Will Rising Mercury Take Shine off Wimbledon 2025?

IMAGE: Murky skies and rain delays have always been a recurring theme in Wimbledon, but this year the tournament is bracing for its hottest ever start. Photograph: Isabel Infantes/Reuters......

Wimbledon braces for hottest start in history

IMAGE: The mercury is expected to rise, eclipsing the previous record temperature for the start of the grasscourt Grand Slam in 2001. Photographs: Remo Casilli/Reuters Wimbledon sprang into life......

How Tokyo is preparing to counter heat during 2020 Olympics

A record heatwave in July 2018 killed over a dozen people in Tokyo with monthly average temperatures transcending 30 degrees for the first time in 20 years. IMAGE: A visitor experiences a......

Aus Open: Heat forces players to stay indoors

Searing heat on Monday forced officials at the Australian Open to invoke the extreme heat policy to protect the health of the competitors and played havoc with the day's schedule.At 1415 (local......

Tokyo 2020 tests fake snow to beat the heat

IMAGE: Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics organising committee test artificial snowfall to cool down spectators during a canoe event. Photograph: Tim Kelly/Reuters Olympic officials used a......