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South African police have launched a manhunt for suspects who stole a boxing belt donated to Nelson Mandela by US champion Sugar Ray Leonard. The world champion belt, worth about $3,000 (£2,500), had been on display at the Mandela House museum in Soweto. Police spokesperson Col Dimakatso Sello told the …

Huge crowds have lined the streets of Tokyo to pay their last respects to ex-Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated last week. The 67-year-old was shot dead on Friday while speaking at a campaign event in the southern city of Nara. On Tuesday, a hearse carried Abe’s body …

Zimbabwean-born British heavyweight Derek Chisora beat Kubrat Pulev on a split decision on Saturday to avenge his 2016 loss to the Bulgarian and revive his career after three straight defeats. The 38-year-old veteran and former WBC title challenger won 116-112 116-114 and 112-116 on the three judges’ scorecards at London’s …

FIVE other black Zimbabwean cricketers had played for the country before him, but in a sport that never misses every bit of milestone, David Mutendera emerged onto the scene 22 years ago with his own piece of history. In an ODI away to Kenya on 25 September 1999, the pace …

Angola’s former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled Africa’s second biggest oil producer for nearly four decades, has died aged 79, the Angolan presidency said on Facebook on Friday. The former president died at 11:10 am Spanish time at the Barcelona Teknon clinic following a prolonged illness, the presidency …

Former FIFA and UEFA Presidents Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini have been acquitted of fraud, forgery and mismanagement in a court in Switzerland on Friday. The trial centered on a payment made by FIFA, world soccer’s governing body, to Platini in 2011. At the time, Platini was President of UEFA, …

Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving leader, died on Friday after being shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election, an official from his political party said. A man opened fire on Abe, 67, from behind with an apparently homemade gun as he spoke at a drab traffic island in …

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned Thursday, bringing an acrimonious end to a nearly three-year premiership that has been beset by controversy and scandal. Speaking outside Downing Street, Johnson said the process for choosing the new leader of the Conservative Party should begin now, with a timetable to be announced …

One of Italy’s most wanted men, mobster Rocco Morabito, has arrived in Rome after being extradited from Brazil, where he had been in hiding. Known as the “cocaine king of Milan”, Morabito was arrested in May last year in a joint operation by Brazilian and Italian police. The 55-year-old will …

Unidentified gunmen ambushed the advance convoy of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in the northern state of Katsina injuring two, a spokesperson for presidency said in a statement. Buhari was not in the convoy of cars carrying an advance team of security guards, protocol and media officers heading to …