Aussie Alexei Popyrin has revealed how his head-turning title win in Montreal catapulted him into the world top 25 for the first time - but also saw him avoid slipping into the tennis wilderness.

Meanwhile Alexei Popyrin’s hopes for a strong start to a huge Aussie summer have been dashed with a frustrating straight sets loss in the opening round of the Brisbane International. Popyrin ...

Nikolai Ryzhkov, a former Soviet prime minister, died at 94 on February 28. He served from 1985 to 1991, overseeing efforts to reform the crumbling Soviet economy under Mikhail Gorbachev.