French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) president Pierre Bordry said on Friday he had resigned. "I have resigned. The agency has reached a level of competence that has been acknowledged by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)," Bordry said.
Chelsea went second in the Premier League with a comfortable 4-0 win at Burnley, on Sunday, which maintained their unbeaten start to the season.
Here are five talking points from the weekend's action:
Olympian Achanta Sharath Kamal's impressive form helped Indian men register their second successive victory, while their women counterparts continued their dismal performance in the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Moscow on Monday.
Croatia and France were tied at 1-1 after Friday's singles in their Davis Cup semi-final clash in Zadar after Richard Gasquet and Marin Cilic both won their matches.
Mourinho's side failed to turn their domination into more goals and things got edgy late on when Saville's shot evaded Gazzaniga who seemed slow to get down.
News of all that transpired on and off the football field.
A World Cup year tends to dominate discussion on ODI cricket, and bilateral series are usually quickly forgotten. Before the series against Australia begins, let us take a look at India's best ODI players during the ongoing 2019-2020 season.
Loic Remy's first-half goal earned Olympique Marseille a 1-0 home win against Nancy as Ligue 1 champions extended their unbeaten run to seven matches on Saturday.
Politically, the north and south are different planets, says T V R Shenoy.
Indian shuttler Ajay Jayaram notched up a straight-game win over Japan's Kazumasa Sakai but his compatriots Parupalli Kashyap and RMV Gurusaidutt failed to cross the first hurdle in the French Super Series.
A French judge has issued an international arrest warrant against American rider Floyd Landis for suspected hacking into an anti-doping laboratory computer, French anti-doping agency head Pierre Bordry said on Monday.
It was a repeat of the 34-year-old's straight sets victory over Andy Murray in the second round of the US Open in August.
Froome had been the favourite to retain his title but he paid the price for the efforts he made to win the Giro d'Italia in May as he just failed to become the first man in 20 years to achieve the Giro-Tour double.
Saina Nehwal staged a splendid recovery to enter the third round of the World Badminton Championships at the Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris on Wednesday. The world No 2 Indian ace, seeded second, got the better of Hsiao Huan Chen of Chinese Taipei 20-22, 21-15, 21-8.
She's been a regular at fashion weeks in Mumbai and New Delhi and here she is walking the runway in New York!
IMAGES from the Champions League matches played on Wednesday.
A member of the French Football Federation's governing body, Guy Chambily, has called for national team coach Raymond Domenech to be replaced.
South Africa's ruling party leapt on Thursday to the defence of a World champion runner undergoing a gender verification test, saying she was the country's "golden girl" and a role model for young athletes. Caster Semenya, whose rapid improvement over last year prompted the test, won the women's world 800 metres title with a crushing performance in Berlin on Wednesday.
A man who tried to rob Arsenal players Mesut Ozil and Sead Kolasinac at knifepoint in a failed North London carjacking last July was sentenced to 10 years in jail on Friday.
Borussia Dortmund missed a bagful of chances to draw 1-1 at home with Augsburg on Tuesday, as they squandered the opportunity to make up ground in the Bundesliga title race heading into the winter break.
La Liga players dominate this year's Best Player in Europe shortlist, announced by the continent's governing body UEFA on Monday, with seven of the top 10 contenders for the prestigious award currently plying their trade in Spain.
The pilot of a hot-air balloon that crashed in United Arab Emirates killing two people including an Indian, has been sentenced to a year in prison and ordered to pay 400,000 dirhams ($108,932.46) in blood money, court officials have said. Polish pilot Piotr Gorny was in charge of the balloon on April 25 when it undertook an emergency landing approximately 50 km outside Al Ain near Abu Dhabi.
Kuldeep Yadav took a hat-trick after openers Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul hit centuries to help India crush West Indies by 107 runs in the second ODI in Visakhapatnam and level the three-match series at 1-1. Rohit smashed 159 from 138 balls, while Rahul stroked 102 from 104 balls to power India to a huge 387 for five in their 50 overs. In reply, West Indies made a brave effort courtesy of Shai Hope (78) and Nicholas Pooran (75) but Kuldeep finished off their hopes with his second ODI hat-trick.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
Arsenal named a strong side captained by Mesut Ozil while Real had Bale on the bench and Eden Hazard, wearing the number 50 shirt, starting alongside fellow new signing Luka Jovic in attack.
'There was never really a doubt, but now it can be conclusively stated that the prime minister has unusual mental and physical stamina,' says Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com who is covering Narendra Modi's visit to the United States.
Sebastian Vettel trimmed Lewis Hamilton's Formula One lead to 17 points with eight races remaining.
France entered Euro 2016 supposedly as an attacking side with defensive weaknesses, yet Les Bleus have confounded that image by conceding only one goal while scoring four in the group phase.
Stade Rennes have reported Manchester City to FIFA for allegedly poaching teenaged defender Jeremy Helan.
Bastian Schweinsteiger does not believe he can yet offer Germany a 90-minute show at Euro 2016 but against Ukraine on Sunday the playmaker proved he only needs a short cameo to make a big difference.
To bolster their midfield, weakened by the flight of Ivory Coast's Pierre Douhou to Pune FC, Mumbai glamour outfit Mahindra United signed up Serbian Svetozar Mijin from Romania's top division Club FC Politehnica Iasi for the upcoming football season.
Osaka survives test to reach last 16
Speaking on the sidelines of an event organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry, ArcelorMittal Design & Engineering Centre CEO Pierre Jonette said: "Our main objective is to bring down the total project cost by 20-22 per cent across all the green projects. We have internally decided to increase sourcing from local low cost destinations for most of our greenfield projects."
Presenting 7 lesser-known facts about late designer Karl Lagerfeld
France stretched their unbeaten run against Croatia to eight games after a late goal by Kylian Mbappe gave the world champions a 2-1 win in their Nations League top-tier Group 3 match on Wednesday.
IMAGES from soccer matches played in the EPL, La Liga and Serie A on Tuesday.
Ferrari's times were eye-catching, and quicker than anything from last year's weather-affected first four-day test at the Circuit de Catalunya.
Unai Emery begins the task of steering Arsenal into a brave new post-Arsene Wenger world.
Pierre Nanterme, group chief executive of management consultant and transaction-services-provider Accenture, which reported a 6 per cent rise in net revenues to $6 billion in the first quarter of FY09, acknowledges that the environment is tough and clients have become more demanding.
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