Mauritian Games official quits Australia after sex assault charge:
Mauritian Games official quits Australia after sex assault charge: A Mauritius team official at the Commonwealth Games has left Australia after being charged with sexually assaulting an athlete, police said on Saturday. Queensland deputy police commission Steve Gollschewski said it was unknown whether the accused, reportedly Mauritius’ former chef de mission, would return to attend court. But he said Australia was unlikely to seek
Le Clos record bid flops as Aussies rule the pool: Chad le Clos’s bid to become the Commonwealth Games’ most decorated athlete hit the skids on Friday as Australia’s gold-medal machine clicked into high gear on Gold Coast. The South African won the 50m butterfly but shortly after stepping off the podium, his seventh-place finish in the 200m freestyle halted his tilt at a record
Truck driver killed after colliding with another truck: A truck driver died after colliding with another truck on the R59 at the Blockhouse rest stop in Henley-on-Klip on Friday. On arrival, paramedics found the 30-year-old truck driver entrapped in the front seat. “The fire department had to extricate the man using the jaws of life,” said ER24 in a statement. The truck driver sustained
Five killed after bakkie rollover crash at Villa Nora outside Lephalale: The police at Villa Nora outside Lephalale are investigating a case of culpable homicide after five people lost their lives in bakkie rollover crash on Friday. It is alleged that twenty-six (26) people were loaded in an open Toyota bakkie when the driver lost control along the R518 road next to Shongoane 1 and vehicle crashed.
Peacekeeper shot dead in northern Mali: UN: A peacekeeper from Niger was shot dead by militants in northern Mali on Friday, the UN’s mission to the country said, the latest in a spate of deadly attacks on “Blue Helmets” in the conflict-torn country. “Today at 7:00 pm (1900 GMT) two unidentified gunmen opened fire on a MINUSMA vehicle in Gao City,” the
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