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Cape Verde are one win away from qualifying for the World Cup for the first time after upsetting continental heavyweights Cameroon 1-0. The Blue Sharks lead the Indomitable Lions by four points with two rounds of fixtures remaining in Group D following a stunning victory secured by Dalion Livramento’s solo effort in the second half […]

It’s lunchtime in the leafy grounds of the Kairos School of Enquiry in Randburg, South Africa. Dozens of children line up excitedly in front of a table laden with large pots of fresh, hot food. “Today on the menu we have Kitchari: a mix of daal and rice, with tomato chutney, halloumi and salad,” the […]

“It is hard to be a Manchester United goalkeeper in this moment.” One of Ruben Amorim’s final public statements before the international break summed up an issue that will come into sharp focus at United’s Carrington training ground this week in the build-up to the Manchester derby at Etihad Stadium on Sunday. Since Amorim spoke […]

Tunisian authorities have denied claims that one of the Gaza-bound vessels carrying aid and pro-Palestinian activists including Greta Thunberg was attacked by a drone. The organisers of the flotilla, Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), said that the Portuguese-flagged vessel had been struck by a drone while anchored outside the port of Sidi Bou Said in Tunisia. […]

The vastness of the building site was at first overwhelming for the young Ethiopian mechanical engineer. Hundreds were already digging the foundations in tough conditions for what is now Africa’s largest hydro-electric dam, straddling the Blue Nile. Moges Yeshiwas was 27 when he arrived in that remote corner of western Ethiopia in 2012, eager to […]

Kenya’s Sheila Chepkirui claimed victory in the Great North Run women’s race as Britain’s Eilish McColgan finished third. The Scot trailed Chepkirui and Vivian Cheruiyot in the final stages and, despite a late push, she failed to overhaul the Kenyan pair. Chepkirui won in one hour nine minutes and 32 seconds, with her compatriot Cheruiyot […]

Second Metro Bank one-day international, Lord’s South Africa 330-8 (50 overs): Breetzke 85 (77), Stubbs 58 (62); Archer 4-62 England 325-9 (50 overs): Root 61 (72), Buttler 61 (51): Burger 3-63 South Africa won by five runs, lead three-match series 2-0 Scorecard England’s poor form in white-ball cricket continued as they were beaten by South […]

At least 15 people have died in a new outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the country’s health ministry has said. The presence of the virus had been confirmed in a 34-year-old pregnant woman who was admitted to hospital last month after showing symptoms that included a high fever and […]

Aid workers on donkeys have delivered the first humanitarian supplies to survivors of a landslide that reportedly killed hundreds of people in a remote mountain village in Sudan’s western Darfur region. Heavy rains and flash floods that hit Tarasin village triggering the disaster on Sunday have continued, meaning donkeys are the only way to reach […]