Bars of soap have melted and pressure in wine bottles has started pushing out the corks in Ulysse Zachary’s attic flat beneath the zinc rooftops of Paris, where the 21-year-old sleeps under wet towels to cope with a record-breaking heatwave.
Teboho Mokoena’s return from suspension forces Hugo Broos to choose between a cautious three-man midfield or maintaining the dynamic two-man pairing that secured Bafana Bafana's vital win over South Korea.
Tens of millions face a weekend of extreme temperatures in Europe as a deadly heatwave moves eastwards, with German forecasters warning that more records could be broken and eastern countries issuing a slew of red alerts for the coming days.
