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Newly-crowned LaLiga champions Real Madrid were handed the trophy on Sunday and began their bus tour of the city, stopping at the regional headquarters and City Hall before heading to Cibeles Fountain, their traditional celebration spot.

<Reading Time: 2 minutes Rafa Nadal said he was still in two minds about whether he will play in the French Open starting this month after he was eliminated from the Italian Open in straight sets by seventh seed Hubert Hurkacz on Saturday. Polands Hu

Arsenal will try to continue their bid to wrest the league title away from three-time champions Manchester City when they visit Manchester United on Sunday. City began the weekend with control of their fate, a point back of Arsenal (26-5

At least nine students were kidnapped from their classrooms by gunmen at a university in Nigerias northern State of Kogi, the State government said on Friday, as Africas most populous nation grapples with widespread insecurity. Armed gan

Pakistan were handed a sobering reality check ahead of next months 20-overs World Cup, following their first ever loss on Friday in a T20 International to Ireland in Dublin. Put into bat, Pakistan managed a modest 182-6 against the limit

Participants in Malis national dialogue on Friday recommended extending the military-led transition to democracy by three years and allowing junta leader Assimi Goita to stand in the eventual election. The West African country has been u

Former U.S. Open champion Dominic Thiem will retire at the end of the 2024 season after going through a turbulent few years due to a wrist injury, the 30-year-old Austrian said on Friday. The former world number three has struggled to ge

Bafana Bafana star Percy Tau and Mamelodi Sundowns were the big winners at the inaugural awards ceremony of the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) in Sandton Thursday night. Banyana Banyana coach Desiree Ellis and

Hundreds of friends, fans and colleagues, along with members of the family gathered at the Dlamini Multipurpose Centre in Soweto to pay their final respects to legendary boxer Dingaan The Rose of Soweto Thobela. Arguably one of the most