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Police in Germany are hunting scammers who tried to obtain money from widows by falsely claiming that their recently deceased husbands had secretly bought mail-order pornography. The police, in the city of Bielefeld, said false invoices had been sent to relatives of deceased men all over Germany.

South Africa striker Sibusiso Zuma has only been at German club Arminia Bielefeld for five months but he has become a favourite after scoring a wonder goal in Saturday’s 3-0 win over Hertha Berlin. Zuma weaved his way through the Hertha defence in a mazy run from the half-way line he capped off with a cool finish.