A Zimbabwean journalist based in Birmingham, United Kingdom, Selbin Kabote, has been selected to be a judge for the prestigious One World Media Awards this year.Selbin, who works for charity Migrant Voice as a Media Lab Project Worker, is one of four judges in the ‘Refugee Reporting’ category at the annual event. Established in 1998, […]
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OPINION Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu After every cataclysmic event, one tends to think that the world will never be the same. This time it is true that in certain ways the world must change. Global history is laden with such turning points almost all being painful. For years we have been warned that a pandemic could be […]
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The German Football League (DFL) held a meeting on Tuesday, setting a new minimum age of 16 for players in the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2. The change will take effect from the 2020-21 season. No team could be happier than Borussia Dortmund to hear that because it paved the way for Youssoufa Moukoko, a German-Cameroonian […]
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ZTN Reporter ZIMBABWE national soccer team captain Knowledge Musona will have an early off season break after a decision was made today to bring the Belgian Pro League to a premature end. Musona (29) is on loan at KAS Eupen from Anderlecht. In a statement the Pro League Board said continuing with the league in […]
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Former Marseille president Pape Diouf has died aged 68 after contracting coronavirus, the club have announced. The Senegalese was president between 2005 and 2009 when Marseille finished second in Ligue 1 twice and reached two French Cup finals. They went on to win a first French league title in 18 years in 2010. “Pape will […]
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Turkey’s most capped player, former goalkeeper Rustu Recber, is critically ill in hospital with coronavirus. The ex-Barcelona and Fenerbahce keeper, 46, won 120 caps and was one of the players of the tournament when Turkey reached the 2002 World Cup semi-finals. “We are still in shock by the sudden and rapidly developing symptoms,” his wife […]
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ZTN Correspondent Finance Minister of Germany’s Hesse state, Thomas Schaefer, has died by suicide after becoming “deeply worried” about the economic impact of Coronavirus. Schaefer (54) is said to have been working “day and night” to help businesses deal with the impact. His body was found on Saturday. “We are in shock. We are in […]
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The Monaco Grand Prix has been pulled from Formula One’s coronavirus-hit schedule in another blow to the sport’s bosses. The prestigious race has been ever-present on the calendar since 1955, but after its original date of 24 May was scrubbed off, race organisers confirmed their event would play no part in a rejigged calendar. Their […]
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Almost all of Europe has suspended soccer games amid the coronavirus pandemic, but Belarus is just getting started. The crowd attending Energetik-BGU’s 3-1 win over former Champions League participant BATE Borisov on Thursday was modest — just 730 people — as Jasurbek Yakhshiboyev scored two goals on his league debut. On an artificial field, the […]
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ZTN reporter THE European Union has announced some concessions on sanctions the bloc imposed against Zimbabwe almost two decades ago. In a statement on Monday, the EU called for an “inclusive national dialogue” which it said was “key to finding structural and durable solutions to the challenges faced by Zimbabwe”. The European Union imposed sanctions […]
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