PUTIN WOOS AFRICAN LEADERS AT SHOWCASE SUMMIT, SAYS RUSSIA IS BETTER PARTNER THAN 'COLONIAL' WEST. (PHOTO).

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 Putin woos African leaders at showcase summit, says Russia is better partner than 'colonial' West President Vladimir Putin told African leaders ​on Wednesday that Russia was their best partner, accusing what he cast as a colonial West of still trying ‌to exploit the continent's resources and using debt to hold back development, Reuters reported. The Kremlin chief was speaking at the third Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow, a two-day event attended by African leaders and government delegations from 48 countries, during which he will hold one-on-one talks with many of the 22 individual African leaders ​attending on everything from trade to security, arms deals and grain supplies. "Africa is increasingly asserting itself as one of the key players in the global economy and politics. However, the emergence of a multipolar world is, of ​course, no easy task; it faces resistance from countries that are not prepared to accept this reality: those who are accustomed to ​thinking i...

GOLD MEDALIST,MO FARAH,COLLAPSED AT THE END OF A MARATHON RACE IN NEW YORK.

Mo Farah was strong enough to pass and hold off third-placed Stephen Sambu from Kenya in a sprint to finish behind winner Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya in 61mins 8secs               The father of three who won two gold at the 2012 London games,fell around the sixth mile mark today at New York,but carried on and finished second.At the finish line he temporally lost consciousness in the chiley conditions and had to be helped into a wheelchair.He was rushed to the hospital at the end of the New York half Marathon.Farah Mo said ''I feel pretty hard.I told myself,i don't rush but when i saw the gap,the gap was big.The condition here today were very cold.Condition won't be as cold as this''.Farah is due to return to Kenya on Tuesday for two more weeks of training under the tutelage of his coach,Alberto Salazar,before coming back to Britain ahead of his marathon debut.His friend Usain Bolt also reached out to him on twitter.More pictures below.                                                                                                               Medical staff rushed to help Mo Farah after he collapsed at the finish line after finishing in second place at the 2014 New York City Half Marathon in lower ManhattanAfter collapsing at the finish line, Mo Farah is tended to by his wife Tania, top centre, and others during the 2014 NYC Half marathonMo Farah of Great Britain collapses at the finish line after finishing in second place as first place finisher Geoffrey Mutai, (left) and third place finisher Stephen Sambu (centre), both from Kenya, look on

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