(Reuters) – After a career spent navigating the toughest opponents on the court, 20-times major winner Roger Federer will now help commuters navigate the open road, as the newest voice of driving app Waze. The retired, polyglottic tennis star can offer directions in English, French, or German, and is the first person to record custom…
By Janina Nuno Rios MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Usain Bolt said he is desperate to play a role in reviving the sport that made him a global superstar but has experienced something of a decline since his retirement six years ago. The Jamaican, who dominated men’s sprinting for nearly a decade after the 2008 Beijing…
By Julien Pretot and Shrivathsa Sridhar PARIS (Reuters) -Serbian world No. 3 Novak Djokovic risked stirring up a political controversy at the French Open on Monday, after writing a message about Kosovo on a camera lens following his first-round victory. “Kosovo is the heart of Serbia. Stop the violence,” 22-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic wrote…
(Reuters) -The Miami Heat avoided becoming the first team to squander a 3-0 NBA playoff series lead after beating the Boston Celtics 103-84 in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Monday. After a dramatic defeat in the final seconds at home in Game 6 on Saturday, Miami got the win they needed at…
By Shrivathsa Sridhar and Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) -The famously fickle Paris crowd made themselves heard on the opening day of the French Open, booing when Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk refused to shake hands after her first-round defeat by Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus on Sunday. Stefanos Tsitsipas, the runner-up in Paris in 2021, was later dragged…
By Shrivathsa Sridhar PARIS (Reuters) – Aryna Sabalenka said she understood Marta Kostyuk’s decision to skip customary post-match handshakes with Russian and Belarusian players following Moscow’s invasion of her country Ukraine but the player did not deserve jeers from the French Open crowd. Booing and jeering could be heard from the thin Court Philippe Chatrier…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Medical personnel were rushed into the East Room of the White House on Friday when a member of collegiate championship-winning Louisiana State University women’s basketball team fainted at an event to honor the team. U.S. President Joe Biden called for year-round support for women’s sports when the player, who was standing in the…
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – A renowned U.S. mountain guide has achieved the rare Mount Everest region “triple crown” of climbing the Everest, Lhotse and Nuptse peaks in one season, a hiking firm said on Friday, as the season’s death toll on the world’s highest mountain hit 12. Garrett Madison, 44, climbed Lhotse, the…
(Reuters) – AT&T Inc’s DirecTV on Thursday announced a multi-year deal to broadcast the Sunday Ticket package of National Football League (NFL) games for commercial locations including bars, restaurants and casinos in the United States. The satellite television provider, which had the rights to Sunday Ticket until the end of the 2022 season, said the…
By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) – Paris 2024 organisers have been planning to install the Olympic flame on the Eiffel Tower, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Monday. The source added that the flame would not be put at the top of the Eiffel Tower, for technical reasons, and it…
