Burnley have signed goalkeeper Joe Hart from Manchester City on a two-year deal for a fee in the region of £3.5m. Clarets boss Sean Dyche has brought in the 31-year-old with fellow keepers Nick Pope and Tom Heaton out injured. Hart, who has won 75 England caps, made nearly 350 appearances for City, winning two Premier League titles and one ...

Arsenal shareholder Alisher Usmanov says he will accept rival Stan Kroenke’s bid to buy him out for £550m and take full control of the club. American billionaire Kroenke owns 67% of Arsenal through his company KSE and announced on Tuesday he had made an offer to buy up the rest of the shares. Usmanov has confirmed he has agreed to ...

Parts of Frankfurt Airport were evacuated on Tuesday and dozens of flights cancelled after a French family of four got past security despite a positive test for explosives. Police blamed “an error by a security officer”. It led to boarding being halted and a partial evacuation of Terminal 1. The family were later found, questioned and allowed to travel on. ...

US President Donald Trump has issued a strong warning to anyone trading with Iran, following his re-imposition of sanctions on the country. “Anyone doing business with Iran will NOT be doing business with the United States,” the president tweeted. Some re-imposed sanctions took effect overnight and tougher ones relating to oil exports will begin in November. Iran’s president said the ...

THE NDOLA City Council would like to send a strong warning that it will not tolerate residents to rear animals in residential areas. The Local Authority through its department of public health carried out an operation and confiscated 47 goats from Ndeke and Jacaranda areas. The goats were stray and unattended to, the Local Authority who are guided by Statutory ...

The ruling Patriotic Front (PF) has adopted Auxensio Banda as its candidate for the September 6th Kasenengwa Parliamentary by-election. Briefing the media ,PF Secretary General  Davis Mwila has disclosed that 17 candidates applied for adoption but the party has settled for Mrs. Banda. Mr. Mwila says those who were not picked should however remain loyal and support the candidate the ...

Some opposition political parties have welcomed the conviction and sentencing to 18 years imprisonment of former Ministry of Health Chief Human Resource Officer, Henry Kapoko and four others for corruption and theft involving K6 million. The sentence includes five years each for theft, 5 years for money laundering and a further nine for theft by public servant. UPND Secretary General, Steven Katuka ...

The Anti-Corruption Commission says it is following with keen interest the recent developments at the Zambia Air Force where Air Force Commander Lieutenant General Eric Chimese has been sent on forced leave. ACC Public Relations Officer Timothy Moono says the Commission will without fail take action if there is any information that will need them to take action. Mr. Moono ...

Acting Deputy Auditor General, Sally Ross says Zambia has adequate legislation to carry out performance and environmental audits. Speaking during the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) Development Initiative (IDI) on Supreme Audit Institutions (SAI) Fighting Corruption Programme, Mrs. Ross says Zambia has continued to notice high and evolving technical demands of these types of audits and as such ...

Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, who has been linked with a move to Real Madrid, did not report for training with the Premier League club on Monday. And it is understood the Blues do not know when the 26-year-old Belgium international will return. Courtois has been a Blues player since 2011, when he signed from Belgian club Genk and was loaned ...