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Kylian Mbappé’s first-half penalty ensured a comfortable route to the last eight for the home side. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Paris resisted first-half pressure to earn a 1-1 draw at the Parc des Princes and eliminate Barcelona 5-2 on aggregate in their round of 16 tie. Barcelona’s purposeful opening …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Liverpool secured a place in the quarter-finals of the Champions League with a 2-0 victory over RB Leipzig in Budapest on Wednesday evening. The Reds took the lead in Hungary with 20 minutes remaining when Diogo Jota teed up Mohamed Salah, who finished smartly …

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Xinhua | Lawmakers in Rio de Janeiro have voted in favor of a proposal to rename the iconic Maracana stadium after Brazil legend Pele. The bill will be passed to Rio’s acting governor, Claudio Castro, who has up to 15 days to sign it into law, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Federation of Uganda Football Association-FUFA President, Moses Magogo has unveiled his plans to keep the current Hippos team together for all other forthcoming championships. He was receiving the team following their return from the U20 Afcon finals in Mauritania. The Hippos lost 3-0 in …

Cairo, Egypt | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | The final tournament of the Total U17 Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2021 that was due to start March 13th to 31st March in Morocco has been called off. Continental football governing body CAF issued a brief statement on  March 8, confirming …

Madrid, Spain | Xinhua | Joan Laporta was elected president of FC Barcelona for a second time after a vote of the club’s membership on Sunday. With 87 percent of the votes counted, Laporta had won 57 percent, ahead of Victor Fontwith on 31.6 percent and Toni Freixa who polled 9.5 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Boxing Federation-UBF is searching for land to host a multipurpose boxing academy to boost the sport in the country. The Amateur International Boxing Academy-AIBA donated the facility valued at US$5 million following a request by Moses Muhangi, the President of Uganda Boxing Federation. “With …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ex-Uganda Cranes players have weighed in on the suspension of the national football team head coach Johnathan McKinstry. Early this week, the Federation of Uganda Football Association asked the Irish tactician to set aside from his duties for a month effective March 2. The decision …

AFCON U20 FINAL 2021 Uganda 🇺🇬 0  Ghana 🇬🇭 2 BEST XI 2021 🇬🇭 Danlad Ibrahim 🇨🇫 Flory Yangao 🇨🇲 Blondon Meyapya 🇬🇲 Jawra Lamin 🇺🇬 Aziz Kayondo 🇲🇦 El Mehdi El Moubarik 🇬🇲 Lamarana Jallow 🇹🇳 Chibeb Labidi 🇬🇭 Abdul Fatawu I. 🇺🇬 Kakooza Derrick 🇧🇫 Joffrey Bazie Weight of history too …

TODAY – 11pm  Uganda 🇺🇬 vs Ghana 🇬🇭  Nouakchott, Mauritania | CAF ONLINE & THE INDEPENDENT | History beckons for Uganda’s Hippos as they become the first East African team to contest the Total Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) final today. No East African youth team has won the AFCON U20 …