Southampton’s dismal season hit a new low as the Premier League strugglers were dumped out of the FA Cup by second tier Derby after a penalty shoot-out on Wednesday. In a third round replay heavily influenced by the latest controversy over the use of VAR, Ralph Hasenhuttl’s side blew a two-goal lead in the closing stages at St Mary’s. The ...

Alexis Sanchez came back to haunt Arsenal as the Chilean opened the scoring in Manchester United’s 3-1 FA Cup fourth-round win on Friday to maintain Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s 100 percent record as caretaker manager. United’s winning run under the Norwegian is now eight games in all competitions and his decision to make five changes was vindicated as both Sanchez and ...

Ariana Grande’s icy new single 7 Rings has sold 126,000 copies to enter the charts at number one – setting a new streaming milestone in the process. The song, which riffs on The Sound of Music’s My Favourite Things, was played 16.9m times last week, a chart record. Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas is You was the previous ...

A film recreating events around the notorious murder of two-year-old James Bulger will be allowed to compete at the Oscars, the awards’ organisers say. James’ mother had called for Detainment to be withdrawn, after it was nominated in the best live action short category. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said it takes Denise Fergus’s concerns “very seriously” ...

Up to 300 people are missing after a dam collapsed at an iron ore mine in south-eastern Brazil, officials say. The break caused a sea of muddy sludge that buried the dam’s cafeteria where hundreds of workers were eating lunch. Rescue teams used earth-moving machinery at the site near the town of Brumadinho, in Minas Gerais state. Governor Romeu Zema ...

President Donald Trump has yielded to political pressure to end the longest US government shutdown in history. After 35 days, he backed a deal to fund federal agencies for three weeks, but it includes none of the money he has demanded for a US-Mexico border wall. The Republican president previously vowed to reject any budget unless it included $5.7bn (£4.3bn) ...

The UNICAF University has bemoaned the low levels of Information Communication Technology in education institutions in Zambia. Vice Chancellor Professor Mpazi Sinjela says there is need for the country to immediately adopt the philosophy of e-learning programmes in a bid to reduce the cost of academic services and management. Speaking during the open lecture series by UNICAF, Professor Sinjela says ...

Former Senanga Member of Parliament William Harrington has echoed the call by veteran politician Vernon Mwaanga on the need to involve senior citizens such as those that have served in government before in the national dialogue process if it is to be successful. Mr. Harrington observes that the impasse that has characterized the dialogue process is a clear sign that ...

The Citizens Economic Empowerment Commission (CEEC) and the Technical Education, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training Authority (TEVETA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding which will see the training of micro, small and medium enterprises in specialized skills across the country. CEEC Director General, Likando Mukumbuta says the project will be supported by the Africa Development Bank at a cost of K400,000. Speaking ...

The Zambia Congress of Trade Unions has advised government to learn from past mistakes and avoid making similar mistakes as it considers re-introducing the National Airline. ZCTU Secretary General Cosmas Mukuka says stringent measures should now be put in place to avoid the abuse of the airline by government officials. Mr Mukuka says ZCTU welcomes the re-introduction of the national ...