England forward Marcus Rashford has suffered a “slight knock” in the final training session before heading to the World Cup in Russia, manager Gareth Southgate said. The 20-year old, who scored 13 goals for Manchester United in all competitions last season, will be hopeful of a starting spot in Southgate’s team after impressing in the warm-up games, including a long-range ...

Mohamed Salah gave Egypt’s World Cup hopes a huge boost Wednesday when he joined a squad training session at their Grozny base. The Pharoahs’ superstar has been sidelined since suffering a shoulder injury in Liverpool’s Champions League final loss to Real Madrid on May 26. However, an AFP reporter saw the forward take part in his first training session since ...

Movement for National Transformation (MNT) president Daniel Shimunza has vehemently objected to any public-private partnerships that exploit, vandalize, and exclude Zambians, but favour foreign monopoly transactional capital deals. Mr. Shimunza says this is evidenced in the recent sale of public assets such as Markets, bus Stops, police Stations, and Road projects. He states that sadly, the Patriotic Front government has ...

UPND Chairperson for Rural Reconstruction and Development,Moono Mapani has questioned government’s silence on the maize floor price for this marketing season. Mr Mapani says farmers especially in rural areas are panicking and have begun selling their produce cheaply to briefcase buyers because the government has not yet announced the maize floor price. He says farmers have no other option, but ...

Civil rights activist Brebner Changala says the ruling Patriotic Front will start a war it cannot win if it makes the mistake of having Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) Director General Mary Tshuma removed from her position. Mr Changala has caution the ruling party to also realize that threatening a public officer is in fact a crime in itself. He states ...

Justice Minister Given Lubinda says his Ministry is in the process of formulating a law criminalizing torture in line with the Republican Constitution. Mr Lubinda says his Ministry is also reviewing the Penal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code. Speaking when he officiated at the Human Rights Commission Universal Periodic Review Information Dissemination workshop, Mr Lubinda assured the nation that ...