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Hosts Simba, who trail 2-0 after the first leg last weekend, wanted to stage the return match at the 60,000-seat Benjamin Mkapa Stadium in Dar es Salaam. But an inspection of the national stadium in the Tanzanian commercial capital by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) ruled that it was unsuitable for the title decider. Instead, CAF ordered the second leg to be played at the Amaan Stadium, a 15,000-seater in Zanzibar, which is a three-hour ferry journey from Dar es Salaam. A popular tourist resort... Читать дальше...

Banteng are a type of wild cattle native to Southeast Asia and listed as critically endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of threatened species. Their natural habitat is forests and grasslands, but only a few thousand remain in the wild and they are mostly threatened by hunting, logging and industry. Cambodia has lost around 33 percent of its tree cover since 2000, according to Global Forest Watch, as the government allows firms to clear vast tracts of land -- including in protected zones. Читать дальше...

The 45-year-old director said he was inspired by a news report about a Japanese "idol", as the starlets are known, who was sued by her management agency after breaking a "no dating" clause. Fukada cast former idol Saito Kyoko in the lead role of his feature "Love on Trial" which tells the story of a young performer who undergoes a similar ordeal. "I felt a deep discomfort, a real unease when I found out, and that's what made me want to look into the subject a bit and then turn it into a screenplay," he told AFP in Cannes. Читать дальше...

World number one Sinner, 23, and the 22-year-old Alcaraz have garnered seven Grand Slam titles already between them. By comparison Nadal, Federer -- both of whom have retired -- and Djokovic, a trio known as the 'Big Three', swept up 66 from 2003 to 2023. Alcaraz and Sinner are gearing up for the French Open with the former the defending champion. "To achieve what these guys have been doing these last 15, 20 years, that's something that I don't know if we are going to see in the future," Moya... Читать дальше...

With the aid of shovels, brooms and wheelbarrows -- and a dose of elbow grease -- the 180 or so specialised staff, most of whom are temporary workers, toil from dawn till dusk to whip the 18 courts into pristine condition for the year's second Grand Slam. "It's a real craftsman's job," Philippe Vaillant, head of the groundskeeping department, insists of maintaining a surface that has been used at Roland Garros since 1928. The clay, the product of 40 tonnes of red bricks from northern France which are then crushed in Belgium... Читать дальше...

As the English top-flight season comes to an end on Sunday, Forest and Chelsea are among five clubs chasing the three remaining top five spots, along with Manchester City, Newcastle and Aston Villa. Unai Emery's Villa travel to face troubled Manchester United, whose misery was compounded by their Europa League final defeat against Tottenham in midweek. AFP Sport picks out the main talking points ahead of this weekend's action. Forest dare to dream Nottingham Forest have enjoyed a remarkable renaissance... Читать дальше...

In Florida's Everglades National Park, this year's unusually severe drought is threatening ecosystems and economic activity. For years, water flowed down from the mountains to sustain the largest wetland in the United States, but rivers have since been diverted, leaving the protected area increasingly vulnerable. Experts say this is the worst drought since 2012 in the region.

Napoli won the Serie A Italian football championship for the fourth time on Friday, finishing the season one point ahead of rivals Inter Milan.

Former Democratic Republic of Congo president Joseph Kabila has spoken out a day after senators stripped him of immunity. He called the justice system "an instrument of oppression for a dictatorship". Meanwhile he now risks prosecution for his alleged backing of M23 rebels in the east of the country.