Olympic chic and "living sculptures": The best of Paris Haute Couture Week so far
Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week is in full swing, serving up a dazzling spectacle from Dior’s Olympic-inspired chic to Van Herpen’s mesmerising living sculptures.
Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week is in full swing, serving up a dazzling spectacle from Dior’s Olympic-inspired chic to Van Herpen’s mesmerising living sculptures.
Video from the incident shows tournament officials watching Chinese athlete Zhang Zhijie for around 40 seconds before medical help arrives.
By now the routine is familiar around the world, from Turin to Riyadh, Lisbon to Manchester. Team of Cristiano Ronaldo wins promising free-kick, Ronaldo steps up to take it, sets ball down carefully, strides back with purpose, adopts power stance, puffs out cheeks and begins his run up. Meanwhile, fans prepare for a forthcoming goal-kick.
Martina Navratilova has led a backlash against a “regressive” campaign featuring Team GB’s Olympic rugby players in lingerie.
Real Madrid teenager embraced pressure of occasion to orchestrate team’s raucous victory against Austria
Emma Raducanu said she took inspiration from England's close victory at Euro 2024 by "winning ugly" in her opening match at Wimbledon. The 21-year-old struck lucky when her scheduled opponent, 22nd seed Ekaterina Alexandrova, withdrew on Monday morning due to illness.
What a difference a year makes. Twelve months on from triumphing on the hallowed Centre Court turf in balmy temperatures, Marketa Vondrousova struggled to shake off the pressure that came with being a defending Wimbledon champion.
In the days leading up to England’s last-16 day of destiny with Slovakia, the question being asked inside the camp was not whether Jude Bellingham would play – that was never in doubt – but whether he could do all the things that were asked of him.
He is the boy who plays football like a man and will be one of the biggest threats to hosts Germany in Friday’s mouthwatering quarter-final with Spain in Stuttgart. But, for all his composure and maturity on the pitch, there are reminders of the childhood Lamine Yamal has only recently left behind.
Did we just witness the save of the century? It felt like that for Turkey. It was probably the save of all time for them as they secured their place in the quarter-finals of the European Championship.
All Euro 2024 roads lead to Berlin as the remaining teams do battle to be crowned the best in Europe.
Not too many aspects of rugby union puncture the public consciousness, let alone become instantly recognisable.
Ezri Konsa will spend this week trying to keep his place at the front of the queue to replace Marc Guehi and make his first-ever major tournament start in England’s Euro 2024 quarter-final match against Switzerland.
The final whistle sounded and William Saliba and Dayot Upamecano turned and raced towards each other, like a couple of young sweethearts reuniting after a summer apart. It was more bearhug than embrace and after finally unpicking themselves from each other’s arms, they looked behind and made a beeline for their goalkeeper, Mike Maignan, and another round of backslapping.
Jude Bellingham is facing an investigation over his “inside joke” gesture towards the Slovakia bench after scoring his wonder goal in Gelsenkirchen.
“I was ready. Elizondo wasn’t. Blow the whistle! F------ get a move on, ref! Why the wait? I’d put the ball on the spot, Ricardo was on his line. Why do I have to wait for the bloody whistle? Those extra couple of seconds seemed like an eternity, and they definitely put me off. Doesn’t he know I’m on edge? Jesus Christ! I was screaming inside.”
Wilson will be a part of the U.S. 4x400 relay team.
Andy Murray’s dream of one last competitive appearance at Wimbledon remains alive, but only just.
China's swimmers head to the Paris Olympics under fierce scrutiny with 11 of the squad among a group who tested positive for a banned substance in the lead-up to the Tokyo Games.- 'No winners here' - The New York Times, which together with German broadcaster ARD first reported the 23 failed tests, then said in June that three of those had also tested positive for another banned substance years earlier.
La Roja midfielder magisterially dictated tempo and alleviated emotions in comeback win against Georgia
Diogo Costa, the Portugal goalkeeper, saved three penalties on the bounce to send Portugal into the quarter-finals after a goalless 120-minute battle with Slovenia