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Zimbabwe’s ex-first lady Grace Mugabe has reportedly filed a court application to “force” a local company to hand over at least five hectares of “prime land” it donated to her in 2011. According to the state-owned Herald newspaper, through her lawyers, Grace petitioned the court to force the company to stick to its promise, saying the company donated the land ...

An Egyptian court has acquitted two police officers who were previously convicted and sentenced to five years over the killing of a detained lawyer. Sunday’s verdict by the Cairo Criminal Court overturned the earlier verdict against the officers, who were accused of beating lawyer Karim Hamdi to death in February 2015. Hamdi was detained on charges of belonging to the ...

Champions Manchester City finished the season on a record 100 points after Gabriel Jesus scored with almost the final touch against Southampton, who secured Premier League survival despite losing. Southampton needed a point to make sure of safety but Swansea’s 2-1 home defeat by Stoke means Saints will play in the top flight for a seventh successive season. A stunning ...

Britain’s foreign secretary says that two British tourists being held hostage in the Democratic republic of Congo have been released two days after being kidnapped. Boris Johnson didn’t offer any further details in the statement released on Sunday, but paid tribute to the authorities from the African country and the Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation “for their tireless help during ...

GARY CAHILL has accused his Chelsea team-mates of lacking focus after they were beaten 3-0 by Newcastle. With a top-four finish still possible, Chelsea produced an abject display as Dwight Gayle and a brace from Ayoze Perez consigned the Blues to Europa League football next season. After the match, Chelsea boss Antonio Conte said his team would lose to Manchester ...

MICHAEL CARRICK waved farewell to Old Trafford by helping set up the goal that delivered a 1-0 win for Manchester United over Watford. The veteran midfielder, who is retiring this summer, captained Manchester United as they wrapped up their Premier League campaign. Marcus Rashford scored the only goal after 34 minutes, tapping in after Carrick’s superb long pass had played ...

MANCHESTER CITY reached the 100-point mark with a late Gabriel Jesus strike against Southampton. Manchester City had already achieved the record points total, beating Chelsea’s 95 from 2004-05, but have now reached 100 with a victory over Southampton on the final day. They were made to wait for it though with Jesus scoring with the last kick of the game. ...

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has won the Premier League’s Player of the Season award. The 25-year-old Egypt international has scored 31 goals in 37 league matches in his first season since signing from Roma for £34m. He will beat the record of 31 goals in a 38-game season if he scores against Brighton on Sunday. Salah also won the PFA ...

South Africa has promised another 5 billion rand ($400 million) capital injection to help its struggling state airline meet urgent financial obligations, the CEO of South African Airways (SAA) said on Thursday. SAA has not generated a profit since 2011 and has already received state guarantees totalling nearly 20 billion rand. It needs the money to help pay debts and ...

Jerome Boateng has started running work as the Germany defender bids to recover from a thigh injury in time for the World Cup. The Bayern Munich centre-back was forced off after 34 minutes in the first leg of his side’s Champions League semi-final defeat to Real Madrid last month. Reports had indicated Boateng was in danger of missing the World ...