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Robert Mugabe, the 94-year-old former president of Zimbabwe, is no longer able to walk because of ill health and age. The announcement was made by his successor, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who said on Saturday that the former leader has been receiving treatment in Singapore for the past two months. “He is now old. Of course, he now is unable to ...

The Swiss city of Zurich is finally set to get a purpose-built football stadium after voters gave the green light to the project in a local referendum on Sunday. The Zurich city government said that 54 percent of voters were in favour of building an 18,000-capacity stadium. It will be built on the site of the old Hardturm ground which ...

Ukraine’s parliament is to decide whether to bring in martial law as anger over the capture of three of its naval vessels by Russia spilled into the streets overnight. Protesters gathered outside the Russian embassy in the capital Kiev and an embassy car was set on fire. The incident in waters off the Crimean Peninsula marks a major escalation of ...

A court in Milan is considering charges of corruption against Eni and Shell in a controversial oil deal that led to Nigeria losing an estimated $6bn. The campaign group Global Witness has calculated the OPL 245 deal in 2011 deprived Nigeria of double its annual education and healthcare budget. Eni and Shell are accused of knowing the money they paid ...

Chelsea midfielder N’Golo Kante has signed a new five-year contract at Stamford Bridge, the Premier League club announced on Friday. The France international, signed from Leicester in the summer of 2016, has been ever-present in the league for Maurizio Sarri’s side this season. Chelsea are third in the table, four points behind leaders Manchester City. “N’Golo Kante has today extended ...

US President Donald Trump has said the CIA did not conclude that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Khashoggi was killed on 2 October in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Officials told US media such an operation would have needed the prince’s approval. But Saudi Arabia maintains it was a “rogue operation”. “They ...

A former judge and leading opposition figure has been sworn in as the head of Ethiopia’s electoral board. Birtukan Mideksa is the latest significant appointment of a woman to a key public office. Ms Birtukan returned to Ethiopia earlier this month after seven years in exile in the US. She was among dozens of opposition leaders jailed after the disputed ...

Several Red Devils stars are said to have rowed with manager Jose Mourinho this season, but they have been told to get on with their job Romelu Lukaku is tired of rift talk at Manchester United and has told any team-mates that become caught up in arguments with Jose Mourinho to “deal with it”. Speculation regarding internal rows at Old ...

The striker says he gave the defender some advice, with the Manchester United star scoring in his side’s 2-0 victory over Russia on Tuesday Zlatan Ibrahimovic has responded to defender Victor Lindelof after the Sweden defender jokingly called out the legendary striker. Lindelof opened the scoring in Sweden’s 2-0 win over Russia on Tuesday. The Manchester United star powered home ...

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola would like to turn his attention to international football at some point in his glittering career. Pep Guardiola would like to move on to international management at some point, believing a football career is too short not to embrace new challenges. The Manchester City manager has enjoyed incredible success at club level, winning 24 major ...