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Watch VideoGayton McKenzie confident 2027 LIV Golf South Africa will go ahead despite uncertain future

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Minister Gayton McKenzie has stepped into the fray surrounding the future of LIV Golf, insisting that South Africa will host the breakaway tour in 2027 regardless ...

Watch VideoHow PSG's Luis Enrique and Bayern's Vincent Kompany rewrote the Champions League semi playbook

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Paris Saint-Germain’s 5-4 victory over Bayern Munich on Tuesday has been instantly hailed as a modern classic, a relentless display of " total football" that defied ...

Watch VideoLuis Enrique predicts more thrills in return leg after PSG beat Bayern in classic

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Tuesday's thriller was the highest scoring semi-final match in the modern Champions League era - you have to go back to 1960 to find the last game as prolific at ...

Trump escalates threats against Iran over Hormuz deadline

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Earlier Trump had said that a proposed 45-day ceasefire with Iran was a " very significant step" but " not good enough" for him to sign, as Iranian officials vowed ...

Watch VideoTiger Woods stripped of Ryder Cup captaincy as judge allows golfer to leave US for treatment

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Following his arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence, a Florida judge has ruled that Tiger Woods may leave the United States for " comprehensive inpatient ...

IOC's gender tests deemed 'disrespectful' by Olympic champion Caster Semenya

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Two-time Olympic champion Caster Semenya condemns the IOC's reinstatement of gender verification tests for the 2028 Los Angeles Games, labelling it 'a disrespect ...

South Africa disinvited from G7 in France after US pressure: Pretoria

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The United States put pressure on France to disinvite President Cyril Ramaphosa to the G7 summit in the French town of Evian in June, the presidency says.

Trump sees 'regime change' in surprise Iran talks

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Donald Trump claims 'regime change' is underway in Iran as the US engages in peace talks with an unidentified leader.

Senior US counterterrorism official resigns to protest Iran war

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Kent - a former member of the Green Beret special forces who served multiple combat tours - said " Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that ...

Watch Video6.31m! Armand Duplantis masters stiffer pole to break pole vault record for 15th time

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Armand " Mondo" Duplantis continues to rewrite the history books, securing his 15th world record with a clinical performance in Sweden.

Tehran resembles ghost town as bombs rain down

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The most-affected areas are those that house the centres of power, such as ministries, courts or the headquarters of the Revolutionary Guards, which were targeted ...

Trump wont rule out sending US troops into Iran

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US President Donald Trump said at the White House he had taken the " last, best chance" to stop Iran's alleged nuclear bomb programme and " eliminate the intolerable ...

Iran declares 'no limit' on self-defense amid US-Israel bombardments

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The US military on Sunday said three service members have been killed and five seriously wounded in the operation against Iran - the first casualties of any kind ...

Ramaphosa expected to accept Trump's new US ambassador

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South Africa on Monday said it accepted a conservative envoy highly critical of Pretoria as the new US ambassador to the country, amid frayed relations with US President ...

US civil rights icon Jesse Jackson dies at 84 after lifelong fight for equality

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Jesse Jackson, who rose from marching alongside Martin Luther King Jr to becoming one of America's most influential civil rights voices and the first prominent Black ...

17 South Africans forced to fight in Ukraine: Families pin hopes on Ramaphosa-Putin talks

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Heart-wrenching details of the hardship faced by South African men trapped in the Russia-Ukraine conflict have emerged, including reports that they are being forced ...

Deadly floods: A textbook case of climate injustice, say scientists

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Torrential downpours since December have left large swathes of Mozambique underwater, affecting more than half a million people and claiming dozens of lives, with ...

Iran's participation in Simon's Town naval drills draws US criticism

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It was unclear to what extent the Iranian vessels were involved in the exercises, which were justified by the South African navy as necessary to " ensure the safety ...

Manchester United's Mbeumo, Dorgu sink Manchester City to hand Arsenal title initiative

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Michael Carrick enjoyed a fairytale return to Old Trafford as interim boss, overseeing a dominant 2–0 win over a stuttering Manchester City.

Sadio Mane the hero again as Senegal edge Egypt to reach AFCON final

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Sadio Mané proved the difference-maker once again as Senegal overcame a stubborn Egypt to secure their place in the 2026 AFCON final.

Seized Russian-flagged oil tanker violated sanctions, say US officials

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The vessel had thwarted an earlier attempt to board it last month near Venezuela, where a US raid on Saturday toppled the country's authoritarian president, Nicolas ...

Maduro in New York jail as Trump says US to ‘run’ Venezuela

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US President Donald Trump said the United States will " run" Venezuela and tap its huge oil reserves after seizing leftist leader Nicolas Maduro during a bombing ...

African penguin populations plummet due to food shortages

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Endangered African penguins off South Africa's coast are facing severe food shortages, leading to a staggering 95% decline in some populations over just eight years, ...

Germany warns Trump on SA 'rift'

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Trump said he was excluding South Africa from the 2026 summit, due to be held at his own golf resort in Miami, citing alleged " horrific Human Rights Abuses" against ...

Kenyan runner Evans Kibet reveals how he was tricked into fighting in Russia-Ukraine conflict

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Kenyan long-distance runner Evans Kibet's journey took a dark turn when he was deceived into signing a military contract in Russia, leading to his capture in Ukraine. ...