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USA Today
22-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
How to watch Grand Prix De Son Altesse Royale La Princesse Lalla Meryem Friday: TV coverage, streaming live, match times and more May 23
How to watch Grand Prix De Son Altesse Royale La Princesse Lalla Meryem Friday: TV coverage, streaming live, match times and more May 23 The slate at the Grand Prix De Son Altesse Royale La Princesse Lalla Meryem on May 23 includes two matches, among them Jaqueline Adina Cristian (ranked No. 74) against Maria Camila Osorio Serrano (No. 55). Stay up to date on all of the action with Center Court and Center Court Live on the Tennis Channel, where you can find live coverage and highlights of major moments from the entire world of tennis. Grand Prix De Son Altesse Royale La Princesse Lalla Meryem key details Tournament: The Grand Prix De Son Altesse Royale La Princesse Lalla Meryem The Grand Prix De Son Altesse Royale La Princesse Lalla Meryem Round: Semifinals Semifinals Date: May 23 May 23 Venue: Club des Cheminots Club des Cheminots Location: Rabat, Morocco Rabat, Morocco Court Surface: Clay Watch the Tennis Channel and more sports on Fubo! Match of the day: Jaqueline Adina Cristian vs. Maria Camila Osorio Serrano Start time: 9:10 AM ET 9:10 AM ET Round: Semifinal Semifinal In 10 tournaments so far this year, Cristian has yet to win a title, and her record is 12-9. Osorio Serrano has posted a 14-7 record on the year, securing one tournament victory. Grand Prix De Son Altesse Royale La Princesse Lalla Meryem schedule today Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Maya Joint, 8:00 AM ET (Semifinal) Jaqueline Adina Cristian vs. Maria Camila Osorio Serrano, 9:10 AM ET (Semifinal) Grand Prix De Son Altesse Royale La Princesse Lalla Meryem results yesterday Ajla Tomljanovic def. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 6-1, 6-3 (Quarterfinal) Maya Joint def. Ann Li 6-2, 6-1 (Quarterfinal) Maria Camila Osorio Serrano def. Maria Mateas 6-3, 6-1 (Quarterfinal) Jaqueline Adina Cristian def. Anastasija Sevastova 6-3, 6-4 (Quarterfinal) Sign up for Fubo to watch tennis today!
USA Today
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
How to watch Grand Prix De Son Altesse Royale La Princesse Lalla Meryem Thursday: TV coverage, streaming live, match times and more May 22
How to watch Grand Prix De Son Altesse Royale La Princesse Lalla Meryem Thursday: TV coverage, streaming live, match times and more May 22 The schedule at the Grand Prix De Son Altesse Royale La Princesse Lalla Meryem today includes four matches, among them Ann Li (ranked No. 57) against Maya Joint (No. 78). Stay on top of all of the action with Center Court and Center Court Live on the Tennis Channel, where you can find live coverage and highlights of major moments from the entire world of tennis. Grand Prix De Son Altesse Royale La Princesse Lalla Meryem key details Tournament: The Grand Prix De Son Altesse Royale La Princesse Lalla Meryem The Grand Prix De Son Altesse Royale La Princesse Lalla Meryem Round: Quarterfinals Quarterfinals Date: May 22 May 22 Venue: Club des Cheminots Club des Cheminots Location: Rabat, Morocco Rabat, Morocco Court Surface: Clay Watch the Tennis Channel and more sports on Fubo! Match of the day: Ann Li vs. Maya Joint Start time: 7:10 AM ET 7:10 AM ET Round: Quarterfinal Quarterfinal Li is 10-9 on the year, with no tournament titles. Joint has failed to win any of her eight tournaments so far this year, putting up an overall 18-8 record. Grand Prix De Son Altesse Royale La Princesse Lalla Meryem schedule today Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Ajla Tomljanovic, 6:00 AM ET (Quarterfinal) Ann Li vs. Maya Joint, 7:10 AM ET (Quarterfinal) Maria Mateas vs. Maria Camila Osorio Serrano, 8:20 AM ET (Quarterfinal) Jaqueline Adina Cristian vs. Anastasija Sevastova, 9:30 AM ET (Quarterfinal) Grand Prix De Son Altesse Royale La Princesse Lalla Meryem results yesterday Jessica Bouzas Maneiro def. Sada Nahimana 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 (Round of 16) Ann Li def. Hailey Baptiste 6-4, 6-7, 7-5 (Round of 16) Maya Joint def. Katie Volynets 6-0, 6-3 (Round of 16) Maria Mateas def. Arantxa Rus 6-4, 6-2 (Round of 16) Jaqueline Adina Cristian def. Aliona Bolsova Zadoinov 7-6, 7-6 (Round of 16) Ajla Tomljanovic def. Tatiana Pieri 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 (Round of 16) Maria Camila Osorio Serrano def. Kamilla Rakhimova 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 (Round of 16) Anastasija Sevastova def. Zeynep Sonmez 6-3, 6-4 (Round of 16) Sign up for Fubo to watch tennis today!
