Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) – The holiday weekend in North America saw two films battling for box-office supremacy and both emerging with a claim to first place.
Both 'Mufasa' and 'Sonic' claim N.America box office supremacy
Juve draw as match interrupted after Vlahovic abuse, Napoli go joint top
Rome (AFP) – Juventus and Fiorentina drew 2-2 on Sunday as the Serie A match was interrupted after seven minutes following racist insults from the stands aimed at home striker Dusan Vlahovic.
Liverpool destroy West Ham to go eight points clear, Man City stop rot
London (AFP) – Rampant Liverpool smashed West Ham 5-0 on Sunday to stretch their lead at the top of the Premier League to eight points as Manchester City returned to winning ways at troubled Leicester.
Glitzy Calabar Carnival wraps up tough year in Nigeria
Calabar (Nigeria) (AFP) – Revellers dressed in glitzy, colourful costumes danced down the streets of Calabar, southern Nigeria, this weekend as giant speakers blasted out Afrobeats for one of west Africa’s most prestigious carnivals.
No enjoyment, 'just relief' for Guardiola as Man City stop rot at Leicester
Leicester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola said relief was his overriding emotion after a 2-0 victory at Leicester secured just a second win in 14 games for the crisis-hit English champions on Sunday.
Suriname ex
Paramaribo (Suriname) (AFP) – Suriname’s former dictator Desi Bouterse died of liver failure at age 79, an official autopsy revealed.
Shahidi 179 not out as draw looms for Afghanistan in Zimbabwe Test
Bulawayo (Zimbabwe) (AFP) – Captain Hashmatullah Shahidi was unbeaten on 179 as Afghanistan trailed Zimbabwe by 71 runs after a rain-shortened fourth day of the first Test in Bulawayo on Sunday.
Some Americans in Panama reject Trump's canal threat
Agua Clara (Panama) (AFP) – For dozens of US tourists watching a cargo ship pass through the Panama Canal, Donald Trump’s threat to possibly wrest back control of the waterway is nonsensical.
Ljutic powers to Semmering slalom to end Croatian drought
Semmering (Austria) (AFP) – Zrinka Ljutic skied the fastest time in both legs of the slalom in Semmering, Austria, on Sunday to record the first World Cup win by a Croatian woman since Janica Kostelic in 2006.
Mikheil Kavelashvili, ex
Tbilisi (AFP) – Georgia inaugurated on Sunday an ex-footballer turned far-right politician — Mikheil Kavelashvili — as Tbilisi’s next figurehead president, after a controversial election process denounced as “illegitimate” by the current pro-EU leader.
