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    Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Rugby Cranes today stopped Ghana Eagles 53-12 in the group C opening match of the Rugby Africa Cup. Star performance by Adrian Kasito who scored 13 points earned him a man of the match award in the match that took place …

  Monaco, France | THE INDEPENDENT | World 800m champion Halimah Nakaayi has set a new national record at Friday’s 2021 Herculis Wanda Diamond League in Monaco. Although Nakaayi finished in 7th place, she posted a personal best time and national record of 1:58:03 in the race that was won by Britain’s …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has this afternoon officially flagged off Team Uganda to the Tokyo Olympic games. The games that were meant to take place last year were postponed because of the challenges caused by the coronavirus. The games will now take place from July …

Tokyo, Japan | THE INDEPENDENT & XINHUA | The International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) and the Government of Japan (GoJ) have met today, and agreed to COVID-19 restrictions that will see no spectators at the main venues. …

Paris, France | Xinhua | Paris Saint-Germain on Thursday confirmed the signing of former Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos on a free transfer after the Spanish central defender penned on a two-year contract with the Ligue 1 giants. Ramos left Madrid after 16 years when his contract expired at the end …

England 2 🏴 󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Denmark 1  🇩🇰 (AET) London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | England have beaten Denmark 2-1 in extra time, to clinch a EURO2020 final date with Italy. Harry Kane put away the rebound after Kasper Schmeichel saved his extra-time penalty to take England past Denmark and into the final …

Italy 1 (4) Spain 1 (2) London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | In a night that proved more difficult than many expected, Italy still managed to qualify for the final. This came against a brilliant Spanish side that failed to make the most of several chances they created. After failing to …

Rome, Italy | THE INDEPENDENT | Wembley beckons for Gareth Southgate’s side after a devastating spell at the start of the second half in Rome earned England their most emphatic win at a EURO, and ended Ukraine’s hopes of reaching the UEFA EURO 2020 semi-finals. Having brought in Jadon Sancho and …

Italy 2 Belgium 1 Switzerland 1 (1)  Spain 1 (3) London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | The dream continues. Roberto Mancini’s Italy are into the semi-finals after eliminating the top-ranked team in world football. Mancini has again demonstrated that his team can handle any opponent, and the Azzurri go on to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Federation of Uganda Football Association (FUFA) has confirmed that only 12 teams will feature in the 2021/2022 FUFA Big League season. The development was confirmed to Uganda Radio Network (URN) by FUFA competitions director, Aisha Nalule who said the reason for the changes was …