Source: Sky Sports
Security & Justice
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Israeli forces have systematically destroyed entire neighborhoods in southern Lebanon, leveling more than 37 towns and wiping out over 40,000 residential units, according to Lebanon's National News Agency.
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Lebanon’s army chief, General Joseph Aoun, detailed to Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati how Israeli forces likely exploited gaps in the country's coastal radar system during the recent raid carried out in Batroun. The briefing comes as Lebanese officials seek answers on how Israel’s elite Shayetet 13 unit carried out the landing undetected.
Monday, November 4, 2024
Opinion
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“Large numbers of people continue to flee their homes every day, as Israel’s military operations in Lebanon have been going on unabated.” These disturbing words could be from almost any news report about Israel’s invasion of its northern neighbour over the past month. However, they can be found in a report by the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre issued on July 27, 2006.
Saturday, November 2, 2024
A Future Without Hezbollah
At the end of September, when Israel’s campaign to destroy Hezbollah was reaching its height, I met one of the group’s supporters in a seaside café in western Beirut. He was a middle-aged man with a thin white beard and the spent look of someone who had not slept for days. He was an academic of sorts, not a fighter, but his ties to Hezbollah were deep and long-standing.
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Sports
Tottenham Forward Son Heung-min Crowned Asia’s International Player of the Year
Tottenham forward Son Heung-min was crowned as Asia’s International Player of the Year for the fourth time by the Asian Football Confederation at its annual awards ceremony Tuesday.
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Real Madrid Launch Investigation into Racist Insults After El Clasico Defeat
Real Madrid has launched an investigation into racist insults directed at players during Saturday’s 4-0 home loss to Barcelona in LaLiga, it said on Sunday.
Monday, October 28, 2024
Tuesday 9 November 2021 15:30:32
Paris Masters: Novak Djokovic Claims Record-Extending Sixth Title with Victory over Daniil Medvedev
Novak Djokovic moved past his great rival Rafael Nadal with a record-breaking 37th Masters 1000 title in Paris as he defeated Daniil Medvedev in a thrilling final.
The world No 1 was back in match action this week for the first time since falling one victory short of claiming all four Grand Slam titles in a year when he was beaten by Medvedev in the US Open final in September.
He gained a measure of revenge for the ending of his Slam dreams with a 4-6 6-3 6-3 victory in the French capital.
Speaking on court, Djokovic said: "Today was a very special day because I had my family with me. It's the first time both of my children are together courtside to watch one of my matches. That is a beautiful feeling."
Djokovic had appeared understandably a little rusty this week, needing a deciding tie-break to overcome Hubert Hurkacz in the semi-finals, and Medvedev maintained his form from his thrashing of Alexander Zverev on Saturday in the first set.
But Djokovic moved ahead early in the second, cutting out the drop shots and utilising his net skills, before opening up a 5-2 lead in the decider.
He was unable to serve out the victory at the first time of asking but broke Medvedev's serve for a third straight game to clinch the title before celebrating with his children, Stefan and Tara, in the stands.
It was the first Paris final to feature the top two players in the ATP rankings since Stefan Edberg played Boris Becker in the 1990 final.
Djokovic will now turn his attention to the Nitto ATP Finals, where he can equal Roger Federer's record of six titles, and the Davis Cup.
He insisted he has fully moved on from his New York disappointment, saying: "I already closed that chapter, to be honest. I'm not regretting it, really. I'm not spending days suffering because I didn't take the calendar Slam this year.
"I'm very relieved that the Grand Slam season was done because I felt a tremendous pressure unlike anything I felt in my life. It was an interesting experience, and I'm very satisfied with the way I played in the Grand Slams.
"I moved on from that and focused on the Masters events, and here in Bercy, and I did what I came here to do, which is clinch the year-end number one and win the trophy."
