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London, United Kingdom | AFP |  Arsene Wenger said Arsenal’s “spectacular” FA Cup final victory over Chelsea was just reward for an outstanding display from his team as they refused to be divided by a turbulent season. Wenger’s side could have been forgiven for arriving at Wembley on Saturday at …

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Over a year after Per Mertesacker last started for Arsenal, the German defender came in from the cold to provide the inspiration for his side’s dramatic FA Cup final victory over Chelsea on Saturday. With Arsenal’s defence ravaged by injury and suspension, Gunners boss Arsene …

London, United Kingdom | AFP |  Aaron Ramsey scored a 79th-minute header to earn Arsenal a stunning 2-1 win over Double-chasing Chelsea on Saturday and deliver embattled manager Arsene Wenger a record seventh FA Cup. Wenger has been barracked by his own fans and failed to secure Champions League qualification …

ICC World Cricket League Division Three Uganda 193/6 in 36.2 overs  (M. Irfan 108*)  | Malaysia 189 in 50 ( Shafiq Sharif 58 off 55, V Singh 39 |  F Nsubuga 4-43-10; H Ssenyondo 3-30-10) Canada – 256/8   50/50 ov RR: 5.12 United States of America – 160 (43.0 ov) Singapore – …

London, United Kingdom | AFP |  History-chasing Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes his team will upset the form book and overcome their defensive injury crisis by beating Double hopefuls Chelsea in Saturday’s FA Cup final. Despite Antonio Conte’s claims to the contrary, Chelsea are the favourites, having already swept to …

ICC World Cricket League Division Three Day 4 Uganda 193/6 in 36.2 overs  (M. Irfan 108*)  | Malaysia 189 in 50 ( Shafiq Sharif 58 off 55, V Singh 39 |  F Nsubuga 4-43-10; H Ssenyondo 3-30-10) Canada – 256/8   50/50 ov RR: 5.12 United States of America – 133/9 37/50  Singapore …

Eugene, United States | AFP |  Russian hurdler Sergey Shubenkov is among around 10 athletes who have been prevented from competing in this weekend’s Prefontaine Classic Diamond League meeting because of visa problems, race officials said Friday. Tom Jordan, director of the prestigious two-day meeting at Eugene, said 2015 110m …

Uganda 144/10 in 46.3 ( Mukasa 57, Kayondo 20, Irfan 15; Khan 3-28-9, Magsood 3-34-10, Ilyas 2-5-7.3) Oman 145/4 in 27 (Singh 58, Ahmed 22, Lalcheta *19; Ifran 1-32-6, Nsubuga 1-43-9) More questions were raised again about Uganda’s batting abilities, as they could only manage 144 runs in their second …

Eugene IAAF Diamond League Today: 5,000m 11.30pm Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei gets a chance to put his athletics season back on track when he runs against double Olympic 5,000m – 10,000m Champion Mo Farah and two-time World Cross Country king Geoffrey Kamworor at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene on Saturday. Cheptegei, …

Friday: #ICCWCL3UG Uganda vs Oman (Kyambogo oval) Wednesday result: Uganda beats Singapore by 66 runs Uganda 217/9  in 50 overs (Otwani 47, Ukani 46,  Kayondo 41, Muhumuza 25*; Vijayakumar 2 for 39 in 10 ) Singapore – 151  ALL OUT in 44 overs (Kumarange 40, Mutreja 35; Mohammed Irfan  5 for 38 in 10, Frank …