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Miguel Cotto, who began boxing as an 11-year-old to lose weight, said farewell on Saturday night, closing out a glorious 17-year career, but not how most expected. Instead of an easy win over big underdog Sadam Ali, Cotto was nowhere near his best in what he said would be his final fight. Ali won a unanimous decision to take his ...

The clue is in the name: credit. It means belief, trust. If you’re a shopkeeper, who do you trust to repay a debt? For most of history, only someone you knew personally, which was fine since most of the people you encountered would be from the same small community. But as cities boomed, things became more awkward. Large department stores ...

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced the creation of a new virtual currency in a bid to ease the country’s economic crisis. He said the Petro would be backed by Venezuela’s oil, gas, gold and diamond wealth. Opposition MPs, however, poured scorn on the plan. Venezuela’s economy has been hit by falling oil revenue and the plummeting value of its ...

Liberia is in the thick of uncertainty after its Supreme Court ruled in November that a presidential run-off vote cannot proceed until a complaint of fraud and irregularities in the first round has been investigated. Hearings began at the Supreme Court on Friday and a ruling is expected Thursday. The vote, which had a first round in October, was expected to see the first ...

Can Africa’s biggest economy swap its addiction to oil for the starchy tubers that millions line their bellies with each day? “It’s our biggest hope,” says Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Audu Ogbeh. The global slump in oil prices has hit the West African nation hard, where oil exports make up more than 70% of government revenues. Yam ...

Theresa May is set to meet key EU figures for talks on Brexit which could determine whether the UK is able to move on to negotiations about trade. The BBC understands the two sides have now reached broad agreement over the UK “divorce bill” and citizens’ rights. But Irish ministers said there was no breakthrough on the outstanding issue of ...

The Communications Director of the Ghana FA, Ibrahim Sannie Daara, has revealed that the FA is expecting a contingent of FIFA experts in Accra in January 2018 during its congress to help handle issues of bribery and match-fixing. This comes at the back of Kwesi Nyantakyi’s announcement that whistle blowers will be rewarded once they blow the cover on corruption ...

LIVERPOOL midfielder Emre Can has an 80 per cent chance of joining Juventus, according to Germany general manager Oliver Bierhoff. Liverpool are facing the prospect of losing Emre Can on a free transfer as his contract is set to expire in the summer. The Reds have been unable to agree terms on an extension with the Germany international and he ...

WAYNE ROONEY’S wonder goal for Everton tonight was better than David Beckham’s from the halfway line. That is according to BT Sport pundit Robbie Savage. Rooney took his chance first time to score from in his own half after Joe Hart had fluffed a clearance. Hart was way out of his goal when Rooney ran onto the ball and went ...

REAL MADRID have given up their efforts to sign a new goalkeeper from either Manchester United or Chelsea and will instead land a bargain Spanish buy. Reports in Spain claim Real have agreed to trigger the contract clause of Kepa Arrizabalaga. And that will come as a huge relief to Manchester United and Chelsea. Real are understood to have trailed ...