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PRAGUE – Kenya’s Peres Jepchirchir has set a new world record for a women-only half marathon. The 26-year-old ran a time of one hour five minutes 34 seconds in Prague to take 37 seconds off the time set by Ethiopia’s Netsanet Gudeta in 2018. Jepchirchir covered the first 10 kilometres of the 16-and-a-half-lap Letna Park […]
NEW YORK – Naomi Osaka was given a test by Marta Kostyuk before coming through in three sets to reach the US Open fourth round. The 2018 champion, seeded fourth, won 6-3 6-7 (4-7) 6-2 against the 18-year-old Ukrainian on Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York. Japan’s Osaka, 22, had to save five break points […]
JOHANNESBURG – South African state companies the Post Office and broadcaster South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) have requested billions of rand in financial support, the National Treasury said in a presentation to parliament on Tuesday. The Treasury said the Post Office had requested 4.9 billion rand (US$292.87 million) in support and SABC was seeking 1.5 […]
NEW YORK – Fourth seed Naomi Osaka overcame a scare to beat fellow Japanese player Misaki Doi in three sets and avoid a major shock in the US Open first round. Osaka, who won the first of her two Grand Slams at Flushing Meadows in 2018, wobbled in the second set before recovering for a […]
ABUJA – Nigeria’s capital imports plunged 78.6% in the second quarter year-on-year to US$1.295 billion, the statistics office said, as lower oil prices push Africa’s largest economy towards recession. Nigeria, Africa’s top oil exporter, has suffered its worst crisis in decades as low oil prices triggered by the coronavirus pandemic caused the economy to shrink […]
LONDON – Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta thinks captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been “convinced to stay here for longer” after his starring role in the Community Shield win over Liverpool. Forward Aubameyang, whose Gunners contract expires next summer, curled in a fantastic opener – before Takumi Minamino’s equaliser – and then scored the winning penalty in […]
Africa has been declared free from wild polio by the independent body, the Africa Regional Certification Commission. Polio usually affects children under five, sometimes leading to irreversible paralysis. Death can occur when breathing muscles are affected. Twenty-five years ago thousands of children in Africa were paralysed by the virus.The disease is now only found in […]
Legendary Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has asked to leave this summer. The Argentina international, 33, sent a fax to the club on Tuesday saying he wishes to exercise a clause in his contract, allowing him to leave for free with immediate effect. Barca were beaten 8-2 by Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-finals on […]
SIMON MUNTEMBA writes PRESIDENT of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa has strongly reprimanded his loud mouthed Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni for inappropriate comment against Zambia. This follows comments made by Mr Mboweni on social media regarding the removal of Zambia’s Central Bank Governor, Denny Kalyalya by President Edgar Lungu. In one of his tweets, Minister […]
A Florida taxi driver, who believed false claims that coronavirus was a hoax, has lost his wife to Covid-19. Brian Lee Hitchens and his wife, Erin, had read claims online that the virus was fabricated, linked to 5G or similar to the flu. The couple didn’t follow health guidance or seek help when they fell […]
