Cristiano Ronaldo reigns over the football pitch but Fernando Santos calls the shots behind the scenes. The dynamic goalscorer and coach duo have taken Portugal to the Euro 2016 final and given it a chance to become the latest little nation to upset the continent’s giants. After Denmark beat Germany in 1992 and Greece beat Portugal in Lisbon in 2004, ...

Antoine Griezmann scored twice on Thursday as France beat world champions Germany 2-0 to seal a place in the Euro 2016 final against Portugal. Having converted a controversial first-half penalty for Bastian Schweinsteiger’s handball, Griezmann put the result beyond doubt with a clinical second-half effort. “We suffered but we knocked them out,” said French coach Didier Deschamps after the game ...

The US and South Korea have agreed to deploy a controversial missile defence system, in the wake of intensifying threats from North Korea. The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system will be deployed solely to counter the threat from Pyongyang, a statement said. It is unclear exactly where it would be sited and who would have final control. ...

Four Dallas police officers have been shot dead by sniper fire during protests against the shooting of black men by police, the authorities say. One suspect is in custody after a shootout with police, while a person of interest turned himself in, Dallas police tweeted. Gunfire broke out as demonstrators marched through the city. The protests were sparked by the ...

The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) has challenged the Electoral Commission of Zambia to take action against political parties whose members have continued to perpetrate violence. YALI Governance advisor Isaac Mwanza says the electoral body must demonstrate that it has the power to act against political parties whose followers do not follow the electoral code of conduct. Mr Mwanza tells ...

The Opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) has is urging its members to vote no in the referendum on the Bill of Rights. UPND Deputy Spokesperson Edwin Lifwekelo says it will be suicidal to subject the Bill of Rights to the referendum in its current form. Mr Lifwekelo says this is especially that people know very little about the ...

Justice Minister Ngosa Simbyakula has been challenged to guide the nation on what the legal implication of subjecting article 79 to the August 11 referendum will be. Dr. Simbyakula is being asked to clearly tell the nation what it will mean for this Article if the threshold of for a successful referendum is met, yet either the ‘No or Yes ...

Green Party president Peter Sinkamba says Zambians are yearning for change. And Mr. Sinkamba says he is the best alternative to President Edgar Lungu who he says has failed. He says Zambians should vote for him because he is capable of fighting for them. Mr Sinkamba says a Green party government will ensure the plight of all workers is looked ...

The Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) has demanded that the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) avails to the general public the updated voters register in view of the increasing reports of ghost voters in the register. FDD Spokesperson Antonio Mwanza says it is clear that the ECZ is aware of the existence of ghost voters in the voters register ...