Tag: French

China’s Li Na shattered Maria Sharapova’s dream of completing a set of Grand Slam titles by defeating the double-fault prone Russian 6-4, 7-5 in...

Second seed Novak Djokovic was handed a place in the French Open semi-finals on Monday when scheduled last eight opponent Fabio Fognini was forced...

The French Open draw may have opened up in tantalising fashion for defending women’s champion Francesca Schiavone, but the Italian fifth seed says she...

Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi and his India partner Rohan Bopanna advanced to the French Open doubles quarter-finals after a straight-set win over Andrey Golubev of Kazakhstan...

The French Open is considered by many to be the most difficult of the four major events on the tennis calendar. The slow red...

Men (3rd round) Rafael Nadal (ESP x1) bt Antonio Veic (CRO) 6-1, 6-3, 6-0 Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) bt Fernando Verdasco (ESP x16) 6-3, 7-6 (8/6), 6-4 Gilles...

Caroline Wozniacki’s Grand Slam misery plunged to new depths at the French Open on Friday as Daniela Hantuchova sent her packing at the third...

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) puts his hand on the shoulder of French President Nicolas Sarkozy after their meeting at the G8...

A French junior minister is targeted by a complaint lodged Wednesday, a prosecutor said, while refusing to confirm that it concerned alleged sexual harassment....

After Wimbledon, the French Open Championship, to be played from May 22 to June 5 at Roland Garros, is probably the most coveted Tennis...

Former world number one Serena Williams on Thursday was forced to pull out of the French Open, the tournament she won in 2002, after...

BRUSSELS - Kim Clijsters is on track to be fit in time for the French Open following the ankle injury she sustained while at a cousin's wedding, her physiotherapist told the Het Nieuwsblad newspaper. "Kim is able to walk about without crutches, She needs some four to six weeks to complete her recovery. We are perfectly on track," said Sam Verslegers.
"If Kim can get back into training in four weeks, she would have two weeks in which to get ready for Roland Garros. But we are not

ISLAMABAD - Two Frenchmen arrested in Pakistan for suspected ties to Al Qaeda-linked militants were seized by police hunting an alleged mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings, officials told AFP Friday.
Intelligence officials said the men, known by their first names Zoaib and Sharaf, were between 19 and 22 and came from the Paris region. One is of Moroccan origin and the other's family comes from Pakistan. Both were arrested in the eastern city of Lahore about 10 weeks ago,

ISLAMABAD - Two French nationals suspected of belonging to an international terror group have been arrested by Pakistani security services, French and local sources said on Thursday.
The two are suspected of being part of the group responsible for the bloody attacks in Bali in 2002 that killed 202 people, the worst terror attack in Indonesia, according to Pakistani security officials, who requested anonymity. The terror group is allegedly headed by Indonesian Umar Patek, who was

NICOSIA - Members of Arabic-language jihadist forums have called for war on France over its ban on niqabs, the full-face coverings worn by ultra-conservative Muslim women, a US-based web service said Wednesday.
The draconian new law, the first to be enforced in Europe, went into effect on Monday. Wearing the niqab or burka, a head-to-toe body covering, is now banned in the street, public gardens, shops and government buildings.
In messages on a number of threads,

PARIS - A majority of French people want to get rid of nuclear power, a poll on Wednesday showed, underscoring the impact of the Fukushima disaster on public opinion around the world. The poll conducted by OpinionWay found that 57 percent of respondents were generally in favour of dropping nuclear energy, with 20 percent strongly in favour of the idea.
Only 27 percent were prepared to accept a corresponding rise in electricity tariffs, however, compared to 72 percent against,

VERSAILLES - French police fined a woman for wearing a full-face Islamic veil, the first reported enforcement of a ban on the garment on the day it came into effect, a police source said Tuesday. The young woman, born in 1983, was fined 150 euros (216 dollars) "without incident" in a shopping centre in Mureaux, northwest of Paris, early Monday evening, the source said.