5x NBA Champion 2x Finals MVP 1x NBA Most Valuable Player 18x NBA All-Star 4x NBA All-Star Game MVP 11x All-NBA First Team 2x All-NBA Second Team 2x All-NBA Third Team 9x NBA All-Defensive First Team 2x NBA Scoring Champion 2x Olympic Gold Medalist Los Angeles, United States | AFP …

Man Utd, Man City cruise in FA Cup London, United Kingdom | AFP | Liverpool let a 2-0 lead slip as League One Shrewsbury earned a FA Cup fourth round replay at Anfield thanks to a 2-2 draw, whilst Manchester United and Manchester City cruised into the fifth round on …

Los Angeles, United States | AFP |  BA legend Kobe Bryant died Sunday in a helicopter crash in suburban Los Angeles, celebrity website TMZ reported, in an accident confirmed by police that saw five people killed. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s officials said there were no survivors from the morning crash on …

  Gitega, Burundi | AFP | Burundi’s ruling party said Sunday that party leader General Evariste Ndayishimiye will stand as its candidate in a presidential election in May. Ndayishimiye is an ally of current President Pierre Nkurunziza who will not seek a new mandate after his controversial election to a …

OPINION | Ofwono Opondo | Today marks thirty-four years since the resilient and glorious National Resistance Movement/Army (NRM/A) under the leadership of Yoweri Kaguta Museveni captured Kampala. The battle for Kampala, marked the defeat and retreat of UPC and UNLA remnants, which also ended the reign of terror, uncertainty, and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former International goalkeeper Fred Kajoba has been handed the top job at Vipers Sports Club. He takes over from Edward Golola who was sacked early in the week after a string of poor results despite the team being top of the league table. Kajoba,50, …

✳ NRM’s 6 areas of focus ✅ House-hold incomes ✅ Education ✅ Illegal evictions ✅ Stealing of health drugs ✅ Opposing corruption ✅ Working on feeder roads Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has hailed the NRM Party for being able to correctly diagnose the problems of …

#WuhanPneumonia cases outside China – Thailand: 4 – Japan: 2 – South Korea: 3 – US: 2 – Vietnam: 2 – Singapore: 3 – Malaysia: 3 – Nepal: 1 – France: 3 – Australia: 1 Wuhan, China | AFP | China on Sunday expanded drastic travel restrictions to contain a …

China says virus situation ‘grave’ as Lunar New Year curtailed Wuhan, China | AFP | President Xi Jinping warned Saturday that China faced a “grave situation” as authorities raced to contain a virus that has killed 41 people and caused a drastic scale-back of Lunar New Year celebrations. The world’s most …

  Beijing, China | AFP | China is rushing to build a new hospital in a staggering 10 days to treat patients at the epicentre of a deadly virus outbreak that has stricken hundreds of people, state media reported Friday. The facility in the central city of Wuhan is expected …