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Cardiff City have joined the race to sign Chelsea wing-back Victor Moses, reports Completesports.com. The retired Nigerian international has not made an appearance for Chelsea in their last 16 games across all competitions. Moses is expected to leave Stamford Bridge this month having barely featured under coach Maurizio Sarri. According to a report on English tabloid, The Standard, Crystal Palace ...

Two soldiers who took part in Monday’s attempted coup in Gabon have been killed, the president’s office says. They were shot dead after security officers stormed the national radio building which they had taken over. Three others are under arrest. The junior officers claimed they seized power “to restore democracy” in oil-rich Gabon, where the ailing leader’s family has ruled ...

British stars Olivia Colman, Christian Bale, Richard Madden and Ben Whishaw were among the winners at this year’s prestigious Golden Globe Awards. Colman was honoured for the film The Favourite, and Bale won for playing ex-US Vice-President Dick Cheney in Vice. Madden and Whishaw won TV awards for their roles in BBC dramas Bodyguard and A Very English Scandal respectively. ...

Juniors officers say they have seized power in oil-rich Gabon, where the ailing leader’s family has ruled for 50 years. Soldiers in the west African country say they launched a coup “to restore democracy”. They took control of the national radio station at 04:30 local time (03:30 GMT) to read a short statement announcing a “National Restoration Council”. Tanks and ...

Pakistan International Airlines has allegedly instructed “obese” employees of its cabin crew to lose weight in the first six months of 2019 or risk losing their jobs, according to reports. On Jan. 2, Pakistani outlet ARY News published a memo detailing that management for the airline has decided to “gradually reduce waiver of 30 lbs. excess weight to zero lbs. ...

LIVERPOOL have been handed a big transfer boost by the news that Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Adrien Rabiot has turned down a move to Premier League rivals Tottenham. Rabiot is one of the most sought-after stars in the world at the moment, as his contract at PSG runs down. The 23-year-old is yet to come out and confirm that he wants ...

MANCHESTER UNITED star Jesse Lingard has claimed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s biggest strength as manager is his man-management. Manchester United star Lingard had his moments under Jose Mourinho but, since the 55-year-old’s exit, has flourished under Solskjaer. The England international has been given license to roam and has helped the Red Devils win their last three Premier League matches against Cardiff, ...

A French court has ruled that a former militant suspected of war crimes will be transferred to the international war crimes court in The Hague. Patrice-Edouard Ngaissona, a “senior leader” of the Central African Republic’s Anti-Balaka militia was arrested in France in the middle of December. The militia is said to have carried out systematic attacks on the country’s Muslim ...

Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has told the police to reduce the force used against anti-government demonstrators, as the UN called for a probe into deaths during the protests. In a meeting with top police officers in Khartoum on Sunday, al-Bashir instructed them to refrain from using excessive force against protesters. “We want to maintain security and we want the police ...

Most mobile internet connections in Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital Kinshasa were down on Monday, residents said, the day after a presidential election that both camps suggested they had won. Residents of the eastern city of Goma also said that their internet connections were slow or down completely. Government officials could not be immediately reached for comment. Congolese voted in ...