NETBALL WORLD YOUTH CUP, DAY 1: Botswana ?? 72 Malaysia 26 Gaborone, Botswana | THE INDEPENDENT |  Hosts Botswana capped an exciting opening day at the Netball World Youth Cup with an impressive 72-26 victory over Malaysia on Saturday. Day one also saw victories for favourites, defending champions New Zealand who overwhelmed North …

Mosul, Iraq | AFP |  Iraq will announce imminently a final victory in the nearly nine-month offensive to retake Mosul, a US general said Saturday, as celebrations broke out among police forces in areas they control. The Islamic State group seized Mosul in a lightning offensive on June 10, 2014 …

Nairobi, Kenya |THE INDEPENDENT|  All Uganda needed to do to seal a place in the U-19 Cricket World Cup 2018 on Saturday was to put up a decent score against a Kenya team they had beaten comprehensively earlier in the week. What happened next left even neutral observers stunned, and …

London, United Kingdom | AFP |  Belgian international striker Romelu Lukaku is set to join Manchester United for a reported £75million ($97m, 85.5m euros), a record fee between British clubs, after the buying club announced Saturday they had reached agreement with Everton. The 24-year-old’s signing — which the BBC says …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  At least nine people were shot and hacked to death in Kenya’s coastal Lamu County early Saturday, in the latest attack on the area. Police sources said Shabaab militants were believed to be behind the killings which took place in Jima and Pandaguo villages near …

Russian media cheer over Trump and Putin handshake Moscow, Russia | AFP |  Russia’s pro-Kremlin media reacted triumphantly on Saturday to the first handshake and lengthy talks between President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump at the G20 meeting in Hamburg. The popular tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda headlined its …

London, United Kingdom | AFP |  Five things on Romelu Lukaku after Manchester United agreed a fee with Everton for the transfer of the Belgian striker on Saturday. Lukaku not lost in translation Lukaku is fluent in six languages including Portuguese and Spanish. “I think education is very important. It …

Kenya’s interior minister dies in hospital: govt Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  Kenya’s government on Saturday announced the death of Interior Minister Joseph Nkaissery at a hospital in the capital Nairobi. Nkaissery, 68, a retired army officer, had held the position of cabinet secretary for interior and coordination of national …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  A Kenyan court on Friday cancelled a contract to print presidential ballot papers for next month’s elections after the opposition claimed the winning company had links to President Uhuru Kenyatta. The election commission had awarded the $24 million contract to Dubai-based Al Ghurair. A panel …

Mutebi’s KCCA FC edged out after FUS Rabat wins RESULT Africain ?? 4 KCCA FC ??  0 KCCA FC fell short of their dream Friday, after a 4-0 defeat in the final group match, and comeback win for FUS Rabat, denied them a quartefinal place in the CAF Confederations Cup. They were …