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In today's published tennis world rankings, Grigor Dimitrov maintains his position among the men.

The Bulgarian tennis player once again secures the 13th position with a total of 2785 points. This time, he is set to return to the tennis court during the current week, participating in the ATR 250 tournament indoors in Marseille.

An award-winning French actor is being investigated over the murder of a teenager at a drug dealing point in the southern city of Marseille, a judicial source said on Dec. 12.

Tomorrow, Dec. 5, is declared as the "World Turkish Coffee Day." Exactly 10 years ago, in 2013, Turkish coffee was included in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List on Dec.

Success in Greek soccer is often weighed down by off-the-field controversy. This time it's the killing of a fan in Athens.

Panathinaikos owner Giannis Alafouzos missed being in France to see his team eliminate former European champion Marseille from the Champions League on Tuesday - its biggest game in more than a decade.

The Hellenic Police is on full alert in Athens, ahead of the football match between Panathinaikos and French side Marseille at the former's home base on Alexandras avenue, for fear of incidents following the deadly clashes on Monday night in Nea Philadelphia.

Police in Greece have arrested five Croatian nationals allegedly involved in deadly soccer fan violence, apprehending them as they attempted to flee the country.

The arrests were announced Wednesday, a day after a 29-year-old Greek fan was stabbed to death outside AEK Athens' stadium, prompting the cancellation of a Champions League qualifier against Dinamo Zagreb.

NYON - Serbia's runner-up football champions TSC Backa Topola were on Monday drawn to play the winner of the tie between Panathinaikos Athens and Olympic Marseille in the UEFA Champions League play-offs if they knock out Portuguese outfit Braga in the third qualifying round.

Authorities on Wednesday probed the death of a man who may have been felled by a police rubber bullet during riots in Marseille, as France counts the cost of its most intense urban violence in nearly two decades.

A French far-right figure behind a divisive, and hugely successful, crowdfunding campaign for the family of a police officer jailed in the killing of a 17-year-old that triggered riots around France announced on Tuesday that he's closing the account which topped more than 1.5 million euros ($1.63 million).

The grandmother of the French teenager whose killing by police sparked riots called for calm Sunday, as the home of the mayor of a Paris suburb was attacked with a burning car in a new eruption of violence.