2 h. ago ‘You want a player to die?’ Heat is on tennis after players wilt in extreme conditions

Every year players are pushed to their limits in a sport that chases the sun. But the number of retirements, withdrawals and injuries this season has been shockingJannik Sinner had tried everything but after baking for two and a half hours inside the suffocating sauna of Shanghai’s stadium court, he was finished. Even around midnight, the humidity was still so oppressive that Sinner had spent the final 20 minutes of his third-round match against Tallon Griekspoor cramping, panting and in considerable pain. Eventually, he could not even walk properly. Midway through the final set, the 24-year-old hobbled slowly to his chair using his racket as a crutch and terminated the match.Those scenes were representative of the Shanghai Masters so far as, throughout the past week, so many players have wilted in brutal conditions. Terence Atmane and Hamad Medjedovic both retired after struggling with the heat. Francisco Comesaña appeared close to collapsing and he had to be helped mid-match by hi...

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6 h. ago German mayor was found fighting for life with stab wounds after 'screaming' row in her house, neighbours reveal as she refuses to name attacker and her adopted daughter, 17, becomes suspect

Iris Stalzer, 57, mayor-elect of the town of Herdecke near the western city of Dortmund, was found at her home at around 12.40pm local time on Tuesday with life-threatening injuries.

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7 h. ago German mayor left fighting for life in frenzied stabbing refuses to name her attacker

Iris Stalzer, 57, mayor-elect of the town of Herdecke near the western city of Dortmund, was found at her home at around 12.40pm local time on Tuesday with life-threatening injuries.

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8 h. ago Rock singer dies aged 43 in horror car crash as husband fights for life

Ann Everton, 43, was killed in a multi-car crash on Interstate 87 in upstate New York on October 3. The singer was travelling with her husband and bandmate Brian Daniloski

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8 h. ago German mayor fighting for life after being stabbed ‘13 times’ in ‘abhorrent attack’

Chancellor Friedrich Merz has condemned the attack which happened just days after the mayor was elected

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16 h. ago Boy is fighting for his life after being hit by tram in Manchester 'and dragged underneath'

The youngster was flown by air ambulance following the incident at the Crossacres Metrolink stop on Brownley Road in Wythenshawe, which occurred just after 3.30pm.

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16 h. ago First picture of son quizzed by cops after brutal stabbing of his mayor mum as she fights for her life in hospital

THIS is the first picture of the son detained by German police and quizzed over the brutal stabbing of his mum. Police arrested the teenager and his 17-year-old sister after newly elected mayor Iris Stalzer was allegedly knifed in a frenzied attack near her home. Pictures show the teen being led away to a police...

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20 h. ago Taylor Swift ridiculed over controversial comment about Travis Kelce 'putting his life on the line'

Taylor Swift was brutally mocked by fans after she made a comment about Travis Kelce 'fighting for his life' on the football field during her Monday night appearance on Jimmy Fallon.

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24 h. ago German mayor fights for life after being repeatedly stabbed at her home as her adopted son, 15, and daughter, 17, 'are questioned by police'

Iris Stalzer was found, seriously injured, by her son in her apartment in Herdecke-Herrentisch on Tuesday, according to German outlet Bild.

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24 h. ago German mayor fighting for life after being stabbed ‘by several men’ in ‘abhorrent attack’

Chancellor Friedrich Merz has condemned the ‘terrible deed’ just days after the mayor’s election

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24 h. ago German mayor ‘stabbed 13 times' as adopted son arrested just weeks after 'daughter attacked her'

Iris Stalzer, 57, was left fighting for her life after being found stabbed in her apartment in Herdecke, just a few weeks after her adopted daughter lunged at her with a knife

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24 h. ago Novak Djokovic collapses in Shanghai heat but battles back to reach last eight

The 38-year-old is the oldest man to reach the quarter-finals of an ATP Masters 1000 event

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25 h. ago German mayor fighting for life after being stabbed in ‘abhorrent attack’

Chancellor Friedrich Merz has condemned the ‘terrible deed’ just days after the mayor’s election

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26 h. ago German mayor fights for life after being repeatedly stabbed at her home a week after being elected

Iris Stalzer was found, seriously injured, by her son in her apartment in Herdecke-Herrentisch on Tuesday, according to German outlet Bild.

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27 h. ago German mayor fights for life after being stabbed outside her home 'by several men'

Iris Stalzer, 57, was found seriously injured by her son in her apartment in Herdecke-Herrentisch on Tuesday, according to German outlet Bild.

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27 h. ago German mayor Iris Stalzer stabbed by ‘multiple men’ near home leaving her fighting for life as cops issue major alert

A NEWLY elected German mayor is reportedly fighting for her life after a brutal knife attack outside her home. Iris Stalzer, 57, was allegedly stabbed multiple times in the stomach and back by "several men" in North Rhine-Westphalia. Her son is said to have found the SPD politician seriously wounded inside her flat after Tuesday's...

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43 h. ago Major update in search for Brit tourist who ‘may have been eaten by a crocodile’ after ‘vanishing’ in South Africa

A MAJOR update in the hunt for a missing British hiker has come just a week after the search kicked off. British tourist Elaine McSorley vanished after embarking on a self-guided hike from her South African hotel last week. But the search for the missing 71-year-old has been called off with no trace of her,...

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45 h. ago Man fighting for his life and another stabbed after violent three days across London

Man fighting for his life and another stabbed after violent three days across London  Islington Gazette

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55 h. ago Family told 'say goodbye' to dad fighting for life in Turkey after falling from scooter

"It’s so difficult, it’s soul destroying. I feel quite numb."

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57 h. ago Dad on Turkey holiday with friends left fighting for life as family 'told to say goodbye' in tragedy

John Kearney, 64, was on a holiday in Turkey when he sustained a serious head injury

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