A campaign group says the UK government must “now step in” after three Premier League clubs announced new shirt sponsorship deals with betting firms. Burnley and Fulham have one-year deals with W88 and SBOTOP respectively. Aston Villa have a three-year deal with BK8. In April, Premier League clubs agreed to …
Read More »Gold Mafia Kingpin Feels The Heat, Blames Alcohol For ‘Malicious’ Slurs
Businessman Ewan Macmillan, one of the alleged gold smuggling and money laundering kingpins interviewed in the Qatar-based television news network Al Jazeera’s Gold Mafia documentary series, has apologised saying he made the remarks under the influence of alcohol. This comes months after the 52-year-old merchant and several others, including Zimbabwe’s …
Read More »Aborted Mutiny Will Not Undermine African Leaders Focus On Ending Russia-Ukraine War
An aborted mutiny in Russia will not affect efforts by African leaders to seek an end to the war in Ukraine, South Africa’s Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor said on Tuesday after holding talks with her visiting German counterpart. German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock said Saturday’s mutiny by Russian mercenary chief …
Read More »Wagner Leader Prigozhin Exiled In Belarus, Lukashenko Confirms
The leader of Russia’s 24-hour mutiny, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has arrived in Belarus, three days after his Wagner mercenary group’s mutiny came to an end 200km (125 miles) south of Moscow. “Yes, indeed, he’s in Belarus today,” leader Alexander Lukashenko announced, claiming credit in arranging his exile. Mr Prigozhin’s whereabouts had …
Read More »Latest: Putin Makes another Speech As Lukashenko Orders Army To Be At ‘Full Combat Readiness’
Lukashenko Confirms Wagner Leader Is In Belarus Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin is now in Belarus, the country’s president has confirmed to state news agency BELTA. Under a deal mediated by Alexander Lukashenko on Saturday that ended a mutiny in Russia by the Wagner fighters, Prigozhin was meant to move to …
Read More »Barcelona Confirm Ilkay Gundogan Transfer As Man City Lose Captain After Treble
Manchester City captain Ilkay Gundogan has left the club to join Barcelona following the expiration of his contract. Gundogan leaves Manchester on the back of the club’s greatest season, lifting the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League trophies within the space of a month. He spent seven years at …
Read More »Discrimination ‘Widespread’ In English & Welsh Cricket
Racism, sexism, classism and elitism widespread in cricket – report chair Cindy Butts Racism, sexism, classism and elitism are “widespread” in English and Welsh cricket, according to a long-awaited independent report. The Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket (ICEC) has delivered its findings from a two-year investigation. The ICEC has …
Read More »PSL Bounces Back
After three weeks of absence as a result of venue crisis, the country’s local elite football league bounces back this weekend. The Castle Lager Premier Soccer League took a break in early June after National Sports Stadium was deemed no longer suitable to host matches owing to lack of ablution …
Read More »Sierra Leone’s President Bio Leads Presidential Election
Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio is leading the presidential election count, the West African country’s electoral commission said on Monday after 60% of votes have been counted. Bio, 59, is running for a second term against 12 opponents. His biggest rival is All People’s Congress’ (APC) candidate Samura Kamara, …
Read More »Chevrons Crush USA Out Of WC Qualifiers By Record 304 Runs
Sean Williams hit 174 off 101 balls as Zimbabwe crushed the United States by 304 runs Monday at the Cricket World Cup qualifiers, the second biggest winning margin in terms of runs in ODI history. Hosts Zimbabwe made their highest one-day total with a mammoth 408-6 off 50 overs and …
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