Friday 1,500m heats – 9.40 pm (Esther Chebet) 10,000m final – 11.20pm (Cheptegei, Toroitich, Kurong) London, UK | IAAF.ORG |  HRH Prince Andrew, Duke of York, will deliver the opening address at the IAAF World Championships London 2017 on behalf of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at the London Stadium on Friday night 4 August. …

London, United Kingdom | AFP |  Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has told Barcelona there is no chance he will allow Eden Hazard to join the Spanish club as a replacement for Neymar. Neymar completed his world record transfer to Paris Saint-Germain on Thursday, when the Brazil striker signed a five-year …

Barcelona, Spain | AFP |  Barcelona won’t pay a 26 million euro ($30.8 million) bonus to Neymar for renewing his contract with the Catalan giants in 2016, a club spokesman said on Friday after his decision to join Paris Saint-Germain for a world record transfer fee. Josep Vives admitted Barca …

ANC warns against dumping S.Africa president Zuma Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP |  South Africa’s ruling ANC party warned its legislators on Friday that voting for a motion of no confidence against President Jacob Zuma next week would be a disaster for the country. “Voting in favour of this motion …

Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI |  Two Democratic Party (DP)  political activists have been granted bail by Buganda Road Court after spending a night in Luzira Prison on charges of holding an unlawful assembly. Hakeem Kiiza and Moses Mboowa aka Chief Mboowa were arrested in Kampala on Thursday for staging …

Friday 1,500m heats – 9.40 pm (Esther Chebet) 10,000m final – 11.20pm (Cheptegei, Toroitich, Kurong) Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei has all it takes to be crowned a World Athletics champion. At 20, he’s already tested glory as world junior champion, has one of the world’s top …

In the Independent this week: Inside Museveni’s long game for life presidency COVER STORY Inside Museveni’s long game for life presidency: Members of President Yoweri Museveni’s inner circle know something is serious if Lt. Col Michael Katungi is involved. He is a very quiet officer who likes to keep a …

Lusaka, Zambia | AFP |  Zambian police on Thursday detained the leader of a small opposition party who is a fierce critic of President Edgar Lungu, in the latest sign of a crackdown on dissent. Savior Chishimba, leader of the United Progressive Party (UPP), was held by plain-clothed police shortly …

Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP |  A new video of a black South African labourer being forced into a coffin was presented in court Thursday at the trial of two white farmers accused of the attack. The two-minute clip showed the alleged assailants shoving Victor Mlotshwa into the wooden coffin …

Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP |  Jailed Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius was taken to hospital Thursday for overnight observation, an official said, as local media reported he was suffering chest pains. Pistorius, 30, is serving a six-year jail term for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, a model and law graduate, …