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North Korea has said it will reopen a telephone hotline to South Korea, to facilitate talks on its possible participation in the Winter Olympics. Seoul’s Yonhap news agency reported that the inter-Korean communications channel would be restored at 15:30 local time (06:30 GMT) on Wednesday. It comes after Kim Jong-un said he was “open to dialogue” with Seoul and to ...

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Renowned Ghanaian Fetish Priest Nana Kwaku Bonsam has made a shocking revelation that former Arsenal defender Emmanuel Eboue is cursed by his ex-girlfriend he failed to marry. Witch Doctor Kwaku Bonsam speaking exclusively to Kasapa Sports on Kasapa102.5FM disclosed that Eboue’s woes in his career and even after football is due to the disappointment he caused his Ivorian ex-girlfriend years ...

Former England footballer Trevor Sinclair has admitted drink driving and racially abusing a police officer. Sinclair was arrested in Lytham and became agitated and accused police of being racist, a court was told. Blackpool Magistrates’ Court heard he racially abused the officer who arrested him, but has since accepted the police were not racist towards him. Sinclair has been sentenced ...

BARCELONA star Lionel Messi thinks Juventus hitman Paulo Dybala could join Real Madrid instead of Manchester United. Juventus striker Dybala has been linked with moves to Barcelona, Real Madrid and Manchester United in recent weeks. Reports last month claimed United were determined to sign him, with Romelu Lukaku’s injury now possibly forcing their hand. Jose Mourinho supposedly saw a bid ...

The European Union is working with Libyan coastguards to reduce the number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea. But many of those intercepted end up in detention centres in Libya, where some migrants say they are used as slaves, as the BBC’s Stephanie Hegarty found when she spoke to some Nigerians who have just returned home. As evening falls on ...

South Korea has offered high-level talks with North Korea next Tuesday to discuss its possible participation in the 2018 Winter Olympic Games. The North’s leader, Kim Jong-un, said earlier he was considering sending a team to Pyeongchang in South Korea for the Games in February. He said the two sides should “urgently meet to discuss the possibility”. South Korea’s president ...

Gaming addiction is to be listed as a mental health condition for the first time by the World Health Organisation. Its 11th International Classification of Diseases (ICD) will include the condition “gaming disorder”. The draft document describes it as a pattern of persistent or recurrent gaming behaviour so severe that it takes “precedence over other life interests”. Some countries had ...

London (AFP) – Arsene Wenger moved to allay the fears of Arsenal fans on Tuesday saying he would replace both Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil with world-class players should they end up leaving. Both Sanchez, who came close to moving to Manchester City on the final day of the last transfer window in August, and Ozil’s contracts are up at ...

A crypto-currency called Ripple has become the second most valuable virtual cash system. Over the weekend the value of the digital currency hit more than $100bn (£74bn) according to some market monitors. This valuation is higher than another popular crypto-cash system called Ethereum. Each Ripple coin is now worth about $2.34 – far higher than the half a US cent ...