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HAWTHORNE, Calif. (Reuters) – Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) upstaged its own debut of an electric heavy duty truck on Thursday when a red Roadster pulled out of the big rig’s trailer and Chief Executive Elon Musk said the new $200,000 sports car would be the fastest production car ever. The showmanship wowed the crowd although some analysts’ heads started throbbing at ...

Harare – A senior Zimbabwean war veteran has given President Robert Mugabe an ultimatum that he must resign by Saturday. “Between now and tomorrow (on Saturday), we are giving a very strong warning to Mugabe and his wife… He won’t be allowed to continue,” said Christopher Mutsvangwa, the chairperson of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans’ Association. Mutsvangwa was speaking ...

MANCHESTER UNITED are reportedly keeping tabs on West Ham’s Domingos Quina. The 17-year-old midfielder was watched by United scouts while scoring for Portugal under-19s against Spain this week. Quina spent three years in the Chelsea academy after moving from Benfica. But he was released last summer and picked up by the Hammers. Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain are also keeping a ...

Actor Sylvester Stallone has denied reports that he and a bodyguard sexually assaulted a 16-year-old fan in Las Vegas in the 1980s. The Mail Online has published what it says is a police report dating from 1986, which detailed the allegations. The young woman did not press charges, the report said, because she was “humiliated and ashamed”, as well as ...

A North Korean soldier who was shot while fleeing across the border has an extremely high level of parasites in his intestines, his doctors say. The defector crossed the demilitarised zone on Monday, but was shot several times by North Korean border guards. Doctors say the patient is stable – but “an enormous number” of worms in his body are ...

JOSE MOURINHO has played down suggestions there is any lingering bad blood between him and Rafa Benitez. The two managers clashed several times when Mourinho was in his first spell as Chelsea boss and Benitez was in charge of Liverpool. Chelsea beat the Merseyside club in the League Cup final of 2005 but Benitez got his revenge by knocking the ...

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has made his first public appearance since the country’s army took over on Wednesday. He attended a graduation ceremony in the capital, Harare. Mr Mugabe had been under house arrest for days. The army made its move after a power struggle over his successor. The military said on Friday it was “engaging” with Mr Mugabe and ...

ZINEDINE ZIDANE says he’s not affected by the dressing room war between Cristiano Ronaldo and Sergio Ramos. Their relationship between the pair has turned sour after Ronaldo slammed the ‘weakening’ of the Real squad following the exits of Alvaro Morata, Pepe and James Rodriguez. Ramos didn’t take kindly to such comments and said: “I don’t agree with him that the ...

Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Paul Pogba return to the Manchester United squad for Saturday’s Premier League game against Newcastle at Old Trafford. Striker Ibrahimovic, 36, is yet to play this season after suffering a cruciate knee ligament injury in April. Midfielder Pogba, 24, has not played since injuring a hamstring against Basel in September. Defender Marcos Rojo is also available and ...

BARCELONA star Lionel Messi has consoled Neymar with his PSG dream beginning to turn sour, according to reports. Neymar made the stunning decision of leaving Barcelona in the summer, tying up a £200million move to PSG. With 11 goals from 12 games so far, the Brazilian looks primed to fire Unai Emery’s side to the Ligue 1 title. However, reports ...