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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed after meeting French President Emmanuel Macron Saturday to go “above and beyond” the Paris Agreement on climate change, after the US said it would quit the deal. Two days after US President Donald Trump sensationally announced plans to withdraw from the pact on curbing carbon emissions Modi said India would “continue working… above and beyond the Paris accord”, calling it “part of the world’s shared heritage”. The agreement signed by 195 countries in the French capital in 2015 “can protect future generations and give new hope”, he said after two hours of talks with Macron at the presidential Elysee Palace. Macron said his discussions with the leader of the world’s fastest-growing major economy had focussed mainly on the environment. “I want to restate here France’s full commitment to the fight against climate warming,” said the French president. Macron has led Europe’s defence of the Paris accord, endearing himself to...

http://ift.tt/2q8yp0I Collapsed building. PHOTO: TOBI AWODIPE Two people were feared dead while 14 others were rescued alive by emergency respondents on Monday from a collapsed building that happened on Lagos Island, reports the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). NAN gathered from a reliable source at the scene of the incident that it happened around 7.30a.m., at Daddy Alaja Street, Oke Arin on Lagos Island. The source said that the two dead persons, a man and a woman, whose identities could not be confirmed by the respondents, were pulled out of the debris from the three-storey building. The source said that the building, housing many occupants, was also under renovation when it crashed. The source said, “As at 1.30p.m., all the rescue operations had been concluded. Some of those rescued alive were treated at the scene. “Those with serious ones were taken to the General Hospital on Lagos Island,” the source told NAN. The source said that the rescued team include: men and off...

http://ift.tt/2rd9paV Serbia's Novak Djokovic reacts during his tennis match against Spain's Marcel Granollers at the Roland Garros 2017 French Open on May 29, 2017 in Paris. / AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS Novak Djokovic began the defence of his French Open title, and partnership with Andre Agassi, with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 win over Spain’s Marcel Granollers on Monday. It was the perfect way to mark his 50th successive Grand Slam appearance but there is still work to do for the world number two whose form has dropped off since he completed the career Grand Slam in Paris 12 months ago. “Andre has left already. He’s waiting for me for a serious talk,” joked the 30-year-old after seeing off Granollers for the fourth time. Djokovic dropped served four times and required nine set points to claim the second set against a player who had only won 10 games in their previous three encounters. The Serb, seeking to become the first man in the Open era to win all four majors on at leas...

http://ift.tt/2qmOe99 Hull City's Portuguese head coach Marco Silva applauds the fans following the English Premier League football match between Hull City and Tottenham Hotspur at the KCOM Stadium in Kingston upon Hull, north east England on May 21, 2017. Tottenham won the match 7-1. Lindsey PARNABY / AFP Watford hired former Hull City boss Marco Silva as their new manager on Saturday following Walter Mazzarri’s departure from the Premier League club. Silva left Hull earlier this week following the Tigers’ relegation from the English top flight and Watford quickly made him their top target to replace Mazzarri. Although Silva couldn’t stop Hull slipping into the second-tier Championship, the Portuguese coach earned praise for his work during five months in charge of a club dealing with boardroom turmoil for much of the season. The 39-year-old had been linked with the vacant jobs at Porto and Crystal Palace, but Watford won the race for his signature on a two-year contra...

http://ift.tt/2pJN8QY PHOTO:AFP Mixed-gender relays are being considered as an Olympic event to ramp up interest in athletics, a senior member of the sport’s governing body said on Thursday. “As a sport we are looking at different formats,” Olivier Gers, chief executive of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), told AFP. “It’s definitely something for the Olympics to look at and for the IOC to decide jointly with the IAAF. “It’s definitely something we have been talking about for quite some time.” Mixed-sex relays were trialled at the IAAF World Relays in Nassau in April. A 4x400m event, with two men and two women per team running in no set order, proved a highlight at the championships in the Bahamas, especially as the home team won. “It was incredible,” said Gers. “The crowd was incredible, I still have goosebumps thinking about it. These are the kind of things we need to look at.” Gers was speaking in Qatar ahead of the opening Diamond League...

http://ift.tt/2pLqPgR < Previous 1 of 10 Next > Chelsea's Spanish midfielder Pedro (R) celebrates with teammates after scoring the opening goal during the English Premier League football match between Everton and Chelsea at Goodison Park in Liverpool, north west England on April 30, 2017. PAUL ELLIS / AFP Chelsea's Spanish defender Cesar Azpilicueta (top C) jumps onto the celebration after Chelsea's Brazilian midfielder Willian scored their third goal during the English Premier League football match between Everton and Chelsea at Goodison Park in Liverpool, north west England on April 30, 2017. PAUL ELLIS / AFP Pedro’s sublime strike fired Chelsea a step closer to the Premier League title as the ruthless leaders swept to a 3-0 win at Everton on Sunday. Antonio Conte’s side had to work hard to break down Everton’s stubborn resistence, but Pedro’s majestic second-half goal put Chelsea on course for a fourth win in their last five league games. Late g...