AFCON2017 DRAW Group A – Gabon, Guinea Bissau, Cameroon, Burkina Faso Group B -Algeria, Zimbabwe, Senegal, Tunisia Group C – Ivory Coast, Togo, Morocco, DRC Group D – Ghana, Uganda, Egypt, Mali January 17 – Uganda vs Ghana January 21– Uganda vs Egypt January 25 – Uganda vs Mali Uganda Cranes will come up …
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Africa Cup of Nations draw LIVE: 8.30pm Pot 1 – Gabon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Algeria Pot 2 – Tunisia, Mali, Burkina Faso, DRC Pot 3 -Cameroon, Senegal, Morocco, Egypt Pot 4 – Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Guinea Bissau Uganda Cranes, back at the high table of African football for the first time in 38 years, will find out …
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Liverpool, United Kingdom | AFP | Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho praised his team for subduing Anfield after they held in-form Liverpool to a dour 0-0 draw in the Premier League on Monday. United have won only one of their last five league games and remain seventh in the league, …
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Washington, United States | AFP | The teen daughter of former US Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay was fatally shot early Sunday, police said. Police say 15-year-old Trinity Gay, a star high school runner herself, was struck by a bullet during a shootout at about 4 a.m. in the parking lot …
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Pretoria, South Africa | AFP | Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa moved closer to a fairy-tale CAF Champions League title with a 3-0 home victory over Zamalek of Egypt Saturday in the first leg of the final. Liberian Anthony Laffor and Tebogo Langerman scored in the first half of a …
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Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | Uganda’s number one goalkeeper Dennis Onyango is among 30 nominees named for the 2016 African Player of the Year football award. Onyango plays for Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa who moved closer to a fairy-tale CAF Champions League title with a 3-0 home victory over Zamalek of …
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Athens, Greece | AFP | World football governing body FIFA said Friday they were appointing a normalisation committee to run the daily affairs of the crisis-hit Greek football federation. The move follows months of bickering between the federation and the Greek government over discrepancies between national laws and the independence …
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Zurich, Switzerland | AFP | FIFA president Gianni Infantino built momentum towards expanding the World Cup Friday as some powerbrokers appeared to back the move, while sceptics will have to be convinced before a final call in January. Growing the cash cow tournament from 32 to as many as 48 …
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Los Angeles, United States | AFP | Tiger Woods rocked the golf world Monday after abruptly cancelling his long-awaited comeback, raising fresh questions about his ability to return to the highest levels of the sport he once ruled. Just three days after the PGA Tour issued a statement trumpeting the …
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Results Ghana 0 Uganda 0 Congo 1 Egypt 2 Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | Nigeria opened their 2018 World Cup group-phase qualifying campaign with a 2-1 victory in Zambia on Sunday thanks to goals from English Premier League duo Alex Iwobi and Kelechi Iheanacho The 20-year-old strikers scored …
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