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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s middle distance runners Halima Nakaayi and Winnie Nanyondo have arrived in Belgrade, Serbia to take part in the World Athletics Indoor Championships. The global indoor action slated for March 18-20th will be returning for the first time in four years. Uganda’s only two representatives …

London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | Liverpool closed the gap on Manchester City to just a point at the top of the Premier League with a 2-0 victory over Arsenal at Emirates Stadium on Wednesday night. After an even first half, Diogo Jota hammered the Reds into a 54th minute lead …

Madrid, Spain | Xinhua | FC Barcelona confirmed on Tuesday that it has reached agreement with the music streaming service Spotify to be the club’s main sponsor from the start of the 2022-2023 football season and for the next four years. The agreement will see Spotify’s brand name appear on the …

🔴 Arsenal 2 Leicester 0 🔴 Chelsea 1 Newcastle 0 🔴 Leeds 2 Norwich 1 🔴 West Ham 2 Villa 1 🔴 Watford 2 Southampton 0 🔴 Everton 0 Wolves 1 London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | Arsenal delivered a magnificent performance on Sunday to beat Leicester City and register their …

🔴 Chelsea 1 Newcastle 0 🔴 Leeds 2 Norwich 1 🔴 West Ham 2 Villa 1 🔴 Watford 2 Southampton 0 🔴 Everton 0 Wolves 1 London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | Newcastle United suffered a first Premier League defeat for nearly three months as Kai Havertz snatched a late …

🥇Dismus Yeko UGA 28:00 🥈Dirk Markus Georger GER +0:07 🥉Brian Wangwe UGA +0:12  Aveiro, Portugal  | THE INDEPENDENT | Ndejje University’s long-distance runner Dismus Yeko on Saturday won Gold at the FISU World University Cross Country Championships Aveiro, in Portugal. The 17-year-old stunned a strong field composed of the world’s top university …

🔴 FT: Man United 3 Spurs 2 London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick to lift Manchester United into fourth place and himself top of FIFA’s all-time scoring list as Tottenham Hotspur were beaten in a 3-2 thriller at Old Trafford. Ronaldo arrowed in a superb goal from …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Liverpool recorded an eighth consecutive Premier League win with a 2-0 triumph over Brighton & Hove Albion at the Amex Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Luis Diaz put the Reds in front inside the opening 20 minutes when he beat Robert Sanchez to Joel Matip’s pass and …

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Xinhua | Uncapped forward Gabriel Martinelli has been called up to Brazil’s squad for 2022 World Cup qualifiers against Chile and Bolivia, the Brazilian Football Confederation said on Friday. The 20-year-old was rewarded for his impressive form for Arsenal, with whom he has scored five times …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The proposed construction of a multi-purpose sports facility by the International Boxing Association-AIBA has stalled due to the delayed response by the Uganda Land Commission to allocate land to the Uganda Boxing Federation, URN has learnt. The Federation president Moses Muhangi, says that the Commission is …