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Nyon, Switzerland | AFP | Arsenal will face Atletico Madrid in the semi-finals of the Europa League while Marseille will play Austria’s FC Salzburg. Arsene Wenger’s side will play the first leg at home against Atletico, who are favourites to win the competition for the third time. The first legs …

 ▶ 10,000m final 2pm: Cheptegei | Toroitich | Kiplimo ?? Gold Coast, Australia | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Joshua Cheptegei is set to emulate Moses Kipsiro’s Commonwealth Games double winning feat when he competes in the 10,000m final on Friday. Cheptegei is a firm favourite to add the 10,000m title to the …

2178, Russia | AFP | Arsenal survived a scare as they progressed to the last four of the Europa League on Thursday after coming back to draw 2-2 with CSKA Moscow in Russia in their quarter-final second leg. Fedor Chalov and Kirill Nababkin scored for CSKA to set Arsenal nerves …

Gold Coast, Australia | THE INDEPENDENT | Two Ugandan athletes and one from Rwanda have reportedly disappeared from the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast. URN has established that the two Ugandans are weighlifters. David Grevemberg, chief executive of the Commonwealth Games Federation reportedly said on Thursday morning that some …

  13 African athletes, including Ugandans, go missing at Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia | AFP |  Five more African athletes may have vanished from the Commonwealth Games, organisers said Thursday, after eight competitors from Cameroon were suspected of fleeing a day earlier. Gold Coast organisers confirmed reports that athletes …

  Madrid, Spain | AFP |  Cristiano Ronaldo scored a 97th-minute penalty to take Real Madrid through to the semi-finals of the Champions League on Wednesday, denying Juventus after a remarkable comeback by the Italian side. Ronaldo smashed home the decisive spot-kick at the death, after a furious Gianluigi Buffon …

Madrid, Spain | AFP |  Juventus raced to a shocking 3-0 lead against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu in their Champions League quarter-final second leg. Bale was a surprise inclusion ahead of Karim Benzema at the Santiago Bernabeu, where Real held a 3-0 advantage from the opening match in …

Gold Coast, Australia | AFP | A total of eight athletes from conflict-hit Cameroon are now missing from the Commonwealth Games in Australia, team officials said Wednesday. Three weightlifters and two boxers were initially reported to Australian police after not being seen since Tuesday, triggering suspicion they had fled with no …

Manchester, United Kingdom | AFP | In a week of new experiences for Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City, a comprehensive Champions League 5-1 aggregate exit at the quarter-final stage to Liverpool was an all too familiar feeling. City have now lost three consecutive games under Guardiola for the first time – having …

Embed from Getty Images Results ??Uganda 57-37 Scotland??????? | ??New Zealand 45-54 England??????? |  ??SA 85-25 Barbados?? | ??N. Ireland 73-46 Fiji?? | ??Malawi 68-53 Wales???????  |??Australia 72-51 Jamaica?? Classification matches 5/6 ??South Africa vs. Uganda?? 7/8 ??Malawi vs. Northern Ireland?? 9/10 ??Barbados vs. Scotland??????? 11/12 ??Fiji vs. Wales??????? Uganda finishes 3rd in their group Gold Coast, …