Spurs’ spiral the sign of a club in decline
Tottenham travel to Leipzig today needing to overturn a 1-0 first leg deficit to prevent adding an early Champions League exit to a season spiralling out of control. Saturday’s 1-1…
Sir Alex set to be banned from Man U games
Sir Alex Ferguson could be banned from Old Trafford as the government presses ahead with new plans to stem the coronavirus outbreak. One of the possible outcomes from yesterday’s meeting…
Solskjaer sees solid foundations at United
There was no shortage of reasons for Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to be smiling after Sunday’s 2-0 derby win over Manchester City at Old Trafford — and smile…
South Africa rand crumbles
SOUTH Africa’s rand tumbled to a four-year low yesterday, joining a global sell-off in riskier assets as the coronavirus outbreak continued to spread globally and oil prices collapsed. The rand…
London cops shoot dead knifeman near UK parly
British police shot dead a man brandishing two knives near parliament in central London, officers said yesterday, adding that the incident was not terror-related. The Metropolitan Police said officers on…
MH17 downing: four face murder charges
The trial of four men suspected in the downing of MH17 started yesterday in Amsterdam, more than five years after the Malaysian Airlines plane was shot down as it flew…
Sudan PM survives assassination attempt
Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has survived an assassination attempt after a blast near his convoy in the capital, Khartoum. Hamdok wrote on Twitter he was “safe and in good…
Arrest made in SA mass shooting
A 32-year-old suspect was arrested yesterday in connection with the killing of seven people in Khayelitsha on Sunday morning. “As part of an ongoing investigation into the shooting incident where…
Vatican reports first bug case
The Vatican has reported its first coronavirus case and closed some offices to protect hundreds of the micro-state’s priests and residents from the virus raging in surrounding Italy. The confirmed…
Iran releases 70 000 prisoners as toll rises
The coronavirus outbreaks in China and South Korea appear to be slowing, as countries elsewhere in the world adopt drastic measures to try and stamp out the infection. Iran has…











