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Four people have appeared in a Zimbabwean court for allegedly booing First Lady Grace Mugabe, state-owned media reports. The Herald says they were arrested after a rally in Bulawayo, where Mrs Mugabe spoke last Saturday. They reportedly face charges of undermining the president’s authority. It is not clear how they pleaded. The booing came amid a bitter battle between rival ...

CHELSEA boss Antonio Conte has suffered another blow with Tiemoue Bakayoko injured in training this morning. Bakayoko is currently training with Chelsea after being omitted from Didier Deschamps’ latest France squad. The former Monaco star has recently shown signs of finally adjusting to his new surroundings after moving to Stamford Bridge back in the summer. However, the Sun say the ...

Having successfully defended his IBF and WBA titles against Carlos Takam last month, Joshua has voiced a desire to unify the division. He sent tweets to WBO champion Joseph Parker and WBC title-holder Deontay Wilder, as well as taunting fellow Briton Tyson Fury, who has not fought since November 2015 due to fitness and mental health issues. Joshua, 28, sent ...

SERGIO RAMOS has hit out at former Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho for his treatment of Iker Casillas. Sergio Ramos is known to have a strained relationship with Jose Mourinho from his time in charge at Real Madrid. One bone of contention for the club captain is the way the Manchester United boss treated former Real goalkeeper Iker Casillas. The ...

Kano – At least two civilians were killed when dozens of Boko Haram fighters tried to storm a town in a remote area of northeast Nigeria but were repelled by troops, locals said on Tuesday. The attempted raid on Gulak, in the Madagali area of the far north of Adamawa state, happened at about 07:30(1830 GMT) on Monday and involved ...

A Facebook test that promoted comments containing the word fake to the top of news feeds has been criticised by users. The trial, which Facebook says has now concluded, aimed to prioritise “comments that indicate disbelief”. It meant feeds from the BBC, the Economist, the New York Times and the Guardian all began with a comment mentioning the word fake. ...

Jackson – A US federal judge on Monday dismissed a civil lawsuit that sought $35m in damages from a Mississippi city and a white police officer in the disputed 2016 shooting death of a black man, leaving his relatives “dumbfounded”. US District Judge Sharion Aycock ruled that the relatives of the man, Antwun “Ronnie” Shumpert, hadn’t presented enough proof against ...

Players are getting more power from FIFA to leave clubs who delay paying salaries or mistreat them, under new rules announced on Monday. Footballers’ union FIFPro withdrew its European Commission complaint against FIFA’s global transfer rules after the two parties agreed a landmark, six-year cooperation deal in Zurich. FIFPro lodged its restraint-of-trade complaint against football’s world governing body in September ...

Seoul – US President Donald Trump says tougher gun laws would not have prevented a mass shooting at a south Texas church, arguing that more restrictions might have led to more casualties. Trump spoke at a news conference in South Korea on November 7 where he was asked about “extreme vetting” for gun purchases. Trump said: “If you did what ...

JOSE MOURINHO hopes to have Paul Pogba and Zlatan Ibrahimovic for the Christmas period. Pogba has been missing since the middle of September while Ibrahimovic is yet to play this season. Manchester United have suffered in Pogba’s absence, and have been criticised for negative tactics over the last month. United drew 0-0 at Anfield, lost to Huddersfield and were beaten ...