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South African footballer Luke Fleurs has been shot dead in a car hijacking, police say. The shooting took place at a petrol station on Wednesday night in the Johannesburg suburb of Florida. The 24-year-old Kaizer Chiefs star was waiting to be attended to when he was approached by unknown gunmen, who ordered him to get…

Formula 1 owner Liberty Media has bought MotoGP in a deal valued at £3.6bn. The US media conglomerate, which took control of F1 in 2017, has purchased the motorbike series from Spanish company Doran Sports, which has owned MotoGP since 1992. The deal will see Liberty acquire about 86% of Dorna, with Dorna’s management retaining the rest…

Police have searched the headquarters of the Spanish soccer federation (reef) in Madrid as part of a corruption investigation. The operation is a part of a much broader research connected to alleged corruption in commercial enterprise, improper management of property and cash laundering, the prosecutor said. Police have been sporting out 11 searches on unspecified…