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Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff shot at in Mumbai, three suspects held: police

Indonesia fires have burned nearly two million hectares: monitor

UN biodiversity summit opens with nature goals off track

'Physical hell': Hong Kong hosts gruelling underwater hockey tournament

Indonesia fires burned over 1.9 mn hectares through September: monitor

Asian tech stocks mixed after Wall St losses, eyes on earnings

Asian stocks start week on back foot, tracking tech-led Wall St losses

China growth narrowly beats forecasts

Record El Nino? Depends who's counting

On the front line of ocean conservation off Portugal's Madeira

The painstaking task of cataloguing the world's species

Wembanyama targets title breakthrough as NBA season tips off

With LeBron on board it's title or bust for Philly fans

Rubio seeks to strengthen US foothold in Central Asia

Djokovic closes in on Nadal Olympic clash as Alcaraz, Swiatek cruise

Novak Djokovic set-up a potential Olympic Games blockbuster with Rafael Nadal on Saturday as Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek made winning returns to a rain-swept Roland Garros where they were crowned French Open champions last month.

'Not a good image' says Djokovic after Olympic romp over unranked player

Novak Djokovic said his 6-0, 6-1 rout of unranked Matthew Ebden in just 53 minutes at the Olympics on Saturday was "not a good image" for tennis and demanded a change in the rules governing late call-ups.

Spain win, Argentina off mark in Olympic men's football

Argentina bounced back from the chaos of their opening game in the Olympic men's football tournament to beat Iraq 3-1 on Saturday, while Spain got the better of 10-man Dominican Republic.

Root leads England revival against the West Indies in third Test

Joe Root became just the seventh man to score 12,000 Test runs but fell short of a hundred after spearheading an England recovery against the West Indies at Edgbaston on Saturday.

Australia's Brown defies the rain to win Olympic time-trial gold

Australia's Grace Brown stormed to her first Olympic gold in the women's individual time-trial on Saturday raced over 32.4km of rain-slicked Paris streets.

Taurasi unmoved by sixth sense in Olympic farewell

American basketball star Diana Taurasi said Saturday she is not allowing herself to be distracted by thoughts of personal glory as she prepares for her Olympic farewell.

China bags early Olympic golds as rain disrupts Games

China grabbed the first two gold medals of the Paris Olympics on Saturday as swimming prepared to take centre stage on a rain-disrupted first full opening day of sporting action.

France, Fiji set up dream rugby sevens Olympic final

Hosts France set up a dream rugby sevens final with double Olympic champions Fiji on Saturday as Antoine Dupont inspired a Les Bleus comeback in a 19-5 semi-final win over South Africa.

Leon Marchand: the 'shrimp' who became the great French Olympic hope

For someone who was a "shrimp" to his schoolfriends, Leon Marchand has come a long way in his short life but it is the next journey to the Olympic swimming pool at the La Defense Arena in Paris that will mark his place in sporting history.

Olympic beach volleyball starts in drenching rain under Eiffel Tower

Excited spectators splashed through puddles Saturday to reach the most spectacular venue of the Paris 2024 Olympics as the first beach volleyball matches began in the shadow of a just-visible Eiffel Tower.

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Covering an Olympic opening ceremony: rain, rain and memorable moments