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Tokyo, Japan | THE INDEPENDENT  | Reports from Japan indicate that a member of Uganda’s Olympic team has vanished. According to AFP, weightlifter Julius Ssekitoleko, 20, failed to appear by noon for his daily virus test and was reported missing to the Police. Earlier, a coach and athlete on the same …

London, UK | Xinhua | Manchester United and England striker Marcus Rashford has been handed an injury setback which means he will miss the first two months of next season. The 23-year-old, who was one of three England players subject to racist abuse after missing a penalty in Sunday’s European Championship …

Majority of Olympics officials and athletes are vaccinated Tokyo, Japan | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has hailed Japan for their high level of preparedness with nine days to go to the opening ceremony of Tokyo 2020. In a meeting today with  Japanese Prime Minister …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Express FC has officially received the trophy as the Champions of the 2020/21 Star Times Uganda Premier League, which ended prematurely because of the nationwide lockdown announced to contain the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Federation of Uganda Football Association-FUFA President Moses Magogo …

Italy 🇮🇹 1 (3 )  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿  England 1 (2 ) AET London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | Italy are the Euro 2020 champions, after winning a penalty shoot out 3-2. Italy have their name on the Henri Delaunay Cup for the first time since 1968! They become the first side to succeed via two …

✳  Italy 🇮🇹🆚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿  England 10pm London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | After two epic semi-finals, London now hosts a decider which, for the first time in EURO history, will feature England. Since their 1966 FIFA World Cup triumph at the previous Wembley Stadium, England have lost in the semi-finals of five major …

    Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Rugby Cranes today stopped Ghana Eagles 53-12 in the group C opening match of the Rugby Africa Cup. Star performance by Adrian Kasito who scored 13 points earned him a man of the match award in the match that took place …

  Monaco, France | THE INDEPENDENT | World 800m champion Halimah Nakaayi has set a new national record at Friday’s 2021 Herculis Wanda Diamond League in Monaco. Although Nakaayi finished in 7th place, she posted a personal best time and national record of 1:58:03 in the race that was won by Britain’s …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has this afternoon officially flagged off Team Uganda to the Tokyo Olympic games. The games that were meant to take place last year were postponed because of the challenges caused by the coronavirus. The games will now take place from July …

Tokyo, Japan | THE INDEPENDENT & XINHUA | The International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) and the Government of Japan (GoJ) have met today, and agreed to COVID-19 restrictions that will see no spectators at the main venues. …