SHANGHAI: World No. 204 Valentin Vacherot pulled off one of tennis’s biggest shocks by beating Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-4 in the Shanghai Masters semi-final on Saturday. Djokovic, clearly struggling with illness, was treated several times courtside and even vomited during the match. Despite breaking early, the 38-year-old Serbian could not keep up physically as Vacherot, […]
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Finland populists eye election upset as anti-immigrant feeling rises
In the remote, northern Finnish town of Oulu where he has lived for seven years, Syrian-born Jabo Waleed recently started feeling that some people’s behaviour towards him was becoming less welcoming. “My wife is Finnish, I have lots of Finnish friends, but if you walk alone in the streets or drive somewhere or go into […]