Momentum gathers for Africa’s ICC pull out
Lovemore Ranga Mataire: Senior Writer When the then AU chair President Mugabe called for the continent to pull out of the International Criminal Court of Justice (ICC) many in the right…
Decent data can help African girls overcome second class status
Yassin Brunger: Correspondent The United Nations has made the gathering of data on girls across the world the coming year’s focus. Marking the International Day of the Girl Child, it issued…
Maritzburg bank on Rusike
JOHANNESBURG. — Maritzburg United’s Zimbabwean soccer striker Evans Rusike is back in contention for his side’s league match against Golden Arrows after missing the Telkom Knockout last 16 clash against…
It’s football not war
LONDON. — Barcelona great Xavi says Jose Mourinho needs to resist his urge to favour “war not football” if Manchester United are to succeed during his tenure. And Xavi thinks the…
Dangers of unintended overdrafts
Sanderson Abel An overdraft according to Wikipedia occurs when money is withdrawn from a bank account and the available balance goes below zero. In this situation the account is said…
De Bruyne’s stock rises
MANCHESTER. — As Manchester City’s season continues through what may politely be described as a period of uncertainty, Kevin de Bruyne’s stock continues to rise. Not long before we met on…
Akbay’s war cry
Tedious Manyepo: Sports Reporter HIGHLANDERS coach Erol Akbay believes his team’s Chibuku Cup exit will enable them to fully focus on chasing the league title. Bosso were eliminated from the country’s biggest…
New FA broadcast deal
LONDON. — England’s governing Football Association announced on Monday it had agreed a new overseas broadcast rights deal for the FA Cup worth a reported $1 billion.
Gaddafi’s blood on Hillary Clinton’s hands
ON October 20, 2011, Libya’s Muammar al-Gaddafi was brutally murdered by a mob of NATO-backed “rebels”, after first being beaten and violated in the most barbaric fashion. History leaves no…
Leg injury forces out skipper Mathews
COLOMBO. — Sri Lanka cricket captain Angelo Mathews has revealed that he withdrew from the tour to Zimbabwe this month in order to make sure he would be fully fit…




