Armed gang kills 48 in Nigerian raid

Kano — An armed gang has raided a northern Nigerian village and killed 48 people in an apparent reprisal attack targeting a local vigilante group, a state official said yesterday.…

Any solution must bring down Assad: rebels

Beirut — Syria’s main opposition bloc said yesterday it will fight on to topple President Bashar Assad, and that any political solution to the conflict must lead to the fall…

US issues SA crime warning

Johannesburg — A warning issued to tourists by the United States says Pretoria, Johannesburg, Durban, and Cape Town are “critical crime threat spots”, The New Age reported yesterday. The warning…

Thai monks arrested in child sex scandal

Bangkok — Thai police said yesterday they had arrested two monks for procuring a 14-year-old boy to perform sexual acts with an abbot, in the latest scandal to shake the…

Edward Chindori Chininga dies

Herald Reporter Guruve South legislator (Zanu-PF) and former Cabinet minister Cde Edward Chindori Chininga has died. He was 58. Cde Chininga died on the spot Wednesday night after the car…

Sup8r Cup returns

Harare Bureau AFTER  a year away from the domestic football radar, the BancABC Sup8r tournament returned with a bang last night when it became the richest knock-out competition in the…

L J Nkomo marathon on the cards

Sikhumbuzo Moyo Senior Sports Reporter AN athletics club based at a secondary school in Tsholotsho, Matabeleland North Province plans to hold the inaugural Landa John Nkomo Half Marathon race whose…

Country Club to host Bowser Polocrosse Cup

Lovemore Dube, Sports Editor BULAWAYO Country Club will play host to the annual Bowser Polocrosse Memorial Cup on Saturday and Sunday. Kirsty Alexander, the public relations officer of the Bulawayo…

Nigeria thrash Tahiti

Belo Horizonte — Nnamdi Oduamadi claimed a hat-trick as Nigeria shook off the jet lag to thrash minnows Tahiti 6-1 in their opening Confederations Cup game in Belo Horizonte on…

Former Zifa Boss calls for football indaba

Lovemore Dube Sports Editor FORMER Zifa president Vincent Pamire has called for a “Soccer Indaba” at which solutions to the future of the game will be arrived at with the…