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Frustrated South Africa vow to learn lessons from Wallabies loss
Frustrated South Africa vow to learn lessons from Wallabies loss
by  AFP

Frustrated South Africa coach Jacques Nienaber rued missed opportunities and handling errors for costing them their Rugby Championship match against Australia, but said lessons had been learned for the second Test next weekend. "We will have a good review of the game, take the lessons learned, and ensure that we are up for next week's clash in Sydney," added Nienaber.

Robinson and Anderson bowl England to 2nd Test win over South Africa
Robinson and Anderson bowl England to 2nd Test win over South Africa
by  AFP

England hammered South Africa by an innings and 85 runs to win the second Test at Old Trafford inside three days on Saturday. The victory, which followed South Africa's almost as crushing innings and 12-run win in the first Test at Lord's, meant England levelled the three-match series at 1-1.

Deadly clashes shake Libyan capital as political crisis deepens
Deadly clashes shake Libyan capital as political crisis deepens
by  AFP

Rival armed groups exchanged gunfire in the Libyan capital Saturday, killing at least one person and raising fears of all-out conflict in a country embroiled in a grave political crisis. Dbeibah's GNU said negotiations had been underway to "hold elections at the end of the year to resolve the political crisis", but that Bashagha had "walked out at the last moment".

Anderson sparks South Africa slump as England eye series-levelling win
Anderson sparks South Africa slump as England eye series-levelling win
by  AFP

James Anderson made the breakthrough as England pressed for a series-levelling win over South Africa in the second Test at Old Trafford on Saturday. Keegan Petersen was 20 not out and Rassie van der Dussen 14 not out South Africa resumed on 23-0, facing a huge task to preserve a 1-0 lead in this three-match series after an innings and 12-run rout of England in the first Test at Lord's.

Angola ruling party set to win hotly contested vote
Angola ruling party set to win hotly contested vote
by  AFP

Angola's ruling party said Friday they held a "comfortable majority" in the country's most competitive elections since independence, amid fears of political turmoil if the opposition contested the final results. "According to preliminary results, we have a comfortable majority," MPLA spokesman Rui Falcao told journalists at the party's headquarters in Luanda.