Zimbabwe vs South Africa LIVE! South Africa will be desperate to bounce back as they face Zimbabwe in World Cup qualifying this evening. Bafana Bafana had looked on course to automatically qualify for the tournament for the first time since hosting in 2010, only to have recently seen their 2-0 win over Lesotho back in March forfeited as a punishment for fielding an ineligible player in the suspended Teboho Mokoena. The loss of three points and three goals dropped them down to second place in Group C behind Benin, who sit top by virtue of a now superior goal difference. It has left the group wi...

Lesotho vs Nigeria LIVE! Nigeria meet Lesotho this evening as African World Cup qualifying edges towards a potentially thrilling conclusion. The Super Eagles head into their crucial last two fixtures sitting third in Group C, three points behind both leaders Benin and second-placed South Africa, who are separated by goal difference only. The nine CAF group winners are guaranteed a place at next summer’s tournament, with Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt and Algeria having already booked their spots, while the four best runners-up will enter a play-off to decide who will progress through to the wider int...

Thousands of people lined the streets on the day of Ricky Hatton’s funeral as Manchester paid an emotional farewell to one of the city’s favourite sons. The beloved former two-weight world champion boxer was being laid to rest on Friday after being found dead at his home in Hyde, Greater Manchester on September 14, aged 46. The death of one of British sport’s most popular figures of modern times has led to asustained outpouring of grief and tributes, with thousands of fans turning out for his funeral procession on Friday. The journey began at Hatton’s local pub, the Cheshire Cheese in Gee Cros...

Un equipo de personal investigador del Centro Singular en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares da USC (CiQUS) ha diseñado una estrategia molecular para transportar fármacos contra el cáncer y así superar la resistencia a la quimioterapia. Tal y como ha trasladado la Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC) en una nota de prensa, los estudios se realizaron con doxorrubicina, un fármaco habitual en quimioterapia. Su uso prolongado puede generar células resistentes, un fenómeno que este trabajo consigue sortear manteniendo su actividad antitumoral. En concreto, el avance parte de la capa...

La biofarmacéutica Sobi, junto con la Asociación de Hemoglobinuria Paroxística Nocturna de España (HPNE) y la Federación Española de Enfermedades Raras (FEDER), presentan la campaña 'Desenmascara la HPN', una iniciativa que busca arrojar luz sobre las realidades invisibles de quienes conviven con esta enfermedad rara hematológica, desvelando los retos físicos y emocionales que enfrenta este colectivo. La HPN es una enfermedad ultra rara de la sangre que afecta a 0,7 personas por cada 100.000 habitantes y que puede manifestarse en cualquier etapa de la vida, aunque es más común entre los 30 y 4...