As the Cannes Film Festival kicked off its 77th edition on Tuesday, France’s film business has become engulfed in a reckoning over sexual harassment and abuse that activists say is long overdue. The #MeToo movement is hitting the country roughly seven years after it took Hollywood by storm — as the wave of allegations against […]
Read MoreIn short: Ajla Tomjlanovic has been granted a wildcard in the women’s draw for the upcoming French Open after returning from injury. It will the first time she has appeared at Roland-Garros since making the second round during the 2022 edition of the tournament. What’s next? Tomljanovic joins Daria Saville as the only Australian women in the […]
Read MoreAustralian tennis stars Ajla Tomljanovic and Adam Walton have received wildcard entries to the Roland-Garros main draw. They were among eight wildcards awarded on each side. Among those overlooked, though, included 2021 US Open champion Emma Raducanu, the retiring Dominic Thiem, and Caroline Wozniacki. Roland-Garros 2018 champion Simona Halep, on the comeback trail from a […]
Read MoreThree people have been killed in unrest in New Caledonia, as rioting continued and shops and schools remained shut on Wednesday after France’s national assembly approved changes to voting rules in the Pacific island. The three dead were young Indigenous Kanak, said a spokesperson for New Caledonia’s president, Louis Mapou, adding that the information was […]
Read MoreBy Saskya Vandoorne, Julen Chavin and Joshua Berlinger | CNN French authorities launched a manhunt on Tuesday after gunmen ambushed a prison convoy in Normandy to break out an inmate, killing two guards and wounding three others. The violent incident, extremely rare for that part of northern France, took place as the vehicle was transporting […]
Read More“I was pretty consistent with my serves and ball placement, and I was able to construct those points patiently, then wait for the shorter balls to come up. I really felt like my opponent [de Minaur] felt the heaviness and depth of my ball. “It gave me courage [and] great belief in myself that I […]
Read MoreDe grands noms du football, et des Girondins de Bordeaux, avaient rendez-vous ce mardi soir au stade Chaban-Delmas pour célébrer en grande pompe les 100 ans du Parc Lescure. D’un côté, au coup d’envoi, Alain Giresse, Zinédine Zidane, Bixente Lizarazu, Marius Trésor, Christophe Dugarry, Pedro Pauleta ou encore Yoann Gourcuff, pour les légendes des Girondins. De […]
Read MoreAmra 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 […]
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