Theo Walcott gave Arsene Wenger a timely reminder of his qualities with a brace in Arsenal’s 5-2 friendly thrashing of Benfica as Alexandre Lacazette made his Gunners home debut in the Emirates Cup on Saturday. Walcott is in danger of being reduced to a fringe figure following a disappointing campaign that ended with the England winger being left out of ...

Gerard Pique delivered Barcelona’s match winner over Real Madrid on Saturday as El Clasico Miami lived up to the hype. The Spanish international steered in a Neymar free-kick in the 50th minute to seal a 3-2 win for the Catalan giants in front of 66 014 at the Hard Rock Stadium. Lionel Messi, who put in a superb 64-minute performance, opened ...

US President Donald Trump says he is “very disappointed” with China for not doing enough to stop North Korea’s weapons programme. Writing on Twitter, he said he would not allow China to “do nothing” about the reclusive state. His comments came a day after Pyongyang test-fired its second intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in a month. It later claimed the test ...

Counter-terrorism police in Australia have stopped a suspected plot to bring down an aeroplane, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said. He was speaking after four people were arrested in raids across Sydney. Investigators said they had seized materials in the raids that could have been used to make an improvised explosive device. Mr Turnbull said the raids had been a ...

Japanese Ambassador to Zambia Hidenobu Sobashima says his country is committed to enhance the fight against climate change in Zambia. Mr. Sobashima says it is important that Zambia becomes among other countries in the world fighting the effects of climate change. Mr. Sobashima states that his country has already extended its corporation to Zambia in the field of agriculture, but ...

President Edgar Lungu has been called upon to consider making changes to his cabinet for better developmental results. Patriots for Economic Progress (PeP) President Enock Tembo says it is important that the Head of State reshuffles his cabinet as some of the ministers are failing to perform in their respective ministries. And Mr. Tembo has demanded for the resignation of ...