# Tennis: Emma Raducanu battled through an injury scare to reach her first career WTA 500 final at the Queen’s Club Championships yesterday. After slipping and requiring a medical timeout during her hard-fought 6-3, 7-5 quarter-final victory over the Kamilla Rakhimov of Russia, the British star showed immense physical resilience. Returning to the grass court […]
Tennis: Leading tennis players have welcomed the 20-percent increase in Wimbledon prize money as a genuine and significant step forward. The total prize fund at this year’s championships will be 64.2-million British pounds, or equal to about 1.4-billion in South African rand. The singles’ champions will each take home 3.6-million pounds with first-round losers paid […]
# Cricket: Phoebe Litchfield’s half-century and the Australian spinners handed South Africa a damaging 65-run defeat in their opening Group 1 T20 World Cup encounter at Old Trafford in Manchester yesterday. Litchfield struck a quick 50 from 24 balls with nine fours and a six as Australia posted 172-8 after Sophie Molineux had won the […]
# U.S. President Donald Trump and mediator Pakistan said yesterday an initial deal to end the war in the Middle East would be signed today, although Iran denied it would take place so soon. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the two sides had agreed on a framework for a peace deal and Islamabad was preparing for signing today, […]
# Motorsport: George Russell of Mercedes claimed pole position for the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix after a thrilling end to the qualifying session yesterday. The Briton clinched his third pole of the season by finishing just 0.064-seconds ahead of Lewis Hamilton in his upgraded Ferrari, who bumped championship leader Kimi Antonelli in the other Mercedes on […]
# Cycling: Belgian rider Wout Van Aert retired from the Tour Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes yesterday with a persistent elbow injury a day after sprinting to victory in stage five. His Visma team says Van Aert could not start stage six because of significant discomfort in his elbow related to the crash he sustained last week. Van Aert […]
# Die Motorbedryf-personeelvereniging sê die mediese hulpstelsel is onder geweldige druk namate stygende lewenskoste baie werkers dwing om hul dekking te laat vaar. Volgens die vakbond maak lone wat nie verhoog nie, hoë brandstofpryse en werkloosheid mediese hulp onbekostigbaar veral vir jongmense en lae-inkomste werkers. Phakamile Hlubi-Majola van die vereniging sê baie huishoudings word gedwing […]
# An overhaul of immigration and asylum policy entered into force across the European Union yesterday, a decade in the making, as EU countries have come under pressure from far-right nationalist parties. The EU-wide agreement introduces stricter border controls, faster case processing, expanded digital tools to track asylum applications and increased deportations. It was adopted […]
# The UN refugee agency has confirmed the first Ebola-related deaths in a displacement camp in eastern Congo, as aid workers warned of a high risk the disease could spread rapidly in overcrowded sites. The UNHCR said in a report the two victims were internally displaced people living in the Kpangba camp, which hosts 30-thousand […]
