OWN CORRESPONDENT, Kano | Tuesday 8.30pm. A LATE goal from Salif Keita sealed a 3-1 victory for Senegal over Burkina Faso on Tuesday and took them to the top of Group C in the African Nations Cup. The 85th-minute strike had an element of luck as a shot from outside the penalty area by the […]

THE South African Sevens rugby team has included two new caps in the 12-man squad to take part in three IRB World Sevens series tournaments in New Zealand, Fiji and Australia. Eastern Province winger Wonga Joka and Border under-21 wing Tobela Mdaka join the squad as rookies while Edrich Fredericks, who last played for SA […]

NIGERIAN striker Kanu said he will sign a new four-year contract with English Premiership side Arsenal. Kanu has agreed the deal, thought to be around $46000 a week, and will sign up when he returns from African Nations Cup duty in his home country. The 23-year-old striker said: “It’s finalised and I know everything will […]

A NUMBER of financial institutions in Swaziland have cut their rates following a drop in the prime rate from 15% to 14%. The prime rate cut was announced by the Central Bank of Swaziland in a statement on Monday, and on Tuesday economists in Mbanane said a further cut in Swaziland is possible later in […]

STATE-run French radio in Paris reported on Tuesday that this month’s decision to cancel part of the Dakar-Cairo auto rally may have been due to Western intelligence agencies mistaking a wealthy Kuwaiti general hunting in the Niger desert for a terrorist threat to the race. Radio France Internationale said the security alert was prompted when […]

TWO Swazi men who slipped across the South African border to visit a herbalist got more than they bargained for: the muti they were given killed them off in a few minutes. Nazareth Shabangu, 42, and Mfanasibili Maduna, 21, believed they were suffering from an excess of bile that was making them ill. They illegally […]

LIBYAN leader Colonel Moammar Gadaffi’s son, Al-Saad, is leading Libya’s national soccer team in a series of friendly matches against the Ugandan national team. The Libyans will play their first friendly match against the Ugandan Cranes at Kampala’s Mandela National Stadium on Wednesday to mark the 14th anniversary of President Yoweri Museveni’s ruling National Resistance […]

BRITISH courts have Cape Plc until February 1 to challenge a last-ditch attempt by South African asbestos claimants to have their suit heard in Britain, a court official said on Monday. Three appeal court judges declared last November that the case belonged in South Africa but the 1500 claimants have asked the House of Lords, […]

ENIWOKE IBAGERE , Lagos | Tuesday 6.00pm. SUNDAY Oliseh, Nigeria’s newly elected captain, said on Tuesday he is finding his new role a tough challenge. Juventus midfielder Oliseh was named team captain after striker Daniel Amokachi failed to make the African Nations Cup squad because of injury. Oliseh led Nigeria to a 4-2 victory over […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 11.30am. SHARES in Randgold Exploration Co lost 10% of their value on Tuesday as investors continued to shun the gold mining stable run by the Kebble family after a recent loan and share scandal. Randgold’s shares slumped 55 cents to 495 cents, bringing its losses since the controversial transaction to […]