Victoria Mboko pushed Coco Gauff to three sets in Rome on Friday but ultimately lost the second-round clash. Denis Shapovalov was beaten too.

They were Japanese American soldiers, part of a storied military unit that faced down prejudice and suspicion to fight Adolf Hitler’s armies in Europe.

According to Russian educators and state-controlled media, the Soviet Union defeated Nazi Germany single-handedly.

Russia marked the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory in World War Two on Friday with a military parade attended ...