American Larry Brown and Anita Hansen, from Denmark, were strangers who met on the Eiffel Tower in 1989 and became friends, ...

When the Eiffel Tower was first built in 1889 for the World's Fair in Paris, France, it was the tallest structure in the world. It held that title for 42 years until it was overtaken by the Chrysler ...

Nick Powell has been a familiar face to both viewers of Sky Sports and Sky News for 29 years; the presenter retires this week ...

A Sky Sports News legend who started his career in Bradford has announced his retirement ahead of Deadline Day.

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Tim Henman insists there is “zero appetite” for Wimbledon to start on a Sunday despite the other three Grand Slams all aligning on their start day. The US Open announced this week that the ...

The suspension bridge in southwestern Guizhou province is almost twice the height of the Eiffel Tower. It measures a vertical height of 625 meters from the bridge deck down to the river surface.

A large fire broke out in a commercial building near Tsutenkaku Tower, a famous tourist landmark in Osaka's Naniwa Ward, that left one man injured, local media said Tuesday. A resident who lives ...

The government has been accused of bowing to foreign political pressure by calling in proposals to turn a former Royal Mint site near the Tower of London into a Chinese ‘super-embassy’. Conservative ...

Even the front, where a small piece of the Eiffel Tower is embedded, was not immune to damage. French swimmers Yohann Ndoye-Brouard and Clément Secchi shared pictures of the sorry state of their ...

Moving from a one-bedroom flat in Wimbledon to a three-bedroom Georgian ... and enjoying the fun and freedom of single London life. He had just started dating a woman named Krista.