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Zimbabwe go into the Rugby Africa Cup seeking a spot at next year's World Cup with their best days more than 30 years behind them.

Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare is handed an extra one-year ban for doping violations on top of her existing 10-year suspension.

Five men are jailed after killing a man with albinism as part of a plot to sell his body parts.

England are defied by a splendid 150 from South Africa's Marizanne Kapp on day one of the one-off Test at Taunton.

Most of the 21 who died in the sudden and unexplained incident were teenagers, the police minister says.