adminBarcelona secure top spot
BARCELONA beat Granada 4-0 at home to go six points clear at the top of La Liga without a number of injured players including Lionel Messi on Saturday.
Platinum Stars humble Chiefs
JOHANNESBURG – A second half Thabiso Semenya effort booked Platinum Stars’ place in the final of the Telkom Knockout, beating Kaizer Chiefs in the semi-final at FNB Stadium on Saturday…
Pacman keeps Mayweather bout hopes alive
MANNY Pacquiao bamboozled and bewildered in equal measure to outpoint Brandon Rios in Macau yesterday.
England suffer crushing defeat
ENGLAND slumped to a humiliating 381-run defeat in the first Test as Mitchell Johnson once again blew their fragile batting away. Facing a target of 561 to win, or two…
Highlanders beat Shabanie Mine in vain
Sikhumbuzo Moyo Senior Sports Reporter Highlanders 3-1 Shabanie Mine FOR the second year running Highlanders suffered the agony of seeing their bitter rivals Dynamos clinch the Castle Lager Premier Soccer…
China president to promote allies in sweeping reshuffle: sources
CHINESE President Xi Jinping plans to promote a string of allies in coming months as part of a sweeping reshuffle of the Communist Party, the government and the military, three…
Kenya evicts UK diplomats from hotel amid ICC row
THREE UK diplomats have been evicted from a hotel meeting in Eldoret in Kenya’s Rift Valley by a local politician for “violating protocol”. They were also suspected of interfering in…
SA media defy ban over photos of Zuma’s house
JOHANNESBURG — South African media yesterday defied government threats and published pictures of President Jacob Zuma’s private home, which was controversially revamped using $20 million (14,6 million euros) of taxpayers’…
Afghanistan rejects US call for quick security deal
THE future of US troops in Afghanistan remained in doubt yesterday after a spokesman for President Hamid Karzai rejected a US call to sign a security pact by the end…
Sata fires minister convicted of having fake education papers
LUSAKA — Zambian President Michael Sata has fired a minister who was jailed for one year with hard labour after being convicted on a charge of possessing a forged diploma…