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Paris, France | AFP | The one sport which has been associated with Kenya for decades is middle-distance running but their 15-a-side rugby side are taking strides to change that. Kenyan athletes are reigning Olympic champions in four track events as well as marathon title holders in both the men’s …

Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | Manchester City star Riyad Mahrez scored twice as Algeria trounced Togo 4-1 in Lome on Sunday to qualify for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations finals in Cameroon. Mauritania, for the first time, Guinea and the Ivory Coast later raised to 13 the number …

Londres, United Kingdom | AFP | Gareth Southgate has challenged his vibrant young England side to build on a year to remember after they clinched a place in the Nations League semi-finals in dramatic style. Just over a year ago, England’s qualification for the World Cup was greeted with yawns …

Cheptegei pockets Ug sh213 million for world record Kampala, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG | Joshua Cheptegei became only the second Ugandan athlete after legend John Akii-Bua to set a world best time, with his stunning run Sunday at the 15km NN Zevenheuvelenloop (Seven Hills Race) in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. The 22-year-old Ugandan …

Mogadishu, Somalia | AFP | Somalia has held its first boxing competition in more than three decades, with young fighters in the conflict-torn nation dreaming of a career in international rings. The three-day lightweight boxing competition that wrapped up Sunday took place in the capital Mogadishu, where athletes squared off …

AFCON RESULTS Uganda ?? 1 Cape Verde ?? 0 South Africa ?? 1 Nigeria ?? 1 NEXT Nigeria ?? vs Uganda ?? (friendly, Tuesday) Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | With the business of qualification for the Africa Cup of Nations completed, Uganda and Nigeria play a friendly Tuesday that can be …

Tokyo, Japan | AFP | Boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather Jr and a Japanese kickboxer half his age will be aiming to knock each other out next month, despite the match-up being an exhibition, the fight’s Japanese promoter said Saturday. The bout between Mayweather and Tenshin Nasukawa, first announced earlier this …

Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | Nigeria, Uganda, Mali and Morocco qualified for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday while Libya scored eight goals to keep alive their hopes of also featuring at the finals. Nigeria drew 1-1 with South Africa in Soweto, Uganda edged Cape Verde 1-0 …

Uganda ?? 1 Cape Verde ?? 0 AFCON 2019: Uganda, Nigeria, Morocco qualify while Libya hit eight Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Just when it looked like Cape Verde would hang on for a point, Patrick Kaddu used his head to break the deadlock as Uganda qualified for their second …

Uganda ?? 1 Cape Verde ?? 0 Starting Line up ➡18 Onyango ➡4 Juuko ➡8 Aucho ➡12 Iguma ➡14 Wadada ➡15 Walusimbi ➡16 Wasswa ➡17 Miya ➡20 Muleme ➡22 Kaddu ➡23 Waiswa Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Cranes will make it to their second consecutive Africa Cup of Nations …