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Senegal reached their second Africa Cup of Nations final with an extra-time victory over Tunisia. Both sides had penalties saved in normal time before Tunisia defender Dylan Bronn inadvertently headed the only goal of the game into his own net. Mouez Hassen tipped Sadio Mane’s free-kick onto Bronn’s head as Senegal – who face Algeria or Nigeria – moved a step closer to their first Afcon title. Tunisia had a late penalty award overturned by VAR. Senegal dominated the first half, producing seven shots to Tunisia’s two, with Mane spurning their best opportunity when he missed an open goal. Tunisia…

Novak Djokovic saved two championship points to down Roger Federer and win his fifth Wimbledon title in a pulsating five-set thriller – the longest final in the tournament’s history and the first ever deciding-set tiebreak at 12-12 in singles. The world No. 1 looked below par for large portions of a tense final but – as he’s done so often in his career – stepped up when it really mattered in a 7-6 (7-5) 1-6 7-6 (7-4) 4-6 13-12 (7-3) win after four hours and 57 minutes to deny Federer a joint-record ninth crown in the most dramatic possible fashion.…

The Cameroon Football Federation (Fecafoot) has handed a life ban to its former president Tombi A Roko Sidiki. Fecafoot’s own ethics commission found Sidiki guilty of financial misappropriation and a conflict of interest. The commission ruled that Sidiki had mismanaged funds that had been set aside to build four smaller stadiums which were meant to host local football games as part of a development plan for Cameroon. In the past, Sidiki has denied allegations of corruption and conflict of interest but was not ready to comment to BBC Sport when asked about the ban. The former Fecafoot president is likely…

Earlier this year, Solange cancelled a planned performance at America’s Coachella music festival, citing “major production delays”. Who knows what the show would have entailed – although many expected it to rival her sister Beyonce’s celebration of black culture at the previous year’s Coachella. But, judging by the star’s transcendent headline set at London’s Lovebox Festival, elaborate staging would have been superfluous anyway. Over 60 minutes of otherworldly, socially-conscious soul, Solange performed with a sense of freedom and joy that elevated both the material and the audience. The star concentrated largely on her recent fourth album, When I Get Home…

Earlier this year, Solange cancelled a planned performance at America’s Coachella music festival, citing “major production delays”. Who knows what the show would have entailed – although many expected it to rival her sister Beyonce’s celebration of black culture at the previous year’s Coachella. But, judging by the star’s transcendent headline set at London’s Lovebox Festival, elaborate staging would have been superfluous anyway. Over 60 minutes of otherworldly, socially-conscious soul, Solange performed with a sense of freedom and joy that elevated both the material and the audience. The star concentrated largely on her recent fourth album, When I Get Home…

Donald Trump abandoned the Iran nuclear deal to spite Barack Obama, according to a leaked memo written by the UK’s former ambassador to the US. Sir Kim Darroch described the move as an act of “diplomatic vandalism”, according to the Mail on Sunday. The paper says the memo was written after the then Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson appealed to the US in 2018 to stick with the nuclear deal. The latest leak came despite the Met Police warning against publication. The first memos criticising Trump’s administration, which emerged a week ago, prompted a furious reaction from the US president and…

The semi-finalists for this year’s Africa Cup of Nations were decided after a highly contested quarter final stage that saw former winners; Ivory Coast and South Africa drop out. Benin and Madagascar’s resilience and hubristic run was also halted in the process although they both leave the tournament having won many hearts with just the sense of sheer optimism of heading somewhere when many thought they would be gone earlier. Tunisia’s Carthage Eagles are through to their first semi-final after trying and failing over the last 15 years. They did that by beating a Madagascar – who had begun shaping…

Some four National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members of Parliament (MP) in the Volta region have not picked nomination forms to contest the Party’s parliamentary primaries to be re-elected as MPs. They are Mr Richard Quashiegah, MP for Keta, Mr Clement Kofi Humado, MP for Anlo, Mr Fiifi Fiavi Kwetey, MP for Ketu South and Dr Mrs. Bernice Adiku Heloo, MP for Hohoe. Mr. James Gunu, Volta Regional Secretary of the NDC who confirmed this to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) said a total of 15 women out of 74 persons picked nomination forms after close of nomination on Friday, July…

Government is set to deploy 12,750 Nation Builders Corps (NABCo) personnel across the country to generate digital address for every house and property, and emboss on each of them, a number plate. The house number, digital address of every household, as well as the name of the street on which the property is located, will be embossed on each of the plates to be fixed on every building in Ghana for free. Currently, Ghana Post charges 50 cedis to tag residential buildings and 100 cedis for commercial ones with the GhanaPost Digital Address plates. About four million households across the…

A 55-year-old man, Nba Tikuma, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for defiling a-15-year-old girl in Savelugu in the Northern Region. Nba Tikuma was convicted on his own plea, and accordingly sentenced by the High Court. Police prosecutors said the victim complained of severe abdominal pain with blood oozing from her private part. “The victim when confronted, mentioned Nba Tikuma as the one who lured her to his room under the pretext of buying fish and forcibly had sexual intercourse with her,” the court heard. When Nba Tikuma was confronted, he admitted to the offence. The victim was…