Wayne Rooney’s late strike settled a scrappy encounter to give Manchester United and manager Louis van Gaal a vital victory at Liverpool. In a game that was a pale shadow of previous meetings between these two Premier League superpowers, Liverpool had the better chances and United keeper David de Gea kept his side in it with fine saves from Adam ...

A key piece of evidence in the sex assault case against Bill Cosby has been called into question, according to reports. An email seen by CNN alleges that a prosecutor promised Mr Cosby’s deposition in a 2005 civil case would not be used to bring criminal charges. In the deposition, Mr Cosby admitted drugging women during sexual encounters but said ...

A man left brain-dead after an experimental drug trial in France has died, local media report. He was one of six people being treated in hospital in the city of Rennes. The other five remain in a stable condition, the hospital said, four had “neurological problems”, the fifth had no symptoms. Reports that the drug was a cannabis-based painkiller have ...

The Zambian mission in South Africa has secured apprenticeship opportunities for five Zambian newly graduate students with a South African-based company. The five who recently graduated in civil and mechanical engineering from the University of Zambia arrived in Johannesburg yesterday and were met in Pretoria and handed over to the South African company, Ubun2 Group of Companies, by Zambia’s High ...

The opposition UPND has welcomed President Edgar Lungu’s call on his government and PF leadership to stop hate speech and tribalism. UPND Secretary General Stephen Katuka says his party however hopes that PF officials will respect it and stop misinterpreting it to launder themselves from tribalism statements. In a statement to Qfm News Mr. Katuka notes that UPND also hopes ...

President Edgar Lungu has reminded the Church in the Country of its onerous task this year to preach peace across the country. President Lungu says it is also the task of the Church to inculcate values of oneness among Zambians. He says his fervent prayer is that as the Country approaches the general elections this year all political players will ...

Lord Coe says public trust in athletics may not return until “way beyond” his four-year term as IAAF president. On Thursday, a World Anti-Doping Agency independent report said “corruption was embedded” within the governing body. Its author, Dick Pound, said some athletes from Russia and Turkey who failed drugs tests then paid bribes. “If there are athletes out there and ...

The older brother of Canadian singer Celine Dion has died of cancer, two days after her husband also died. Daniel Dion, 59, died on Saturday near Montreal, a statement by the singer’s spokeswoman said. Ms Dion’s family paid tribute to the father-of-two, calling him “a gentle and reserved man of many talents”. Her husband and former manager, Rene Angelil, died ...

The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) says it is assessing what sort of Constitution Zambia will have after the Bill of Rights has been adopted through a referendum and enacted into law by Parliament. LAZ president George Chisanga has disclosed that his association is doing this through a team of experts which his Executive has appointed. Mr. Chisanga has however ...

The opposition UPND says it finds it unfortunate that students at Copperbelt University (CBU) have not been receiving their allowances since October last year. The UPND has wondered how government expects students to survive such a long time without pay. UPND CBU branch chairperson Ernest Sinyinza says his party is concerned that notwithstanding this the University vice chancellor Nelson Ngoma ...