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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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, …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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✳ 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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✳ Half-marathon Women – 12.00pm LIVE on SuperSport ✳ Half-marathon Men – 1.30pm ✳ TEAM UGANDA 🇺🇬 : Cheptegei, Jacob Kiplimo Moses Kibet, Stephen Kissa, Abel Chebet | Juliet Chekwel, Doreen Chemutai, Doreen Chesang, Rachael Zena Chebet Team Prizes 1. $15,000 2. $12,000 3. $9,000 4. $7,500 Individual Prizes 1. …
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Madrid, Spain | XINHUA | FC Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman had words of advice for striker Antoine Griezmann ahead of Barca’s La Liga clash away to Getafe on Saturday evening. Griezmann continues struggling to produce his best form for Barca, but was on target for France in the international break …
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