Two months on, post-Olympic blues grip Paris
Swimmer Florent Manaudou is feeling glum, French MPs despair over a plummeting sports budget and the Eiffel Tower has lost its Olympic rings.
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McSweeney wins race to open for Australia against India
Nathan McSweeney won the race Sunday to open for Australia in the first of five Tests against India this month, while Josh Inglis was a surprise inclusion in their 13-man squad Sunday.
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Mauritius votes in close-fought election race
Mauritius votes on Sunday in a tight election race that has been clouded by a wire-tapping scandal in a nation usually touted as one of Africa's most stable and prosperous democracies.
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Award-winning writer absent from major Algerian book fair
There is a notable absentee from this year's international book fair in Algiers -- the work of French-Algerian writer Kamel Daoud, who last week won France's prestigious top literary prize.
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Egyptians exhume the dead as historic cemetery razed
Twenty years after burying him, Egyptian architect Ahmed el-Meligui was forced to exhume his grandfather's remains from a historic Cairo cemetery that is being partially razed to accommodate the growing mega-city.
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NBA Jazz get second win despite big night for Wemby
Collin Sexton scored 23 points and Lauri Markkanen added 20 as the Utah Jazz held off San Antonio 111-110 on Saturday for their second win of the NBA season.
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Salt peppers West Indies as England romp to T20 win
Phil Salt smashed a scintillating century and Barbados-born Jacob Bethell blasted an unbeaten 58 as England romped to an eight-wicket victory over West Indies in their opening Twenty20 clash at Kensington Oval on Saturday.
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'Hungry' Dupont stars in France's win over Japan
France superstar Antoine Dupont said on Saturday he was "hungry" as he provided two try-scoring assists in the easy 52-12 win over Japan in Paris on his 15-a-side return.
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Liverpool sink Villa to open up five-point Premier League lead
Liverpool opened up a five-point lead at the top of the Premier League as Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah struck in a 2-0 win over Aston Villa.
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Lee, Barcola star as PSG stay six points clear of Monaco in Ligue 1
Lee Kang-in and Bradley Barcola both scored twice in the first half as Paris Saint-Germain shrugged off their latest Champions League woes to win 4-2 at Angers on Saturday, the perfect response to a comeback victory for nearest challengers Monaco earlier.
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