Salah’s 100th goal for Liverpool can’t dent gritty and spirited Brentford in high scoring London draw
Mohamed Salah scored his 100th Premier League goal for Liverpool but Brentford equalised twice to earn a creditable 3-3 draw in a superb game in west London. The star striker found the net nine minutes into the second half after Diogo Jota had cancelled out Ethan Pinnock’s opener. Vitaly Janelt...
Anti-drug laws are being used to crush dissent in the birthplace of the Arab Spring
The government is meting out extreme sentences to thousands of young Tunisians for any kind of drug use or possession, while President Kais Saied has announced that he will rule by decree. In a TV studio set amid farm fields in Tunisia this March, politicians, grassroots activists, NGO workers and...
Exit door is never too far for Man United boss Solskjaer after yet another ‘concerning’ home defeat
Pressure will definitely pile on Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to throw in the towel following a humbling 1-0 loss to Aston Villa at home on Saturday. However, the Manchester United boss insists Aston Villa’s winning goal was offside and bemoaned the treatment of Bruno Fernandes after his side...
Man City break down ‘London bridge’ to hand European champions Chelsea first new season loss at home
Manchester City recorded a crucial victory in the Premier League title race as they secured a 1-0 win over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Pep Guardiola’s side dominated the match for long spells as they dictated play while Thomas Tuchel’s team opted for a more reserved approach to keep City at...
Confirmed resistance to front-line malaria drugs in Africa, may put a damper on rising vaccine hopes
Scientists have confirmed that malaria parasites in Africa have developed resistance to a key family of drugs used to protect against them. “We’ve all been expecting and dreading this for quite some time,” says Leann Tilley, a biochemist at the University of Melbourne in Australia, who researches the molecular basis...
How will Anthony Joshua vs Oleksandr Usyk fight pan out? The big guns weigh in
Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk meet in a thrilling heavyweight showdown this Saturday with the IBF, WBO and WBA titles at stake. Joshua is coming up against a fellow 2012 Olympic gold medallist in Usyk, a man who won everything there is to win in the cruiserweight division with his...
As ban nears end, Arsenal goalkeeping target Andre Onana slams Van der Sar over contract truth, plans Ajax exit
Ajax goalkeeper and Arsenal transfer target Andre Onana has revealed that he has 15 offers on the table over his playing future. The 25-year-old is currently in a state of limbo as he serves the final two months of his doping ban. Indeed, the Cameroon international was hit with a...
Unreported and unregulated fishing by Chinese in Ghanaian waters is rife, now killing fishing industry
Essien, a 28-year-old Ghanaian fisheries observer, was working on board the Chinese trawler Meng Xin 15 when he captured video of the crew engaging in saiko, a practice in which a catch is transferred from a trawler to a large canoe. The illegal catch then is sold to local communities...
Taliban renounce al Qaeda and ISIS, vow Afghanistan will not host the extremists
Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers said on Tuesday there was no evidence of Islamic State or al Qaeda militants being in the country, days after Islamic State claimed responsibility for bomb attacks in the eastern city of Jalalabad. Since toppling the Western-backed government in Kabul last month, the Taliban have faced pressure...
Although Khartoum has agreed to hand over Bashir to ICC, competing domestic interests remain a hurdle
The Sudanese government is performing a delicate balancing act in the interests of advancing justice during a complex political transition. The question when, where and how ousted President Omar al Bashir will face criminal justice crimes against humanity. In August, Sudan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mariam al-Sadiq al-Mahdi announced that...
