JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa faces an unusual national election this year, its seventh vote since transitioning from white minority rule to a democracy 30 years ago. Polls and analysts warn that for the first time, the ruling African National Congress party
Ali Carter blamed officials for a costly miss in his World Masters of Snooker defeat against Luca Brecel. After going down 4-1 to the Belgian world champion, Carter launched an extraordinary rant in his post-match interview – claiming the ‘”scorers got the
Lewis Hamilton sends a box of gifts to Nico Rosberg’s children every Christmas in a touching gesture. Hamilton and Rosberg were childhood friends having raced together in junior competitions, but their relationship deteriorated during their time at Mercedes. The Silver Arrows duo
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson penned a Christmas message for jailed Mikheil Saakashvili, who was the President of post-Soviet Georgia three times. The Georgian politician counts several Western leaders among his supporters thanks to the work he has done to bring his
Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny failed to make an appearance in court today, and aides say they haven’t heard from the staunch Kremlin critic for almost a week. Navalny, who is currently serving a 19-year prison term on charges of extremism,
Jarrell Miller believes Anthony Joshua is ‘not a real world champion’ like Tyson Fury as he has never successfully defended his titles in America. AJ has only boxed across the pond once in a losing effort to short-notice replacement Andy Ruiz Jr
Conservative HQ sweeps up their own mess While Rishi Sunak continues cleaning up Liz Truss’s mess, it turns out the Tory Party’s headquarters round the corner from No. 10 is having a clean-up operation of a different nature. Beachcomber learns that thanks
Israel said on Monday that it had received a Syrian request for assistance with earthquake relief for the Arab state and that it was prepared to oblige, in what would be rare cooperation between the enemy neighbours. The Syrian pro-government newspaper Al