Wayde Van Niekerk Smashes Michael Johnson’s Record To Claim Olympic 400m Gold – Wayde van Niekerk is a special, special athlete, the first ever to have run under 10 seconds for the 100m, 20 seconds for 200m and 44 for 400m. Now make that last a damn-near sub-43. [guardian]

Johnson: Wayde Massacred My Record! – Rio de Janeiro – South African Wayde Van Niekerk smashed Michael Johnson’s long-standing 400m record when he stormed to Olympic gold on Sunday. [s24]

Ryan Lochte Robbed At Gunpoint In Rio – Ryan Lochte and three other U.S. swimmers were held up at gunpoint early Sunday morning. [usat]

2 JFK Airport Terminals Are Evacuated After Reports Of Shots Fired – Two passenger terminals at John F. Kennedy International Airport were evacuated Sunday night, following reports of shots being fired, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said. [nj]

‘Making A Murderer’: Brendan Dassey Conviction Overturned – The conviction of Brendan Dassey, a Wisconsin man who appeared in the documentary “Making a Murderer,” has been overturned by a federal judge in Milwaukee, according to court documents obtained by CNN. [cnn]

New York Imam, His Assistant Killed Near Mosque – A New York imam and his assistant were gunned down in broad daylight Saturday after prayers at a nearby mosque, police said. [cnn]

Switzerland Salez Attack: Knifeman Sets Fire To Swiss Train – A knifeman has set fire to a train in north-eastern Switzerland, leaving six people in hospital with stab wounds and burns, police say. [bbc]

Night Of Horror Ends In Rape, Murder For PE Students – The hijacking of two students from the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University on Saturday ended with the woman being raped and the body of her friend found floating in the sea near Brighton Beach. [n24]

South African Caught With Drugs In Panama – A South African woman has been arrested at the Tocumen International Airport in Panama with 5‚000 grams of cocaine worth over R4.5 million. [tlive]

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Can Everyone Stop Making Fun Of Johannesburg, Please? – You know we like to poke fun at Jozi, but it’s actually quite a kickass city once you’re in the know. Here are a few reasons why you should cut it some slack. [here]

Usain Bolt Makes History In Rio With Third Successive Olympics 100m Gold Medal – Three certainties in life are death, taxes and Usain Bolt winning the Olympic 100m. In the process he always puts the two-time doping offender Justin Gatlin in his place. [tele]

Michael Phelps Caps Legendary Olympic Career With Relay Gold In Final Race – The United States closed the Rio Olympics swimming competition with a final dominating flourish, sweeping the medley relay events and sending Michael Phelps out on a triumphant note. [yahoo]

Sole Russian Track And Field Competitor Suspended From Olympic Games: IAAF – Russia’s sole track and field competitor at the Rio Olympics, DaryaKlishina, has been suspended from the Games, the international athletics federation (IAAF) said on Saturday, confirming it had withdrawn her special eligibility status. [huff]

US ELECTIONS

Donald Trump Is ‘Totally Nuts,’ Says Robert De Niro – U.S. actor and producer Robert De Niro said on Saturday that U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump should not run for president because he was “totally nuts”. [reuters]

Former George W. Bush Cabinet Member Backs Hillary Clinton – Carlos Gutierrez, the former Secretary of Commerce under President George W. Bush, has joined the ranks of Republicans who are supporting Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton over Republican nominee Donald Trump. [time]

RNC Considers Cutting Cash To Trump – Publicly, Republican Party officials continue to stand by Donald Trump. Privately, at the highest levels, party leaders have started talking about cutting off support to Trump in October and redirecting cash to save endangered congressional majorities. [politico]

New Boko Haram Video Claims Some Chibok Girls Were Killed By Airstrikes – Boko Haram appears to have released a video purporting to show dozens of the 276 girls who were kidnapped from the Nigerian town of Chibok more than two years ago. [washpo]

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Cape Town Cop Arrested For Armed Robbery At Liquor Store – A uniformed police officer was arrested for armed robbery at a liquor store in Gordon’s Bay on Sunday. [n24]

Great..

Selena Gomez Accuses Justin Bieber of Cheating ‘Multiple Times’ – The pop princess has entered the arena in the war of words between Beliebers and their Pop God, accusing her ex-boyfriend of being unfaithful. [db]

Bieber About To Cut Off Fans – Justin Bieber has had enough of the negativity flooding his social media accounts and those belonging to the people he cares about, and he’s threatening to cut off his fans as a result of it. [mtv]

President Zuma’s Departure ‘Would Boost The Rand’ – That is what economists have suggested following the ANC’s poor performance in the local government elections. [tlive]

Ain’t that a fact..

 

Stronger Rand Makes Overseas Lottery Tickets So Much Cheaper – With the Dollar at 13.4 to the Rand, there’s never been a better time to buy lottery tickets online. Fact. [tickets]

Heads Up – Wednesday’s Powerball Is Sitting On R1.2 Billion ($94 Million) Prize Money – Get your tickets online from anywhere in the world and stand in line to become a Rand Billionaire on Wednesday. Good luck [tickets]

A Groundbreaking New App That Diagnoses Malaria Is Coming To South Africa – Malaria remains one of the world’s deadliest killers, and sub-Saharan Africa is one of the most affected areas. Now a new app is looking to change that. [here]

The Rugby Championship Is Almost Here – Is It Time To Change Things Up? – The Rugby Championships are coming, and that means gathering up your mates and sinking a few cold ones. Boerie rolls and tomato sauce again, though? [here]

NFL And Pepsi Deny Offering Adele The Super Bowl Halftime Show – After a week of rumors circulating about Adele possibly following in Left Shark’s footsteps and performing at the sports spectacular, the singer put our hopes and dreams to rest. “I’m not doing the Super Bowl,” she said at her Los Angeles concert on Saturday night. [vult]

Everyone Tom Hiddleston Decided Was Worth Following On Instagram – Responding to the important news question “does Tom Hiddleston care that Taylor Swift had a garden party without him? At all?” Tom Hiddleston has followed Swift and 16 other accounts on Instagram. [time]

Inside Spain’s Right-Wing Rebel Catholic Cult – The ex-pontiff says his crypto-Fascist church (which made Franco a saint) was only ever intended, really, to bring its leaders sex and money. [beast]

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