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Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |   The Tokyo Olympic flame, which had been kept in a secret place since the Games was postponed, has been put on display at the Japan Olympic Museum on Monday. A simple ceremony was held by Tokyo 2020 organizers and the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) to …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |   Spanish La Liga club Real Betis confirmed the signing of former Manchester City, FC Barcelona and Real Sociedad goalkeeper Claudio Bravo late on Sunday evening. The 37-year-old Chilean has agreed a one-year-contract with the option for a second season as the Seville based club look …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |   Faith Kipyegon has perfected her craft as a world-class middle-distance runner. The decorated Kenyan runner has collected 14 medals in last 10 years and now wants a world record in Brussels’s AG Memorial Van Damme Diamond League to be held on September 4. At her …

Kampala,  Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Olympique Lyonnais beat Wolfsburg 3-1 in the final of the Women’s Champions League on Sunday to lift the title for the fifth consecutive year. First-half goals from Eugenie Le Sommer and Saki Kumagai put the French side in the driving seat and a late goal …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |   Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton cruised to victory in Sunday’s Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix, with the Briton leading every lap from his pole position. Continuing the dominant form he had shown in qualifying, Hamilton started as he meant to go on and was never truly …

Warsaw, Poland | XINHUA | Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski said on Saturday that if the Ballon d’Or wasn’t canceled, he should have been given a reward as he won everything this season. In the Saturday interview for the Polish paper Przeglad Sportowy, Lewandowski told how he had reacted after …

  ✳ Arsenal 1 Liverpool 1 (Arsenal win 5-4 pen) London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | Last season’s FA Cup winners Arsenal beat reigning Premier League champions Liverpool on penalties in the Community Shield on a day when 13 clubs stepped up their preparations for the new season. With exactly two weeks to go until …

London, UK | XINHUA | Newly-promoted Premier League club Leeds United announced on Saturday that they have signed a four-year deal with Spain international Rodrigo Moreno Machado for a club-record transfer fee. Rodrigo, 29, moved from Valencia to Leeds for a reported fee of 26 million pounds (about 35 million …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |   Lionel Messi, due to his limited stamina and running ability, will find it hard to get a regular place in any European elite club if he leaves Barcelona, said a Chinese football pundit. Zhang Lu, the former chief executive of Chinese top-flight club Beijing Guoan, …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |   Ghana has been selected for a pilot program by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) to improve its domestic league, the Ghana Football Association (GFA) announced. As part of the program, CAF & UEFA will be offering …