Aguero reaches 400 goals in City stroll, Newcastle stun Spurs
Sergio Aguero reached 400 career goals as the Manchester City striker inspired the champions’ 3-1 win at Bournemouth, while Tottenham suffered a shock defeat against Newcastle on Sunday.
With Premier League leaders Liverpool off to a perfect start with three successive victories, City are already under pressure to keep pace.
SA has highest debt-to-GDP increase in sub-Saharan Africa – ACDP
Reverend Kenneth Meshoe said government needed to do ‘far more’ to reduce the high levels of public debt and the escalating debt service costs.
‘Tough to do better next time’, says Madagascar boss
Madagascar coach Nicolas Dupuis conceded it would be difficult for the Africa Cup of Nations debutants to eclipse their run to this year’s quarter-finals in future tournaments.
ANC Joburg caucus protests against power cuts
Protesting members of the African National Congress (ANC) in Johannesburg handed over a memorandum to power utility Eskom at its Megawatt Park offices on Tuesday. The protesters demanded that power be restored in all Johannesburg areas experiencing blackouts. Some of the areas included Ivory Park, Soweto, Orange Farm and Diepsloot went without power for three […]
Police arrest taxi violence suspects
Police say the suspects were found in possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition.
South African youth take to the streets over climate change
Hundreds protest in Johannesburg and Cape Town.
Scholes fined for breaching betting rules
Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes has been fined £8,000 by England’s Football Association after accepting a charge of breaching betting rules.
Parents say their children have tutors to fill gaps, not to charge ahead
A child’s mastery of literacy shouldn’t be constrained by their parents’ income.
Attitudes to gender and sexual diversity: changing global trends
The key question is: does anyone have the right to judge?
The three big studies pushing at the frontiers of HIV prevention
So what will it take to reduce HIV transmission? Prevention.
Delightfully absurd Mark Banks is back
The comedian is celebrating his 60th birthday with a brand new one-man show.
Britain’s Brexit Party triumphs in EU vote
Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative party meanwhile, slumped to 9%, its worst electoral result since 1832.
Bafana goalkeeping spot too close to call – Baxter
Stuart Baxter says it is neck and neck between Darren Keet and Ronwen Williams as to who will be his number one goalkeeper at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.
Allegri and Juventus in surprise split at end of season
Coach Massimiliano Allegri will leave Juventus at the end of the season after a reported fall-out with the club’s directors, the newly-crowned Serie A champions said in a surprise statement on Friday.
Germany sees sharp rise in racist, anti-Semitic hate crime
Felix Klein, Germany’s commissioner for anti-semitism, says he is ‘extremely alarmed’ by the sharp rise.
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