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Lisbon, Portugal | Xinhua | Portuguese national team captain Cristiano Ronaldo tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss Wednesday’s meeting with League of Nations Sweden, the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) revealed on Tuesday. “Cristiano Ronaldo was released from the work of the National Team after a positive test for COVID-19, …

*⃣  25 laps *⃣  Former world record 26:17.53 – Kenenisa Bekele *⃣  New World record by Cheptegei  26:11.00 📌CHEPTEGEI  records ✅ 5000m 12:35.36 WR ✅ 5k (route) 12:51 WR ✅ 10000m 26:11.00 WR ✅ 15k (route) 41:05 WR Valencia, Spain | THE INDEPENDENT | Joshua Cheptegei confirmed he is the new king …

LIVE  *⃣ 5,000m race (women) – 10.33pm Today *⃣ 10,000m race – 10.55pm  Today *⃣ 25 laps *⃣ Current world record 26:17.53 – Kenenisa Bekele *⃣ Cheptegei best time 26:48.36 Cheptegei set to break 15-year-old world record Valencia, Spain | THE INDEPENDENT | Joshua Cheptegei aims to become the greatest distance runner of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Court has been told that the Electoral Commission was duped to approve minutes and resolutions indicating that a delegates conference had been conducted and Robert Kyagulanyi elected as the new leader of National Unity Platform (NUP). Paul Simbwa, the former secretary-general of National Unity, Reconciliation …

📌UGANDA’S PLAN FOR PHASED RE-OPENING OF EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS ✳ Schools & Institutions of higher learning re-open for candidates & finalists October 15 ✳ Assessment of progress after a month ✳ No mass testing before school starts ✳  Restart in TERM 2 with a revised education calendar ✳ Term 2 from …

   Ten Thousand Stories and more from Africa’s most loved storyteller – MultiChoice Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  MultiChoice Uganda today hosted its first ever fully online Media Showcase as it celebrated its drive to bring its audiences ‘African stories told by Africans’. The event streamed live from Kampala, …

    Chicago, US | THE INDEPENDENT |  “Trust me … I WON’T STOP” said Kanye West as he shared a video on Twitter showing someone urinating on a Grammy award. This was minutes after he launched a barrage of messages criticising the record industry and vowing to battle their unfairness. !ALL …

Dar es Salaam | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni is in Tanzania to sign an implementation agreement for the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project. He joined Tanzania President John Magufuli  at Chato, northern Tanzania, today to witness the signing of the host and implementation agreement. (video bottom) The …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eight of nine children struck by lightning have died in Arua Thursday evening. The kids were playing football at a pitch in Odramacaku. Uganda’s Red Cross confirmed the incident. “It’s a dark evening in Arua (West Nile) after lightening struck dead 9 children who …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Police is hunting for a Local Council 1 chairman who disarmed a policeman at the end of  Youth Elections in Kawempe Division in Kampala. Amidst election confusion, Cpl Jack Rutabaleka, was grabbed by six men and LC Chairman of the area Joachim Kimera came …