There was the infamous Hong Kong “killer pitch”, an 11th-hour cancellation of a Manchester derby in Beijing and now Arsenal players struck down with food poisoning in Shanghai. Add to that searing heat, tropical downpours and long-haul flights, and it is easy to see why Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was left wondering aloud this week whether pre-season tours of Asia ...

Romelu Lukaku and Marcus Rashford were on target as Manchester United defeated Premier League rivals Manchester City 2-0 in their International Champions Cup pre-season clash at Houston’s NRG Stadium on Thursday. Belgian international Lukaku grabbed his second goal in his second start for United as the Red Devils eased past a disjointed City. England striker Rashford meanwhile continued his impressive ...

Information and Broadcasting Services Minister Kampamba Mulenga says Cabinet has approved a film policy which will help promote Arts and job creation for young people. Ms. Mulenga says her ministry is also scheduled to establish training institutions in some parts of the country to promote arts especially with the transition of the country from analogue to digital broadcasting. She states ...

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Service Director of Press and Media Development, Isaac Chipampe has urged both the private and public media to tone down on political rhetoric and focus more on writing stories on challenges that affect Zambians. Mr. Chipampe says the media should bring out information that educates citizens especially on sexual reproductive health. He notes that journalists ...

Former President Dr Kenneth Kaunda remains admitted to the University Teaching Hospital (UTH). Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya has told Journalists yesterday that the former president will be discharged today. But Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda in a statement says Dr Kaunda’s minders reported that the former President appeared weak prompting Health Minister Chitalu ...

Higher Education Minister Professor Nkandu Luo has instructed the Higher Education Loans and Scholarship Board to consider students from rural areas in the disbursement of loan schemes. Professor Luo says students in the rural areas are disadvantaged due to poor or limited information. She says this will give an opportunity to students in the rural areas who have not been ...

An up-and-coming French singer, Barbara Weldens, has collapsed and died in the middle of a concert at a festival. The cause of her death is unclear but, according to one report, she was probably electrocuted. Weldens, 35, had been on stage in a church in the picturesque village of Goudron, in the Lot region of the south-west, when she suffered ...

Asante Kotoko resumed training on Thursday morning following last week’s bus accident which claimed the life of one of their officers. As many as 14 senior players – Ernest Sowah, Seth Opare, Awal Mohammed, Ohene Brenya, Collins Ameyaw, Owusu Jackson, Kwame Boahene, Atta Kusi, Obed Owusu, Abass Mohammed, Prince Acquah, Edwin Tuffour Frimpong, Isaac Quansah and Yakubu Mohammed – turned ...

The UK and EU are still at odds over citizens’ rights and the amount the UK will pay to leave the bloc, at the end of the second week of Brexit talks. EU negotiator Michel Barnier said the UK had not been clear enough about where it stands on these issues and that was hampering progress. UK Brexit Secretary David ...

Barcelona, Real Madrid and Manchester United in that order have emerged top of the latest global football digital benchmark released by leading global digital research company, Result Sports from Germany. The reports highlights the top 148 Clubs in the world of digital and social media and takes into consideration six of the top social media platforms with Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, ...