ARSENAL midfielder Mesut Ozil must not join Manchester United, according to former Germany striker Karl-Heinz Riedle. Mesut Ozil is out of contract with Arsenal in the summer and is yet to agree new terms with the north London club. The 28-year-old has been linked with a move to Manchester United to reunite with former Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho. However, ...
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Malawi leader vows probe as vampire scare forces UN out
Blantyre – Malawi President Peter Mutharika on Tuesday vowed a thorough investigation after seven people were murdered by vigilantes in a vampire scare that has driven UN staffers out of the affected region. Since mid-September, vigilantes have slaughtered seven people suspected of trying to obtain and drink human blood as part of magic rituals. The vampire rumours sweeping the country’s ...
Read More »Chelsea news: Ray Wilkins slams Blues for selling Nemanja Matic to Man Utd
RAY WILKINS has bemoaned Chelsea’s decision to sell Nemanja Matic to Manchester United, after midfielder N’Golo Kante was injured playing for France in the international break. The perpetual midfielder, who was crowned PFA Player of the Year last season, was taken off 34 minutes into France’s 1-0 win over Bulgaria with a suspected hamstring injury. He has returned to Chelsea’s ...
Read More »Raila Odinga quits Kenya election re-run
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has pulled out of October’s election re-run. Mr Odinga said his withdrawal would give the electoral commission enough time to introduce reforms that will help deliver a more credible election. The Supreme Court annulled the result of the original 8 August poll after finding irregularities and declaring it “neither transparent or verifiable”. The electoral commission ...
Read More »Chelsea news: Eden Hazard issues worrying update on his recovery from injury
CHELSEA forward Eden Hazard admits he’s far from 100 per cent fit despite making his return to first-team action. Hazard missed Chelsea’s opening three Premier League games of the season after undergoing surgery on an ankle injury back in July. He’s appeared in the Blues’ last seven games across all competitions, starting their latest league outing in the 1-0 defeat ...
Read More »Volcano warning: Canary Islands panic as earthquakes hit La Palma – 40 tremors in 48 hours
FEARS of a volcano erupting on the Canary Islands has sparked panic as the Spanish archipelago was hit by more than 40 earthquake tremors in just 48 hours. La Palma was rocked by more than 40 seismic movements of low magnitude and intensity between 1.5 and 2.7 on the Richter scale, according to the data of the National Geographic Institute. ...
Read More »‘It is a Grace Mugabe reshuffle’ – Zimbabwe analyst
Harare – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s cabinet reshuffle quashed opposition within his government, state media said Tuesday, as the 93-year-old leader prepares to stand again in elections next year. Mugabe stripped Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa of his role as justice minister, reassigned the finance minister and created a new cyber-security ministry in the major reshuffle late Monday. Mnangagwa is one ...
Read More »HEYNCKES ABSOLUTELY THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR BAYERN, SAYS SAMMER
The 72-year-old returns to management four years after Bayern sacked him, but the former sporting director is sure the club will not regret it Bayern Munich have made the right decision in bringing Jupp Heynckes back to replace Carlo Ancelotti as head coach according to Matthias Sammer. Heynckes made a shock return for a third spell in charge of the ...
Read More »Fake News Isn’t Just for U.S. as China Gets Billions of Claims
It turns out the Chinese have a problem with fake news too. From Facebook’s Alex Stamos to Steve Ballmer, American tech executives have sought in recent days to dispel the notion there’s a swift solution to the proliferation of spurious or insidious information on the internet, a phenomenon critics say wields an outsized and unhealthy influence on public discourse and ...
Read More »Nigeria’s NNPC Confirms Kachikwu Snub in Oil-Contract Awards
Nigeria’s national oil company said it faced no legal requirement to consult Minister of State Emmanuel Kachikwu about crude contracts, rejecting his allegations of mismanagement and confirming a split among top officials in Africa’s biggest oil and gas producer. “The law and the rules do not require a review or discussion with the minister of state or the NNPC board ...
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