Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & XINHUA | Eliud Kipchoge from Kenya set a new world record of two hours, one minute and nine seconds to claim the 48th Berlin Marathon title on Sunday. The 37-year-old Kenyan staged a dominant performance and bettered his own record from 2018 by 30 seconds …
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The past four World Cup titles were won by France, Germany, Spain and Italy, and one has to go back as far as 2002 to find Brazil taking the trophy Berlin, Germany | Xinhua | To find several top European football teams in trouble at present seems a small consolation for …
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Mengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buganda Kingdom has suspended the Masaza Cup quarterfinals matches due to the Ebola outbreak. Uganda has recorded 11 deaths and 11 confirmed cases of Ebola from communities in Mubende district over the last week. The Chairperson of the Masaza Cup organizing committee Suleiman Ssejjengo, …
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Tanzania 174/5 (20 overs) Uganda 175/2 (19.4 overs) Uganda won by 8 wickets Gauteng, South Africa | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s national cricket team brushed aside Tanzania by eight wickets to win the 1st edition of the Africa Cup in Willowmoore Park in Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa on Thursday. In the …
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Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Crisis-hit Kenyan football witnessed another day of drama on Tuesday when suspended Football Kenya Federation (FKF) president Nick Mwendwa re-opened the offices he has been locked out of since November 2021, only for the country’s sports minister to term the move a “break in”. The East …
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Barcelona, Spain | Xinhua | FC Barcelona coach Xavi Hernadez admitted that Robert Lewandowski surprised him in the first weeks of playing with the Catalan club. Poland captain Lewandowski continues his perfect start at Camp Nou after joining Barcelona from Bayern Munich this summer. On Saturday the forward’s brace led the …
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Supporting the wheels of integration: 35 cyclists from EAC member state flagged off in Kampala Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Equity Bank Uganda Ltd together with the Ministry of East African Affairs, today flagged off the 5th edition of the Great African Cycling Safari (GACS) at the bank Headquarters in …
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🔴 Result ➡ Vipers SC 1 (4) Real De Bangui 0 (0) Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan football giants Vipers SC have qualified for the second round of the preliminary round of the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League. Vipers beat Olympic Real De Bangui 1-0 in the return leg played on …
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Beijing, China | Xinhua | Retirement, a necessary end, will come when it will come. But after Roger Federer announced it from tennis, there was an instant outpouring of emotion among athletes and fans all over the world. The Swiss legend said on Thursday that he would leave the court after …
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✳ Jack Grealish (1) ✳ Erling Haaland (16) ✳ Phil Foden (69) London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | Goals from Jack Grealish, Erling Haaland and Phil Foden saw City to a 3-0 victory over Wolves and to the top of the embryonic Premier League table. Grealish’s first strike of the season got City off …
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