SPORTS

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1 Czech 🇨🇿 0 London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | Raheem Sterling’s early header proved enough to earn England a victory against the Czech Republic at Wembley that took Gareth Southgate’s side into the round of 16 as Group D winners. Needing to win to overtake the Czechs and …

Russia 1 🇷🇺 Denmark 4 🇩🇰 Belgium 🇧🇪 2 Finland 🇫🇮  0 Copenhagen, Denmark | THE INDEPENDENT | Denmark dazzled Russia to end their group stage campaign in style with four exceptional goals that lit up their first win of the finals. The quality of the strikes was such that it would …

Italy 🇮🇹 1 Wales  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 0 Rome, Italy | THE INDEPENDENT | Matteo Pessina scored the only goal as Italy beat Wales in Rome, but both teams could celebrate safe passage through to the last 16. Pessina’s first-half goal was enough to ensure Italy beat Wales 1-0 to finish Group A with a …

Tokyo, Japan | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Reports from Japan indicate that a member of Uganda’s Olympic team who has not been identified, has tested positive for the coronavirus and was barred entry into Japan and put under quarantine. It is not clear if it is an athlete or official. …

Portugal 🇵🇹  2 German 🇩🇪 4 Munich, Germany | THE INDEPENDENT |  Germany recovered from a goal down to lay down a real marker at UEFA EURO 2020, putting four past holders Portugal to leave Group F on a knife-edge going into Wednesday’s section finale. Germany went on the attack from the off …

Spain 🇪🇸 1  Poland 🇵🇱  1  Seville, Spain | THE INDEPNDENT |  Poland kept themselves in UEFA EURO 2020 contention with a battling draw against Spain, Robert Lewandowski cancelling out Álvaro Morata’s tap-in before Gerard Moreno missed a penalty for the home side in Seville. Spain had been frustrated by Sweden …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Federation of Uganda Football Association has postponed all planned fixtures of Star Times Uganda Premier league following the Presidential directive suspending sports activities in the country. Express FC are the table leaders with 58 points, URA second with 57 and Vipers is third …

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Xinhua | As Neymar is narrowing the gap with Pele, the all-time top scorer of Team Brazil, Pele hailed on social media for Neymar’s extraordinary performance in Copa America. Based on FIFA records, Pele sits first for Team Brazil with 77 goals. Neymar cut the gap …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Word Rugby body has withdrawn Uganda Rugby 7s team from the World Rugby Sevens repechage competition that runs in Monaco, France, from June 18-20. Uganda’s team that was already in Monaco was withdrawn on Thursday following a number of positive COVID-19 test results during …

Madrid, Spain | Xinhua | Real Madrid confirmed on Wednesday that central defender and club captain, Sergio Ramos will leave the club at the end of the month. The club published a brief communique on their official website saying “Real Madrid communicate that tomorrow, Thursday June 17th at 12:30 hours, there …