Benzema hits out at continued French exile
Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema has told French Football Federation president Noel Le Graet he and he alone will decide when the time to end his international retirement has come.…
Cristiano ‘gives Juve green light to try and sign Paul Pogba’
Juventus superstar has given the thumbs up for the club to re-sign Paul Pogba from Manchester United in January, according to reports in Spain. The French World Cup winner’s future…
2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers round up
Cote d’Ivoire and Madagascar both produced 1-0 victories on Saturday in the first round of Group K matches in 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying. Cote d’Ivoire beat Niger 1-0…
Euro 2020 takes shape
The Netherlands, Germany and World Cup finalists Croatia expanded a list of big hitters to qualify for Euro 2020 on Saturday as the trio booked their places at next summer’s…
I wasn’t some one-night stand, Johnson lover
A US businesswoman at the centre of controversy over whether Boris Johnson showed her inappropriate favouritism amid an alleged affair said yesterday she had been left “heartbroken” and “humiliated” by…
Trump ‘too busy’ to watch impeachment hearing
President Donald Trump said he skipped the first televised hearings in his impeachment investigation because he was “too busy”. “I’m too busy to watch it. It’s a witch hunt, it’s…
Drogba kicks off ‘million trees’ project
Football legend Didier Drogba helped launch a drive on Friday to plant a million trees to halt deforestation in cote d’Ivoire. The “One Day, One Million Trees” campaign “is a…
Duterte says life taking toll on his health
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has admitted that life is taking its “toll on my health”, as speculation swirls over the 74-year-old’s prolonged absences from the public eye. Duterte cut short…
DRC leader hopes to eradicate Ebola in his country by December
Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has voiced hope that the Ebola epidemic in his country would be stamped out by the end of the year. “We believe that…
UK’s Prince Andrew denies having sex with Epstein accuser
Britain’s Prince Andrew has “categorically” denied having sex with an alleged teen victim of disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein, who claims she was forced to sleep with the royal, in…











