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BERLIN | TASS | Germany beat Denmark 2-0 during the round of sixteen match at the Euro 2024 tournament in Dortmund. Germany’s Kai Havertz converted a penalty in the 53rd minute of the match and Jamal Musiala added a second goal in the 68th. In the opening minutes, Germany’s header …

KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | Uganda’s sole cyclist at the Paris 2024 Olympics, Charles Kagimu, has vowed to put up a good show in his first appearance at the Games. Paris 2024 that will feature over 10,000 athletes will take center stage from July 26 to August 11. Kagimu, who …

Kapchorwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Uganda National Athletics team has entered a residential camp to prepare for the Paris Olympics games scheduled for July 26th to August 11th in France. The team of over 20 athletes is camping at Trinity Biblical Institute in Kapchorwa under the guidance of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The organizers of the Masaza Cup tournament will deploy atleast 200 stewards in each county to curb hooliganism. Robert Sserwanga, Buganda Kingdom Minister of Sports, youth, and arts says this will boost safety and security which is a key component of the tournament, which commenced last …

ENTEBBE, Uganda | Xinhua | China beat hosts Uganda on Friday in a classification match of Bridge Games at the ongoing 2024 FISU World University Mind Sports Championship taking place in Entebbe, Uganda. After finishing fifth in the round robin, China stopped Uganda (3) 20-0 in one of the matches …

BERLIN | Xinhua |  The bumpy group performance at the UEFA Euro 2024 seemed a thing of the past for the team of Belgium. After the goalless draw against Ukraine, Belgium’s star midfielder De Bruyne turned his head to the upcoming Classico against France in the round of 16 on …

BARCELONA, Spain | Xinhua | Spain may have won all their matches so far at Euro 2024, but many Spaniards remain unconvinced about their national team’s chances of going all the way. This edition of the quadrennial European football tournament began on June 14 and is entering its knockout stage, …

BERLIN | Xinhua |  On that magic evening in the Arena AufSchalke, Georgian icon Levan Kobiashvili might have remembered the day he rang Willy Sagnol three years ago. The Euro 2024 debutant had just made the tournament’s biggest surprise by beating Portugal led by superstar Cristiano Ronaldo 2-0 and roaring …

BEIJING | Xinhua | China head coach Branko Ivankovic conceded on Thursday that his side has been drawn into the toughest group in the third round of the 2026 FIFA World Cup Asian Zone qualifying tournament. The 18 remaining Asian teams were divided into three groups at Thursday’s drawing ceremony …

BERLIN | Xinhua | Kasper Hjulmand seemed in a surprisingly good mood after Denmark narrowly made it into the last 16 of the UEFA Euro 2024. Following the goalless draw against Serbia, the 1992 European Champion proceed as the Group C runners-up. Having to face tournament host and big favorite …