A Swiss city at the Rhine’s edge, third-largest in the country
Roger Federer has been inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport after a storied career that included 20 Grand Slam titles. In the run-up, he has performed exhibition matches in New York, signaling a lasting legacy beyond competition and underscoring his impact on fans and the sport.
The former U.S. Open champion has not been granted a wild card for the hard-court Grand Slam in his final year on tour. Wawrinka, 41, missed the U.S. Open’s main-draw wild-card list, following a career that included three Grand Slam titles and a brutal inner drive to a career Grand Slam. Fellow veteran Gaël Monfils received a wild card while ranking details kept Wawrinka at 125th. The story tracks the emotional arc of a final major appearance and the debate over wild-card equity.
A Court of Session has ordered a family to leave the Granton site immediately, as Scottish ministers push to recover land for a new £100m Art Works development. The family argued human-rights breaches, but judges found the eviction justified, citing safety concerns and the project’s urgency.
The late Yayoi Kusama’s work continues to shape a global art narrative as museums stage posthumous retrospectives. The Amsterdam Stedelijk hosts a tribute installation in a show reshaped by Kusama’s death, highlighting the artist’s themes of infinity, identity and mental health.
In Basel, Viktor Vacherot has claimed the Basel title after a narrow win over Jiri Lehecka, sealing his first title of the year as Djokovic’s Basel campaign ends with a late setback. Struff’s upset win over Djokovic previously reshaped the Swiss Indoors landscape.
Hundreds of thousands have protested across France this weekend over the cost of living. Clashes in Paris and other cities have produced a widely shared video showing a homemade incendiary device igniting a gendarme's leg; prosecutors have opened an attempted murder investigation and police have made more than 770 arrests nationwide.
England launches STRIDE-RCT, a government-funded trial offering blood-based tests to 45-plus patients at about 200 GP surgeries to detect abdominal cancers early. The study will assess accuracy and determine if tests can guide urgent investigations for prostate, ovarian, bowel, pancreatic, stomach, liver and other cancers.
Filipina rising star Alexandra Eala has captured her maiden WTA title in Hong Kong, defeating Claire Liu 6-3, 6-0 after a hard-fought week. The 21-year-old enters the season-ending stretch at a career-high ranking, beating a sequence of near-champions en route to the title.