France – Newspapers

"Another of my friends drowned in a river, another got stabbed, another got acid thrown over them. Another was shot twice," Rhys, who is now 28, told AFP. The turning point for Rhys, who now works to educate children about the dangers of knives, drugs and gangs, came a decade ago when his best friend, then 17, staggered to his house after being […]

In the first meeting of the season between the two iconic rivals who have won 35 NBA championships between them, the Lakers produced a superb all-round display to outclass the visiting Celtics line-up. James finished with 20 points, 14 rebounds and six assists while Davis weighed in with 24 points. Point guard Austin Reaves added 23 points, a […]

The sport will hold exhibition tournaments in London this October and in Paris in June next year, the first time the Japan Sumo Association has been abroad since Las Vegas in 2005. Sports such as football, baseball and American football play domestic games overseas in a bid to gain new fans in emerging markets. John Gunning, a former amateur […]

The 37-year-old's upper left leg was again heavily taped after hurting it in the quarter-finals and the Serb called it quits after losing the first set 7-6 (7/5) to Alexander Zverev. Djokovic left the court to a mixture of boos and applause as the German reached his first Melbourne final. "There is a chance. Who knows," Djokovic said when asked […]

Fly-half Farrell had been out since early November with a groin injury but played 50 minutes in last Saturday's Champions Cup win over the Stormers. The 33-year-old joined the Parisian outfit this season from Saracens after more than a decade with the English club. "I'm still learning, I'm still finding out," Farrell told reporters on […]

The 22-year-old's defiance of Afghanistan's governing Taliban fits well with her coming from "a family of freedom fighters." Her father fought in the Afghanistan army and then alongside the late mujahideen leader Ahmed Shah Massoud before moving to Iran. Hamidi's weapon has been her voice, since coming to France in December 2021 after living for […]

The well-flagged 25-basis-point increase to 0.5 percent comes as economic data indicates the world's fourth-biggest economy was developing in line with the policymakers' expectations and follows another bumper reading on inflation. The move, which leaves borrowing costs at the highest since 2008, was underpinned by healthy underlying inflation, […]

With 16 goals in 16 games this season, Kane still tops the Bundesliga goalscoring charts, but the numbers bely a trend which may worry the league leaders. Kane has not scored from open play since November, a run of seven games in all competitions, although the England captain's remarkable reliability from the spot has glossed over the dip in […]

The Catalan giants have just one victory in their last eight league games and have dropped seven points behind champions and current leaders Real Madrid. Valencia visit the Olympic stadium on the back of an impressive 1-0 home win against Real Sociedad last weekend, with the team already looking stronger under new coach Carlos Corberan. The […]

Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth, both looking to upset the established order by qualifying for next season's Champions League, meet at the Vitality Stadium in an intriguing match-up between two in-form teams. At the other end of the table, beleaguered Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou badly needs a win against relegation-threatened Leicester as […]