Azzurri open World Cup campaign with victory
ITALY began their World Cup Pool B campaign with a bonus-point victory over Namibia in changing weather conditions in Osaka. The Namibian part-timers took an early lead through Damian Stevens…
England battle to opening World Cup win over Tonga
ENGLAND’S World Cup campaign got off to a spluttering but winning start as they fought their way past unfancied Tonga. Two first-half tries from the buccaneering Manu Tuilagi and a…
City hit eight in Watford demolition, Tottenham rocked by Leicester
MANCHESTER CITY powered to their record Premier League win as the champions scored five times within 18 first half minutes of an incredible 8-0 thrashing of Watford, while Leicester enjoyed…
Dismal Man Utd overpowered by West Ham
WEST Ham United beat a toothless Manchester United 2-0 at home yesterday to move into fourth place in the Premier League as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side ended the game without…
Granada stun Barca to go top of La Liga
BARCELONA fell to a shock 2-0 defeat at Granada on Saturday as the La Liga champions’ woeful away form continued and the promoted side provisionally went top of the table.…
Liverpool down Chelsea to extend perfect start
TRENT Alexander-Arnold’s thunderous strike inspired Liverpool’s 2-1 win against Chelsea as the Premier League leaders moved five points clear at the top yesterday. Jurgen Klopp’s side extended their perfect start…
Protest in DC to ‘hold Trump accountable’
Demonstrators have marched through Washington, DC to protest against the policies of US President Donald Trump’s administration and demand accountability from politicians. Saturday’s “We the People March”, billed as an…
Mob justice for cop accused of abuses in Mali
A Malian police commissioner was killed on Thursday by a mob that accused him of links with bandits, the security ministry said. Protesters besieged a police station in the central…
‘Tanzania not sharing information on Ebola’
DAR ES SALAAM — Tanzania is refusing to provide detailed information on suspected Ebola cases, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in a rare public rebuke as the region struggles…
11 arrested in shootouts with Gauteng police
Eleven suspected criminal gang members have been arrested, following two separate shootouts with police. On Friday, police followed a tip-off about a planned business robbery in Olifantsfontein and intercepted two…











