Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says he is not going to “waste energy” on the EFL Cup even though no manager has been more successful than him in the competition. City edged into the last 16 of this season’s edition thanks to first-half goals from Jeremy Doku and Matheus Nunes,…
Uefa has reopened the bidding for stadiums to host the 2027 Champions League final, after the match was stripped from Milan. The San Siro was to be the venue for the showcase final but, after Milan officials failed to assure Uefa that planned redevelopment work would not hamper the…
Former Manchester United, Real Madrid and France defender Raphael Varane has retired from football at the age of 31. Varane joined Italian side Como on a free transfer in July but suffered a knee injury on his debut against Sampdoria last month. The centre-back says he will stay at the club in…
President Cyril Ramaphosa met with South African-born US billionaire Elon Musk – the co-founder of Tesla Motors, founder of SpaceX, and owner of X (formerly Twitter) – in New York on Monday, trying to woo Musk and United States (US) businesses into investing in the ‘GNU’ South Africa. The…
Gold touched a record high ahead of US data that may offer clues on whether the Federal Reserve’s 50-basis-point rate reduction last week will be the first in a series of aggressive cuts. Bullion rose as much as 0.4% to hit $2,631.13 an ounce, beating the previous all-time high posted…
Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote is setting up a family office in Dubai, joining other high-net worth individuals who have flocked to the Middle East’s financial hub over the past few years. With a $13.2 billion fortune, Dangote ranks as the wealthiest African and the 168th-richest person in the world, according…
The JSE – Africa’s largest stock exchange – surged to a new high on Wednesday morning, powering through the 86000 points mark. All sectors on the bourse were trading in the green and the JSE All Share Index (Alsi) was up over 1.5% by 9.30am, around 86 060 points. The stimulus…
In an attempt to move closer to cost reflectivity, Eskom hopes to increase its return on assets for FY2026 from R15 616 billion in the current year to R42 669 billion.…