lxml.html get table header elements

SO_36865920.py

from lxml import html
raw = '''<table class="list">
      <tr>
        <th>Date(s)</th>
        <th>Sport</th>
        <th>Event</th>
        <th>Location</th>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Jan 18-31</td>
        <td>Tennis</td>
        <td><a href="tennis-grand-slam/australian-open/index.htm">Australia Open</a></td>
        <td>Melbourne, Australia</td>
      </tr>
</table>'''

table = html.fromstring(raw)
rows = iter(table)
headers = [col.text for col in next(rows)]
print [col.text for col in next(rows)]

# output :
# ['Date(s)', 'Sport', 'Event', 'Location']