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Pitch of neglect: How corporate apathy and elite snobbery are killing Nigerian football
The Cable
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July 9, 2025
It is one of contemporary Nigeria’s most perplexing ironies: while millions of Nigerians pay through their noses to keep up with the English Premier League (EPL), the very soil that grew their football passion—home-grown Nigerian football—is left...
The Best Action on SuperSport this week
Modern Ghana
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SuperSport on DStv and GOtv presents another amazing week of sporting action from around the world, headlined by the final of the FIFA Club World Cup, Wimbledon, the Tour de France, LIV Golf in Spain, the speed demons of MotoGP, and so much more!...
Lionesses Diary - Day 7: England complete final preparations ahead of must-win Netherlands clash
Football London
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July 8, 2025
England’s fixture against the Netherlands is nearly upon us and Sarina Wiegman and Alessia Russo have been talking to the press ahead of the must-win clash. Defeat in their opening match against France has raised the stakes of the game against the...
Head of football in Republic of the Congo accused of embezzling $1.3m of Fifa funds
The Guardian
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July 9, 2025
The president of the Republic of the Congo’s football federation (Fecofoot) has been accused of embezzling $1.3m (£960,000) of Fifa funds, including almost $500,000earmarked for the country’s women’s team. Jean-Guy Blaise Mayolas may be charged...
UK mobile network with 10 million customers brings back free roaming
Leeds Live
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July 4, 2025
A leading mobile network with 10 million customers is set to reintroduce free roaming for travellers this summer. UK holidaymakers heading to the European Union have been informed that Three Mobile will reinstate this significant benefit for them....
What Trump’s Africa Summit Is Trying to Achieve
Foreign Policy
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July 9, 2025
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a surprise African leaders’ summit in Washington, anti-government protests turn deadly in Kenya, and Nigerian ride-hailing start-up Moove eyes...
Five Big Things That Happened Today: Friday, July 4
1News
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Workers nearly killed in Greymouth pit of toxic gas, NZ woman killed by elephant in Zambia, and overseas Kiwis struggle with massive interest and penalties on student loans. 1 'Terrifying': Workers nearly killed in Greymouth pit full of toxic gas...
Letters: St John needs more funding for the great service they provide
Bay of Plenty Times
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Covid inquiry Sir Ian Taylor’s open letter to Jacinda Ardern endorsed my and many others’ thoughts and opinions on her Covid and economic decisions and the overall results of the Labour Party under her leadership. Now, basking in the glamour and...
Coach List Promotes Volleyball Growth in Botswana and Southern Africa
BVM Sports
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July 8, 2025
Regis University Women's Volleyball Head Coach Joel List ventured to Botswana and southern Africa to promote volleyball through Bring it Promotions and the Ditsala International Cup. Collaborating with the Botswana Volleyball Federation, the...
Baboon bandit: how an unexpected hotel visitor turned a dream trip into comedy gold
IOL
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It's not every day a couple gets mugged in their hotel room by an unexpected visitor. But that's precisely what happened to American travellers, @heierman, while staying in Livingstone, situated on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe. What they...
ZIM BUS DRIVER KILLED IN SA
News dze Zimbabwe
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July 8, 2025
A Zimbabwean cross-border bus driver was killed on the spot and eight others were injured when a Mzansi Express coach ploughed into a truck in a fiery pile-up just outside Musina in the early hours of Tuesday. The crash, which occurred around 2AM...
Newsletter: Soccer world remembers Liverpool's Jota
CBS Sports - Florida
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Happy Friday! There's no better pairing than a holiday weekend and a healthy amount of tournament soccer, and there's plenty on the schedule in both the U.S. and on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. I'm Pardeep Cattry with the latest as the...
AP Trending SummaryBrief at 10:40 a.m. EDT
Daily State News - Delaware
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Ozzy Osbourne says farewell to live performance with a hometown show for 40,000 fans LONDON (AP) — Ozzy Osbourne has performed what he says is his final live show, thrilling 40,000 fans in Birmingham, England, on Saturday. The 76-year-old heavy...
The occult, the president, and the body
Lusaka Times
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July 1, 2025
…understanding Zambia’s legal action against the Lungu family By Sishuwa Sishuwa On 24 June 2025, hours before late former president Edgar Lungu was set to be buried in South Africa the following day, Zambia’s Attorney General Mulilo Kabesha...
Ronnie Kasrils on Joe Modise
Politicsweb
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Tuesday, 08 July 2025 08/07/25 OPINION Ronnie Kasrils on Joe Modise Victoria Brittain - Ronnie Kasrils | 07 July 2025 Victoria Brittain interviews former intelligence minister on his recent book "Comrade and Commander" Joe Modise. 30 years heading...
Major UK mobile network with 10 million customers brings back free roaming
Birmingham Live
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July 4, 2025
UK tourists heading to the European Union have been told Three Mobile will bring back the massive perk for them. A major mobile network with 10 million customers will bring back FREE roaming while abroad this summer. UK tourists heading to the...
WE NEED KAMANGA’S INPUT – KEITH
Daily Nation
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July 3, 2025
BARNABAS ZULU ANDREW Kamanga, still has an important role to play in the development of Zambian football and should be embraced as part of the football family, says Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) President Keith Mweemba. Mweemba, speaking...
Missing sergeant’s body found after hundreds of soldiers join in search
Metro
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July 8, 2025
Sergeant Alex Cairnie, 30, had been missing since Sunday (Picture: Amesbury Police/SWNS) A body has been found in the search for a missing soldier who has been reported missing since Sunday. Alex Cairnie, 30, of the Queen’s Royal Hussars, was last...
Global drought crisis deepens: Record heat and El Niño drive humanitarian disaster
Mail & Guardian
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July 7, 2025
Extracting water from a traditional well using a manual pulley system. (Abdallah Khalili / UNCCD) Some of the most widespread and damaging drought events in recorded history have unfolded since 2023, a new UN-backed report has found. The analysis...
Missing sergeant’s body found after hundreds of soldiers join in search
Metro
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July 8, 2025
Sergeant Alex Cairnie, 30, had been missing since Sunday (Picture: Amesbury Police/SWNS) A body has been found in the search for a missing soldier who has been reported missing since Sunday. Alex Cairnie, 30, of the Queen’s Royal Hussars, was last...