Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mujib Kasule is seeking an interim order restraining soccer governing body FUFA and president Moses Magogo from conducting elections on Saturday, pending the disposal of his application contesting why he was ruled out of the polls. High Court, Civil Division before the Lady Justice …
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Thousands of Rwandans in Uganda happy to vote next President Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | The queues started forming as early as 7am as thousands of Rwandan living in Uganda on Aug.03 thronged their embassy to vote in the presidential election. Many of them told The Independent that they …
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.@Orlando_Pirates fans, your coach has arrived. @KickOffMagazine pic.twitter.com/prClIi1FnX — Chad Klate (@CKlatey) August 3, 2017 Soweto, South Africa | AFP | South African club Orlando Pirates have announced that former Uganda Cranes coach, Serb Milutin Sredojevic, will succeed Swede Kjell Jonevret as head coach. Dr Irvin Khoza, chairman of …
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Barcelona, Spain | AFP | Spain’s football league refused to accept a 222 million euro ($260 million) cheque on Friday in a new twist to Neymar’s ‘transfer of the century’ from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain. Representatives of the 25-year-old Brazilian were turned away from the Madrid headquarters of La Liga …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | CAF and FIFA officials will attend this Saturday’s Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) elections. Former President of Tanzania Football Federation Leodegar Tenga and Djibouti FA head Suleiman Hassan Waberi will represent the continental soccer governing body CAF and world body FIFA at the polls …
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Messi to Neymar: I wish you lots of luck in this new stage in your life Paris, France | AFP | Neymar is expected to arrive in Paris on Thursday to finalise his world record 222 million euro ($260 million) move from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain, which will earn him around …
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Soweto, South Africa | AFP | Serb Milutin Sredojevic is expected to succeed Swede Kjell Jonevret, who quit Wednesday, as coach of troubled South African club Orlando Pirates. Jonevret won only six of 18 matches in charge and his fate was effectively sealed during June when Pirates were thrashed 4-1 …
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Barcelona, Spain | AFP | Neymar could be presented as a Paris Saint-Germain player as early as this weekend for a world record fee as Barcelona admitted defeat in convincing the Brazilian to stay at the Camp Nou on Wednesday. The player has travelled to Porto by private jet from …
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Juba, South Sudan | AFP | At least four people were killed by unknown gunmen on the main road between South Sudan’s capital and the Uganda border on Wednesday, an army spokesman said. The deadly attack was the latest on the dangerous yet busy highway that ferries South Sudanese fleeing …
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Land probe: Key government file goes missing at Uganda Land Commission Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The Chairman of the Uganda Land Commission Baguma Isoke has this afternoon told the ongoing Commission of Inquiry into land matters that a file containing lease documents for government property in Jinja has gone missing. …
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