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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Southampton ended a run of six defeats as they held in-form Chelsea to a 1-1 draw at St Mary’s Stadium. Chelsea, on a run of four successive wins, dominated the first half, recording 72.5 per cent possession, but only had Marcos Alonso’s first-time shot in …

London,England |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  A Merseyside derby and Manchester City’s visit to Arsenal promise to be the highlights of the weekend’s games in the Premier League when the relegation dogfight could also look a lot clearer. The Merseyside derby between Everton and Liverpool comes after Everton last week suffered home …

Kampala, Uganda | Ian Katusiime |  Anthony Kerali, a longtime professor of engineering at Makerere University, and an aristocrat who shared titbits of his life with Uganda’s political elite over the years on Twitter, has passed on. Kerali collapsed and died in his home at Prince Charles Drive in Kololo, an …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  Cameroon on Wednesday defeated the Uganda Hippos in the African Cup of Nations under 20 championship at the Stade Olympique in Mauritania. In a game that was largely dominated by the Cameroonians in the first half, Uganda had few chances. Cameroon looked so energetic and …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Uganda Hippos this afternoon kick started their 2021 Total Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) U-20 campaign with a 2-0 win against Mozambique. Coach Morley Byekwaso’s team netted in the two goals at the Stade Olympique in Nouakchott, Mauritania. Despite dominating in the first 45 …

  📌 MONACO RESULT ✳#5kHerculis 1. Joshua Cheptegei 🇺🇬 13:13 2. Bethwell Birgen 🇰🇪13:18 3. Davis Kiplangat 🇰🇪 13:19 Women 1. Beatrice Chepkoech 🇰🇪 14:43 WR 2. Meraf Bahta 15:46 3. Alice Finot 🇫🇷 15:522 Monaco, Principality of Monaco | THE INDEPENDENT | The annual Monaco Herculis run produced another world record today, but not …

📌 TODAY ✳ Monaco 5k race – 11.45am There is no doubt Joshua Cheptegei loves Monaco. The Ugandan world long distance champion will today start his 2021 season, with a 5km road race – in Monaco. Monaco was the venue of two historic runs for the 24-year-old in 2020, a year mainly …

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The year’s edition of the national cross country championship is done, and the winner Hosea Kiplangat. In the  highly competitive championship, Uganda’s Long distance runner Kiplangat against all odds managed to hit the finishing point before any other 2:14:0 ahead of Kusuro Geoffrey who …

Doha, Qatar | Xinhua | Benjamin Pavard scored the winning goal as Germany’s Bayern Munich defeated Mexican side Tigres 1-0 in the Club World Cup final on Thursday to claim its sixth trophy within a year. The Bundesliga giant finished the 2019-2020 season with a treble-winning performance and has won the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) has today unveiled star athlete Joshua Cheptegei as one of Uganda’s tourism ambassadors. Lilly Ajarova, UTB’s executive officer confirmed the development during a function held today at the Uganda Golf club in Kampala. Last year, Cheptegei broke a 16-year-old world record …