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Five issues England must resolve to deliver on expectation at Euro 2024

Five issues England must resolve to deliver on expectation at Euro 2024

Booed by their own fans and heavily criticised by the media back home, England's Euro 2024 campaign is off to a stuttering start despite picking up four points from their opening two games.

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Asian markets track weak US lead, eyes on yen

Asian markets track weak US lead, eyes on yen

Asian markets extended last week's poor run with more losses Monday, following on from another tepid lead from Wall Street as profit-taking weighed on the tech sector.

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Olympic legends: from Nadia Comaneci to 'Flo-Jo' - Part 3

Olympic legends: from Nadia Comaneci to 'Flo-Jo' - Part 3

AFP continues its look back at the history of the Olympics to pick out some of the legends that have lit up the Games.

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France wait for Mbappe to return and the goals to flow at Euro 2024

France wait for Mbappe to return and the goals to flow at Euro 2024

France appear almost certain to reach the last 16 at Euro 2024 but they are hoping to have Kylian Mbappe back, and rediscover their goal-scoring touch, when they face Poland in their final group game on Tuesday.

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Olympic legends: from Jesse Owens to Bob Beamon - Part 2

Olympic legends: from Jesse Owens to Bob Beamon - Part 2

AFP continues its look back at the history of the Olympics to pick out some of the legends that have lit up the Games.

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Olympic legends: from Spyridon Louis to Betty Robinson - Part 1

Olympic legends: from Spyridon Louis to Betty Robinson - Part 1

The Paris Olympics will be the 33rd summer edition since the first modern Games in Athens in 1896.

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Two years post-Roe, abortion center stage at Biden-Trump debate

Two years post-Roe, abortion center stage at Biden-Trump debate

Two years after the US Supreme Court stripped constitutional protections for abortion, the explosive issue will feature prominently in Thursday's debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump -- with the Republican under pressure not to alienate voters.

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'We are not trash': Horrors suffered by Canada's Indigenous women

'We are not trash': Horrors suffered by Canada's Indigenous women

A mountain of windswept garbage. Beneath it, bodies. For years, the remains discarded by a serial killer have languished in a landfill -- the latest chapter in a long history of violence against Canada's Indigenous women.

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Manuel caps US Olympic swimming trials with 50m free win

Manuel caps US Olympic swimming trials with 50m free win

Simone Manuel will go for gold in the 50m freestyle at a third straight Olympics in Paris after snatching victory at the US swimming trials on Sunday by two-hundredths of a second.

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Germany survive Euro 2024 scare as Hungary victory marred by injury drama

Germany survive Euro 2024 scare as Hungary victory marred by injury drama

Germany survived a scare to finish top of Group A at Euro 2024 as Niclas Fuellkrug's stoppage-time goal rescued a 1-1 draw against Switzerland on Sunday, while Hungary's Barnabas Varga suffered a sickening injury in a 1-0 win that eliminated Scotland.

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