Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nicolas Pepe scored twice as Arsenal beat Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0, but it was not enough to earn a spot in Europe next season. The Ivorian opened the scoring early in the second half when he controlled a pass from Calum Chambers and slotted past …
Read More »Mane’s brace sees Liverpool beat Palace and finish third
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sadio Mane scored either side of half-time as Liverpool beat Crystal Palace 2-0 to confirm their top-four status on the final day of the season. Palace started brightly at Anfield, with Wilfried Zaha and Andros Townsend both forcing Alisson into saves in the opening five minutes. …
Read More »Aguero breaks Rooney record on farewell appearance
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sergio Aguero came off the bench on his farewell appearance for Manchester City to break Wayne Rooney’s Premier League goal scoring record as Everton were beaten 5-0 at the Etihad Stadium. The Argentinian came on in the 65th minute and scored twice, taking him to 184 …
Read More »Atletico Madrid wins LaLiga title
Atletico Madrid beat Valladolid 2-1 away on Saturday to secure the LaLiga title. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Atleti secured the LaLiga title on Saturday thanks to a 2-1 win over Valladolid. Correa and Suárez scored the goals in the second half. Atletico Madrid started the game well, collecting several chances. …
Read More »Up to 75% of Olympic village vaccinated as Tokyo Games near
Tokyo 2020 enters operational delivery mode ➡ 75% of Village residents secured vaccination ➡ Limitation on participants entering Japan ➡ Games-time medical system review ➡ Medical personnel from abroad ➡ 54k+ athletes in 430+ safe major events since 9/2020 Tokyo, Japan | THE INDEPENDENT | With up to 75 per cent …
Read More »Dramatic relegation battles mark La Liga last round
Madrid, Spain | THE INDEPENDENT | The destiny of the La Liga title and the relegation battles are dramatic in the final round on Saturday afternoon. After 37 games, Atletico Madrid will be champions if they win their last game of the season away to Valladolid. However, if they draw …
Read More »CAF postpones 2022 women’s Afcon qualifiers to October
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has postponed the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers from June to October 2021 The qualifiers were slated to kick-off in June 2021, however due to infrastructural challenges and problems caused by COVID-19 restrictions, the football governing body …
Read More »Jacob Kiplimo wins 10,000m race at golden spike event
Kampala , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s long-distance runner Jacob Kiplimo has today scooped the 10,000m race at Golden Spike meeting in Ostrava, Czech Republic The 20-year-old posted a Personal Best of 26:33:93 to beat his closest competitor Birhanu Balew of Bahrain who came second clocking 27:07:49 and Italian LLiass …
Read More »Juventus win the Coppa Italia
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Juventus claimed their 14th Italian Cup victory on Wednesday evening after defeating Atalanta 2-1 courtesy of goals from Dejan Kulusevski and Federico Chiesa. Atalanta started off the brighter of the two teams, and they showed their determination from the very first touch of the ball which …
Read More »Liverpool win away at Burnley to move into top four
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Goals by Roberto Firmino, Nat Phillips and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain moved Liverpool into the top four for the first time since February as they won 3-0 at Burnley. Liverpool enjoyed the better of the first half, with Sadio Mane, Thiago and Mohamed Salah all going close, …
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