Sport
20 Jul 2023
Morocco, Zambia, South Africa and Nigeria are competing at this year's Women's Football World Cup which starts on July 20. Nigeria's team is led by Onome Ebi, who will be taking part in her sixth World Cup tournament — an African record.
20 Jul 2023
Australia opened their World Cup campaign with a victory — despite being without injured star Sam Kerr. The Matildas broke Ireland's resistance in the 52nd minute through Steph Catley's expert penalty.
20 Jul 2023
Paris St Germain's Kylian Mbappe returns to training after his holidays, amid a standoff with the club over his contract.
20 Jul 2023
Fans arriving for the Women’s World Cup match between co-hosts New Zealand and Norway at Eden Park in Auckland said they felt safe following a shooting in the country’s largest city earlier on Thursday.
20 Jul 2023
FIFA Women's World Cup kicks off with opening match between co-hosts New Zealand and Norway at Eden Park in Auckland.
19 Jul 2023
Australia's Matildas have released a video statement calling out gender disparity in World Cup prize money and voicing support for women players denied "the basic right" of collective bargaining in pay negotiations.
19 Jul 2023
South America's poorest neighborhoods have birthed some of its greatest soccer stars, from Maradona to Pele, who often spur local pride and invest back into their communities. But with the professionalization of the women's sport still in its earliest years and wages lagging far behind men's salaries, making it big through soccer is still a far-off dream for women in South America's barrios.
18 Jul 2023
The retrial of ex-Manchester United soccer player Ryan Giggs over domestic violence allegations has been abandoned, PA Media reported on Tuesday, after the charges were withdrawn by Britain's Crown Prosecution Service.
18 Jul 2023
Cristiano Ronaldo has claimed that the Saudi Pro League is “better” than the MLS. The Al Nassr striker says he has no plans to join his long-time rival Messi in the MLS or return to a team in Europe.
17 Jul 2023
Madrid residents were delighted on Monday after tennis star Carlos Alcaraz won his first Wimbledon title after beating Novak Djokovic on Sunday.
17 Jul 2023
Inter Milan's Cameroonian goalkeeper Andre Onana on the verge of a switch to Manchester United to re-unite with former Ajax boss Erik Ten Hag, according to media reports.
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Today the World Water Forum starts in Bali, where world leaders will discuss the sustainability of water resources for a week. To illustrate the issue of water management, we head to Panama. The Panama Canal, one of the world’s major maritime trade routes, has suffered a decline in its water levels ever since drought affected the country last year.
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Which hospital in Germany offers which services at which level of quality? The government is launching a new online "atlas" tracking this. The health minister said it offered a "clear guide through the hospital jungle."
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From the Cannes Film Festival's red carpet, Eve Jackson brings us the latest on Friday's premieres, including "Kinds of Kindness" with Emma Stone and "Oh, Canada", which marks the return of Richard Gere.
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India experiences heavy rains and severe flooding during the monsoon season between June and September, which brings most of South Asia's annual rainfall.
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In Italy the government of Giorgia Meloni, the leader of the post-fascist Brothers of Italy party, has been criticised for being complacent about the rise of neo-fascism. Since the arrival of Meloni as the head of state, Italian neo-fascist groups are gaining members and becoming more visible. Our correspondent in Italy, Natalia Mendoza, went to meet some of these nostalgic followers of Benito Mussolini to understand who they are and what threat they pose to Italian society.
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Increasingly businesses are investing in Vietnam and setting up production sites there. While that move may lower their geopolitical risk in the short term, doing business in Vietnam has some drawbacks.