SPORTS

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hoima-based Kitara FC will take the field on Friday for the return leg of their CAF Confederations Cup preliminary round clash against Libya’s Al Hilal Benghazi. The team hopes to overturn their 3-2 defeat from the first leg, which took place last week at the …

LONDON, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | Matchday 2 of the 2024-25 Premier League will be headlined by a clash between Aston Villa and Arsenal, though Manchester United and Liverpool also face tricky fixtures across the weekend of 24-25 August. Villa and Arsenal will meet in Birmingham in the early-evening kick-off on …

Madrid, Spain | THE INDEPENDENT | Barcelona hosting Athletic Bilbao will be the top fixture for Matchday 2 of the 2024-25 La Liga, while Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid will have potential thrillers at home to Real Valladolid and Getafe respectively. Barca and Athletic will meet at the Lluis Companys Olympic …

LONDON, UK | (Xinhua | Ilkay Gundogan is on the verge of completing a return to Manchester City just a year after leaving the club on a free transfer to join FC Barcelona. Barcelona’s financial problems, with debts of over 1,000 million euros, mean the 33-year-old has now been allowed …

KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | The Uganda Athletics Federation (UAF) has announced a team for the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championship, set to take place in Lima, Peru, from August 27-31. Dominic Otuchet, President of the UAF, named 10 athletes who will represent the country at the Championship. “The coaches …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security has been beefed up in Kasese district ahead of the third edition of the Rwenzori Theluji Festival.  This year’s festival will take place on Saturday starting with the marathon. The festival is a showcase of the uniqueness of biodiversity in and around Kasese. The …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | For a second consecutive year, the Mbale City primary ball games team will not participate in this year’s nationals in Soroti city, set for the 26th of August, due to a lack of funds. In an exclusive interview, Moses Wangwe, the Mbale city sports …

Bukedea, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni on Sunday, 18 August 2024 officially opened the 21st Edition of the Federation of East Africa Secondary Schools Sports Association (FEASSA) Games. The games, which will run up to 27 August 2024 are being hosted by Bukedea Comprehensive School and Amus …

LONDON, UK | Xinhua | Arsenal got their Premier League campaign off to a smooth start with a 2-0 win at home to Wolves on Saturday, with a goal in each half. Kai Havertz nodded them in front after 25 minutes following a cross from Bukayo Saka, and the impressive …

It shows how sex testing in women’s sports puts regulators in an impossible bind ANALYSIS | JAIME SCHUITZ | In their preliminary 2024 Olympic women’s boxing match, Algeria’s Imane Khelif delivered a painful blow to the face of Italy’s Angela Carini, who abandoned the fight after 46 seconds. “I’ve never been …