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Goal drought and bloodied nose underlines Kylian Mbappe’s Euros misfortune

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Kylian Mbappe’s last match at a European Championship ended in acrimony for France, with his miss in a shootout the trigger for their shock second-round exit to ...

Manchester City away to Chelsea, Manchester United face Fulham in EPL openers

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Leicester City, back in the English Premier League top-flight after one season in the Championship, will host Tottenham Hotspur on August 19 in their first match. ...

You can’t just stand there and smack it, says Proteas star Heinrich Klaasen on T20 World Cup pitches

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The lack of big scores at the T20 World Cup is in stark contrast with the recent IPL, where franchises routinely broke the 200-mark.

Almost R16k to watch Cristiano Ronaldo train with Portugal before Euro 2024

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The 6 000 free tickets for Friday’s Portugal training session were snapped up in a few minutes when they went on sale, and some are now being offered in small adds ...

New York prepares for India-Pakistan T20 World Cup ‘Super Bowl on steroids’

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The United States are co-hosting the T20 World Cup with the West Indies, with matches staged also in Texas and Florida, as cricket hopes to woo American fans before ...

Indian golfer Aditi Ashok aims for consistency ahead of Paris Olympics

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Aditi Ashok’s form has been more mixed this year, but with several events left on the calendar before the August 7-10 women’s Olympic golf tournament begins, she ...

SA confirm Sri Lanka, Pakistan and a historical England visit for 2024/25 summer

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SOUTH Africa will host Sri Lanka for two Tests and Pakistan for an all-formats tour in the 2024/25 home summer, officials confirmed yesterday, with the women’s team ...

UWC call for urgent ceasefire, aid to Gaza welcomed

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The decision comes after UCT’s Senate last month voted against a proposed Israel academic boycott.

US Treasury’s No 2 to visit SA amid tensions

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The spokesperson said Adeyemo will discuss issues such as illicit finance, clean energy transition, investment in young entrepreneurs and leaders, work against wildlife ...

Meta platforms - Facebook, Instagram and Threads - down for thousands of users

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Meta-owned platforms, Facebook and Instagram were down for hundreds of thousands of users across the globe on Tuesday.

Eskom report calls for coal plant overhaul to tackle power cuts

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Eskom should split its coal-fired plants from the rest of its generation business to free them from company bureaucracy in order to tackle the country's economically ...

IN THE HOT SEAT: Dan Marokane, Eskom’s new boss, under pressure to put lights back on

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South Africa struggles with unprecedented power crunch as the parastatal faces financial and technical crises.

Biden order targets Jewish settler violence in West Bank

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Biden has raised the issue directly with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the official said, as Biden seeks a path to a two-state solution for Israel and ...

Anti-apartheid activist Esau gutted by assault on Palestinian women and children

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“That moment of watching my Palestinian sister being kicked and brutalised like that I connected with her and became one with her. ”

Israel tells more Gazans to flee

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Three arrows pointed south and west, telling people to head towards the Mediterranean coast and towards Rafah, near the Egyptian border.

Israel, Hamas seek new deal

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A Palestinian official said that despite a willingness on both sides to prolong the truce, no agreement had yet been reached.

Israel and Hamas continue to hold fire

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With both sides expressing hope of further extensions, mediator Qatar hosted the spy chiefs from Israel’s Mossad and the US’s CIA at a meeting to “build on progress”, ...

Formula One to change sprint format for 2024 to make race weekends easier to follow

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Formula One is set to change its sprint format for 2024 after support from teams and stakeholders to make race weekends easier to follow.

What a load of rubbish . . . Britain claims top honours in litter-picking World Cup

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Britain came out on top and claimed the title at the inaugural litter-picking World Cup in Tokyo this week.

‘Israel-Hamas truce not enough to end agony’

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Ahead of its announcement of the truce, two Doctors Without Borders (MSF) workers and their colleague were killed following a strike on Al Awda Hospital, one of ...

4 held over clashes in Pro-Israel march

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Posters of hostages from the pro-Israel protest were ripped up and lay on the floor after clashes between protesters.

Israeli’s top diplomat in SA could be next

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South Africa became the latest country to recall its diplomats in Tel Aviv as the death toll from Israeli strikes in Gaza now exceeds 10 000.

Bobi crosses rainbow bridge

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Bobi, the world’s oldest dog, has died aged 31 in Portugal, Guinness World Records said this week. A purebred Rafeiro Alentejano who spent his entire life in a village ...

Gaza hospitals out of medical supplies

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One of MSF’s doctors had to amputate a young boy’s foot without anaesthetics and he described how dire the situation was in Gaza.

First aid convoy finally enters Gaza

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A second convoy of around 19 trucks loaded with medical and food supplies entered the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing on Sunday and was being inspected before ...