Amra was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment by the Évreux magistrates’ court last Tuesday for aggravated robberies, including thefts from supermarkets and shops in the suburbs of Évreux between August and October 2019. He had also been indicted by the specialised inter-regional court in Marseille for “kidnapping leading to death” and was then held at […]
Read MoreAnother chaotic day at the Italian Open confirmed the upcoming French Open is the most open Grand Slam on the men’s side for more than two decades, with stories breaking on and off the court that suggest the upcoming festival of tennis Roland Garros could throw up a new winner. Novak Djokovic’s shock exit at […]
Read MoreEmma Raducanu will probably have to battle through qualifying if she wants to play at the French Open after tournament organisers declined to grant her a wild card into the main draw. Raducanu’s protected ranking of No 103 is not quite high enough to earn her direct entry into Roland Garros, although there is still […]
Read MoreVenus Williams, Dominic Thiem, Simona Halep, Caroline Wozniacki and Emma Raducanu highlighted the list of players who missed out on a wild card for the upcoming French Open. The French Tennis Federation (FTF) announced the name of players who will be receiving the wild cards on Tuesday (May 14). Venus Williams, a seven-time grand slam […]
Read MoreFrench veterans Alize Cornet and Richard Gasquet received wild card invitations Tuesday to play in the French Open. They were among the eight men’s and women’s wild cards given by the French Tennis Federation for the clay-court Grand Slam tournament starting May 26. The 34-year-old Cornet recently said she would be retiring after playing one […]
Read MoreStoried French soccer club Saint-Etienne said on Monday it was in exclusive talks for a sale to Toronto businessman Larry Tanenbaum. The full purchase of the 1976 European Cup finalist should be ratified within weeks, the club said in a statement four days before a key end-of-season game in its push to be promoted back […]
Read MoreEmma Raducanu has not received a wild card into this year’s French Open, meaning she is likely to enter qualifying next week having already pulled out of the Internationaux de Strasbourg. The 21-year-old former US Open champion is currently the fourth alternate into the main draw at Roland Garros but the Briton could be forced […]
Read MorePARIS — French veterans Alizé Cornet and Richard Gasquet received wild-card invitations Tuesday to play in the French Open. They were among the eight men’s and eight women’s wild cards given by the French Tennis Federation for the clay-court Grand Slam tournament starting May 26. The 34-year-old Cornet recently said she would be retiring after […]
Read MoreEmma Raducanu will likely have to drop down to play in the French Open qualifying draw next week if she wants to compete in the tournament after she was declined a main draw wildcard to the second grand slam tournament of the year, which begins on 26 May. The French Tennis Federation (FFT) released its […]
Read MoreEmma Raducanu is one of multiple Grand Slam winners to be snubbed for a wildcard at the upcoming French Open. The Brit will have to go through qualifying and has already pulled out of another WTA tournament that takes place during qualies week. 2018 champion Simona Halep was also ignored after returning from a doping […]
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