Yakubu: Nigeria and ex-Everton and Middlesbrough striker retires aged 35

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Former Portsmouth, Middlesbrough, Everton, Leicester, Blackburn and Nigeria strikes Yakubu retires from football.

Zimbabwe crisis: Looking for Grace Mugabe in her heartland

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Meet the Zimbabweans who say that Grace Mugabe seized their land.

Bob Bradley persuades Egypt’s Omar Gaber to join Los Angeles FC

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Former Egypt coach Bob Bradley persuades Pharaohs' defender Omar Gaber to join new MLS team Los Angeles FC on loan from Swiss club Basel.

Fergal Keane: Mugabe has gone, but will Zimbabwe change?

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Zimbabweans are celebrating change, but is the old regime just getting a new face?

Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa promises jobs in ‘new democracy’

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The incoming leader hails a new era and praises the army for removing Robert Mugabe peacefully.

Mugabe resigns: Zimbabwe celebrates end of an era

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Zimbabweans celebrate late into the night after Robert Mugabe resigns, ending 37-year rule.

‘Free’: Zimbabwe’s day of celebration

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Celebrations continued into the night after Robert Mugabe's 37-year reign as president came to an end.

Victor Moses – the asylum-seeking orphan who conquered the Premier League

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AFOTY nominee Victor Moses lost his parents at 11 and arrived in London with no English before finding success in football.

Morgan Tsvangirai ‘hopeful’ after Robert Mugabe’s resignation

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Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says he hopes the president's resignation will put Zimbabwe on a "new trajectory".

Mugabe’s long career in pictures

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A look at the career of Robert Mugabe, who has resigned as Zimbabwe's president after 37 years in power.