a season of transition with a new coach. The Ligue 1 champions were knocked out in the semi-finals on Tuesday after a 1-0 defeat against […]