Christchurch (New Zealand) (AFP) - The expected elevation of Ardie Savea to the number seven jersey is the only change to the New Zealand starting line up for their Rugby Championship clash with South Africa this weekend. The All Blacks will wrap up the trophy in the Christchurch encounter with two games to spare if they beat the Springboks with ...
Maseru, Lesotho, Sept. 14, (Xinhua/GNA) - The Chinese government has donated bags of rice to the government of Lesotho. This follows an appeal made by Lesotho's Prime Minister, Dr. Pakalitha Mosisili to the Chinese Government for food aid. The Chinese Ambassador to Lesotho, Sun Xianghua, who was at the handing over ceremony in Maseru, indicated ...
Christchurch (New Zealand) (AFP) - South Africa coach Allister Coetzee has warned his side discipline is key as he made two changes to his starting line up for their must-win Rugby Championship clash with New Zealand in Christchurch on Saturday. Lock Pieter-Steph du Toit and prop Vincent Koch have been promoted to the run on side with a further ...
Libreville (AFP) - The head of Gabon's top court, which has the pivotal task of ruling if President Ali Bongo's contested re-election is valid, is a former beauty queen whose affair with the leader's father produced two children. Marie-Madeleine Mborantsuo is in the limelight in this oil-rich Central African nation where Bongo's victory is being ...
London (AFP) - Highly rated Ivory Coast international defender Lamine Kone gave struggling Premier League side Sunderland a welcome boost on Wednesday by signing a new five-year contract. The 27-year-old -- who only joined the club in January for  6 million (7m euros, $7.9m) -- agreed to the deal just weeks after he pushed for a  14 million mo ...
Johannesburg (AFP) - Retired archbishop and anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu was Wednesday discharged from hospital in South Africa after three weeks of treatment for a recurring infection , his family said. Tutu, 84, had been admitted to a Cape Town hospital and last week underwent a minor surgical procedure to determine the cause of the inf ...
Oromo marathon runner Feyisa Lilesa does not expect a hero rsquo;s welcome in Ethiopia, despite winning Silver at the Rio Olympics last month. Instead he rsquo;s claimed that the Ethiopian government will have him killed for crossing his wrists in a lsquo;X rsquo; above his head as he neared the finish line, in a show of solidarity with ...
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