USA Today
19-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
How to watch Grand Prix De Son Altesse Royale La Princesse Lalla Meryem Wednesday: TV coverage, streaming live, match times and more May 21
How to watch Grand Prix De Son Altesse Royale La Princesse Lalla Meryem Wednesday: TV coverage, streaming live, match times and more May 21 The menu at the Grand Prix De Son Altesse Royale La Princesse Lalla Meryem on May 21 includes two matches, among them Ann Li (ranked No. 57) versus Hailey Baptiste (No. 70). Keep up with all of the action with Center Court and Center Court Live on the Tennis Channel, where you can find live coverage and highlights of major moments from the entire world of tennis. Grand Prix De Son Altesse Royale La Princesse Lalla Meryem key details Tournament: The Grand Prix De Son Altesse Royale La Princesse Lalla Meryem The Grand Prix De Son Altesse Royale La Princesse Lalla Meryem Round: Round of 16 Round of 16 Date: May 21 May 21 Venue: Club des Cheminots Club des Cheminots Location: Rabat, Morocco Rabat, Morocco Court Surface: Clay Watch the Tennis Channel and more sports on Fubo! Match of the day: Ann Li vs. Hailey Baptiste Start time: 6:00 AM ET 6:00 AM ET Round: Round of 16 Round of 16 Li has not won any of her nine tournaments so far this year, with an overall record of 10-9. Baptiste, who holds a 12-9 record in nine tournaments this year, has yet to clinch a tournament victory. Grand Prix De Son Altesse Royale La Princesse Lalla Meryem schedule today Ann Li vs. Hailey Baptiste, 6:00 AM ET (Round of 16) Tatiana Pieri vs. Ajla Tomljanovic, 6:00 AM ET (Round of 16) Sign up for Fubo to watch tennis today!
The Guardian
10-02-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
Last throw of the boule for Addis Ababa's historic pétanque club as developers turn city into hi-tech hub
It's a quiet Saturday afternoon at the Club des Cheminots in downtown Addis Ababa, where Chebude Gobeza plays pétanque with a friend as groups of patrons sit around yellow plastic tables, chatting and sipping coffee and beer. Chebude comes to the Railway Workers' Club every day, he says, after wrapping up a win. 'It's how I relax and keep fit. I've made a lot of friendships here over the years with others who come to enjoy it.' This small, Francophone corner of Ethiopia's capital is a legacy of the French-built Ethio-Djibouti Railway, a once-vital trade artery that linked Addis Ababa to the Red Sea for a century before most of it closed in disrepair in 2008. The majority of the club's 150 members are pensioners who worked on the line and learned French after being sent to classes at Addis Ababa's Lycée Guebre-Mariam. The line's French workers popularised pétanque, also known as boules, by teaching it to their Ethiopian colleagues more than 100 years ago. Today Club des Cheminots clings on as Ethiopia's prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, forges ahead with an ambitious – and highly controversial – plan to transform Addis Ababa from a ramshackle city to a modern, hi-tech hub for foreign tourists and investors. Over the past year, tens of thousands of homes and small businesses have been bulldozed to make way for high-rise apartment blocks, bike lanes and a gleaming new conference centre – their owners displaced to the far fringes of the city. Cultural venues, social clubs and historic buildings have also been razed as Abiy touts a grand vision of remodelling the capital into an east African Dubai. The pensioners believe it is only a matter of time until they receive their eviction notice, too. Their pétanque club sits on a prime patch of land, a stone's throw from Addis Ababa's main square. Many of the neighbourhood's informal homes have already been cleared. Nearby, the defunct railway station now houses a cafe where customers can sip cappuccinos on a platform next to old locomotives – part of a $1.8bn (£1.4bn) development of luxury shopping centres and flats by the Emirati real-estate developer Eagle Hills, which promises 'the finest amenities and conveniences for residents who live the good life'. 'There is a very close-knit community here,' says Chebude. 'All around, there are fancy hotels, but we can't afford them. This is one of the last spaces left for people like us. If it goes, it will break the chain of our community.' Chebude, an ebullient, energetic man in his fifties, spent 15 years working on the railway as a train driver after responding to an advert pinned on a government noticeboard. He recalls driving through the desert at night to avoid the scorching sun of the Ethiopian desert, as well as mishaps along the line such as flash floods and raids by bandits. 'I was very sad when the railway stopped; it was like my mother and my father,' Chebude says. 'We brought everything into the country – electronics, clothes, food. It was a great job.' Emperor Menelik II, the founder of modern Ethiopia, ordered the construction of the railway to begin in 1897, but it took nearly two decades to complete. Rising 2,400 metres from the Red Sea to the Ethiopian highlands, it was considered an engineering marvel and reduced the journey to the coast from more than a month down to 24 hours. Sign up to Global Dispatch Get a different world view with a roundup of the best news, features and pictures, curated by our global development team after newsletter promotion Today, however, it has been superseded by a Chinese-built line that opened in 2018, and its creaking carriages only operate on a 125-mile (200km) stretch of railway close to the Djiboutian border, serving a few remote border towns. Nonetheless, the French railway is still venerated at Club des Cheminots, which runs a pétanque league of 20 teams and an annual tournament to celebrate International Francophonie Day in March. Over the years, it has received sponsorship from the French embassy and Ethiopia's biggest brewery. Alemneh Abebe, the club's general secretary, says they have appealed to the French embassy to help stave off demolition but have not received any assistance so far. 'Development is changing this area, but this place is an important part of the community,' he says over a beer. 'We are like a family.' Bereket Mikael, a lawyer for a ride-hailing app in his early 30s, is among the club's youngest members. His family never worked on the railway but he grew up in the neighbourhood and has been coming here since he was a teenager. 'My parents aren't alive and I have few friends my own age, but here everyone knows me,' he says. 'Whenever someone is sick, or if their wife gives birth, we help them by raising money. It's very close.' Like other members, Bereket is resigned to eventually losing the club. 'All across the city, the government is evicting residents. Everything you see here will be destroyed. But we will keep coming until it is knocked down.'
