France

'Les Bleus' cheered back home

The French National football team is back on home soil -- to the cheers and admiration of airport staff and the rest of the nation.

20 December 2022

Culture news

Watch: Athletes compete in gravity-defying Highline World Championship

Last weekend for the first time ever in the sport of slacklining, a world championship took place. 31 athletes from across the globe competed in the gravity-defying competition.

20 July 2022

Ukraine

Ukraine swimmer wins World Champs medal while his dad fights Russians

Elite swimmer Mykhailo Romanchuk doesn’t know if his father was able to see him winning a medal for Ukraine at the swimming world championships in Budapest.

22 June 2022

Culture news

Italy become Pastry kings but UK chef feels frozen out by politics

The Italian team beat France, the UK, Egypt, South Korea, Japan, Russia, Switzerland, Algeria, Chile and Mexico to become the World Champions. But are the rules being properly applied?

25 September 2021

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Fireworks light up night sky in Berlin during world championship

The Pyronale Fireworks World Championship got underway on Friday in Berlin at the city's Olympic Stadium.

31 August 2019

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World's best dancers glide into Buenos Aires for tango extravaganza

They are in the Argentinian capital for the Tango World Championships

17 August 2019

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World Thumb Wrestling Championships held in eastern England

The unusual sport is played in rounds at the Lock's Inn pub in Beccles, Suffolk, on a wooden board that resembles a small wrestling ring

29 July 2019

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Around 5,000 sheep to be sheared during world championships in France

The competition kicked off on Thursday in Le Dorat, central France, spanning four days to crown the world's best team of shearers.

5 July 2019

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Triple flips and fearless stunts at the world slackline championships

The world’s best Trick Liners battle for the Title of the World Championship in Stuttgart, Germany.

3 June 2019