LIMOGES (AFP) -- The struggle between two-time winner Tadej Pogacar and defending champion Jonas Vingegaard will be given a breathtaking backdrop Sunday, July 9, as the peloton climbs the dormant Puy de Dome volcano. *Jonas Vinggeaard. (AFP)* A day after the Tour said goodbye to star sprinter Mark...
PARIS, France -- Around 2,000 people defied a ban to join a memorial rally in central Paris Saturday for a young black man who died in police custody, while marches took place throughout France to denounce police brutality, as tensions run high after days of rioting engulfed the country. Nationwide,...
Germany and France have expressed support for the Philippines after another incident of harassment involving China's Coast Guard against its Filipino counterpart right in the country's waters. German Ambassador to the Philippines Anke Reiffenstuel said an "aggressive behavior," particularly when...
CAUTERETS (AFP) -- Tadej Pogacar unleashed a devastating turn of speed to win stage six of the Tour de France on Thursday, July 6, but defending champion Jonas Vingegaard took the overall race lead 25 seconds ahead of the Slovenian. *UAE Team Emirates' Slovenian rider Tadej Pogacar wearing the best...
LARUNS (AFP) -- Australian Jai Hindley crossed the line alone to win stage five of the Tour de France on Wednesday, July 5, to take the overall leader's yellow jersey as defending champion Jonas Vingegaard won a tactical battle with key rival Tadej Pogacar. *BORA - hansgrohe's Australian rider Jai...
NOGARO (AFP) -- Jasper Philipsen won a second consecutive stage of the Tour de France on Tuesday, July 4, as a series of high-speed falls at the Nogaro motorbike racetrack stole the headlines. *Alpecin-Deceuninck's Belgian rider Jasper Philipsen celebrates on the podium with the best sprinter's...
PARIS, France -- French President Emmanuel Macron met with hundreds of French officials on Tuesday to begin exploring the "deeper reasons" for the country's plunge into riots after a police officer killed a teenager at a traffic stop. The meeting at the Elysee palace in Paris with more than 300...
The Office of Vice President Sara Duterte (OVP) on Tuesday, July 4, replied to critics who are calling out its purchase of millions worth of items for satellite offices, which was recently flagged by the Commission on Audit (COA) for deficiency in observing procurement processes. In a statement,...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (left), and Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) Makabayan solon ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro has called out the Office of the Vice President (OVP) for allegedly taking shortcuts in the lawful government procurement process. "We are deeply...
VICTORIA (AFP) -- Mark Cavendish and the bulked up fast men should dispute the first bunch sprint of the Tour de France at Bayonne on Monday, July 3, in an ever more dangerous competition. Â *Mark Cavendish. (AFP)*Â While the death of Gino Maeder on the Tour of Switzerland last month was a...
Love the Philippines logo ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro has slammed the Department of Tourism's (DOT) "Love the Philippines" campaign, which she has claimed to have been plagiarized from a similar promotion used by Cyprus. "It is unacceptable for the Marcos government to resort to...
PARIS, France -- The grandmother of the French teenager killed by police sparking riots called for calm Sunday as the home of the mayor of a Paris suburb was attacked with a burning car in a new eruption of violence. The government of President Emmanuel Macron has been battling five nights of...
