Madrid, Spain| XINHUA | FC Barcelona look to bounce back from their 1-0 defeat to Getafe in La Liga on Saturday night when they entertain Hungarian side Ferencvaros in their first game in the Champions League group stage. It is just over two months since Barca’s last European adventure ended …
Read More »Ghana’s Jordan Ayew, football officials test positive for COVID-19
Accra, Ghana | XINHUA | Ghanaian international and Crystal Palace’s striker Jordan Ayew and two officials of the Ghanaian national team, the Black Stars, have tested positive for COVID-19. Ayew revealed his status last Sunday after he missed out on Crystal Palace’s 1-1 draw against Brighton and Hove Albion in …
Read More »Analysis: Four things we learned in Spain’s Matchday 6
Madrid, Spain| XINHUA | Real Sociedad went to the top of La Liga after the sixth round of games which saw both FC Barcelona and Real Madrid crash to defeat. Here are some things we learned this weekend in Spain: 1. Real Madrid’s problems come home to roost All …
Read More »FUFA trains football agents
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Federation of Uganda Football Association-FUFA has embarked on training football agents alias intermediaries so as to improve professionalism in Uganda’s football. According to FUFA, an intermediary is any person or legal persons (e.g. company, business) who, for a fee or free of charge, is …
Read More »Uganda’s little know Kapchorwa churns out world athletics champions
Kapchorwa, Uganda | XINHUA | Perched on the ranges of Mount Elgon, an extinct volcanic mountain shared by Uganda and Kenya, lies Kapchorwa, a little known lush green land churning out world athletics champions. The rich volcanic soil not only produces premium arabica coffee, cereals and vegetables, but is also …
Read More »Review: Everton remain leaders after derby, Aston Villa go second and West Ham shock Spurs
London, UK | XINHUA | West Ham produced an incredible comeback to draw with Tottenham 3-3 at White Hart Lane while Aston Villa went to the second rank after defeating Leicester City 1-0 Sunday in the English Premier League. Thanks to Heung Min Son and two strikes from Harry Kane, …
Read More »Liverpool confirms Van Dijk needs knee operation
London, UK | XINHUA | Liverpool confirmed on Sunday that defender Virgil van Dijk will need an operation after damaging his cruciate knee ligaments in Saturday’s 2-2 draw away to Everton. Van Dijk was injured in the sixth minute of the game after a bad challenge from Everton keeper Jordan …
Read More »Late goal flurry for United and Sterling strike return Manchester clubs to winning ways
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A flurry of late goals helped Manchester United to a 4-1 victory over Newcastle United at St. James’ Park. The visitors were behind through a Luke Shaw own goal after two minutes before captain Harry Maguire restored parity 21 minutes later, heading in Juan …
Read More »VAR cancels late Liverpool goal as Merseyside derby ends in stalement
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | FULL-TIME Everton 2-2 Liverpool. A quite remarkable derby. Liverpool twice went ahead through Sadio Mane and Mo Salah, but Everton fought back through Michael Keane and a late leveller from Calvert-Lewin. Dominic Calvert-Lewin struck late on as 10-man Everton twice came from behind to draw 2-2 with Liverpool. Sadio Mane gave …
Read More »Kiplimo beats Cheptegei to win World title
✳ Kiplimo 1st ✳ Cheptegei 4th Individual Prizes 1. $30,000 (Sh111million) 2. $15,000 3. $10,000 4. $7,000 Team Prizes 1. $15,000 2. $12,000 3. $9,000 4. $7,500 Gdynia, Poland | THE INDEPENDENT & XINHUA | Nineteen-year-old Ugandan long distance sensation Jacob Kiplimo stunned a strong field to win the World …
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