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Sharp increase in destruction of virgin forest in 2020
Tropical forests continue to disappear rapidly, threatening irreparable losses to Earth's crucial biodiversity
31 Mar 2021 1:50 PM
French government seeks to set age for sexual consent at 15
A push to set France's first age of consent three years ago in the wake of the global #MeToo movement failed amid legal complications
10 Feb 2021 5:53 PM
France calls foul as Sanofi announce that US will get virus vaccine first
Sanofi sparked controversy after announcing that US patients would get their vaccine first as US government was helping to fund the vaccine
14 May 2020 4:44 PM
Covid-19 effect: No shaking, no sharing, no showering in tennis
ITF issued a set of guidelines which include arriving at a venue already dressed and leaving immediately after the conclusion of a match
02 May 2020 9:31 AM
Ninth Ligue 1 title for PSG as season declared over
PSG striker Kylian Mbappe and Monaco forward Wissam Ben Yedder finished as the top scorers with 18 goals
01 May 2020 8:41 AM
PSG to be crowned Ligue 1 champions as standings frozen: report
LFP’s board will ratify the recommendation and effectively hand PSG their seventh title in the last eight years
30 Apr 2020 3:46 PM
PSG boss says club could play Champions League matches abroad
Already in the quarter-finals of Champions League, PSG are yet to know their opponents as the round of 16 ties were not completed
29 Apr 2020 11:24 AM
Stefanos Tsitsipas serves up birthday prank on friend Nick Kyrgios
Fans called thinking it is Greek player's number, but calls went to switched off Kyrgios' number
27 Apr 2020 7:17 PM
'Full medical checkups' for Ligue 1 players from May 11
A draft document on medical and health protocols was presented by the league's representative for club doctors
25 Apr 2020 8:02 AM
UEFA to advance up to 70 million euros to clubs amid financial crisis
The money was originally put aside to be paid to clubs which had released players for international matches
23 Apr 2020 7:19 PM
Players back Federer over tennis merger even as Kyrgios questions
Top players agreed that a merger could help tennis recover from the coronavirus shutdown, which has seen Wimbledon cancelled
23 Apr 2020 2:00 PM
Regional events will kickstart tennis season, predicts Novak Djokovic
With quarantine models different in countries, it will be difficult for the Tour to start as it hops from one country to another
22 Apr 2020 9:24 AM
Humans responsible spread of coronavirus and other zoonoses
It is human activity that enabled the virus to jump to people, and specialists warn that if nothing changes many other pandemics will follow
21 Apr 2020 11:48 AM
Tennis 'big three' plan to help lowest-ranked players: Djokovic
The players are to be joined by the ATP and the four Grand Slams in contributing money that will be distributed by the ATP among players
19 Apr 2020 12:00 PM
'Double-headers' suggestion gets thumbs down from Sebastian Vettel
The German driver however suggested that he would favour staging races without fans if it allowed a quick resumption
17 Apr 2020 1:35 PM
UEFA plans to stage Champions League final on August 29
The date is only feasible if European leagues are able to resume playing around July or August
17 Apr 2020 10:22 AM
Rescheduled Tour de France to start August 29
Consequently, the Spanish three-week cycling tour La Vuelta a Espana scheduled for begin on August 14 is to be rearranged
15 Apr 2020 5:47 PM
Renault driver Daniel Ricciardo will take a pay cut
However, team boss said Ricciardo’s salary would not be a factor after staff at the Enstone factory in central England has been furloughed
15 Apr 2020 11:37 AM
Tour de France called off amid virus, no new dates set
With France in strict lockdown until at least May 11 and public gatherings banned until mid-July, Tour can start only two months later
14 Apr 2020 6:26 PM
Decision on French Grand Prix this week
Scheduled for June 28, the French Grand Prix is the first race on the revised Formula One world championship calendar
14 Apr 2020 5:33 PM
Columns
While it would be erroneous to see political colour in what should be seen as usual assignments, few observers are willing to buy this line
Once again, we are locked down. And migrant workers are leaving out of fear of being abandoned. How did we get here?
Was planning an eight-phase poll spread over a month, and during a pandemic too boot, wrong, after all?
India’s urban unemployment is at a historic high and, more important, the participation rate of India’s labour force is at a historic low