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+ Palace 1-1 Arsenal + Chelsea 3-0 Burnley + Everton 1-0 Brighton + Leicester 1-2 Southampton + Manchester United 4-0 Norwich + Wolves 1-1 Newcastle London, United Kingdom | AFP | Chelsea showed the killer instinct Frank Lampard has demanded as Callum Hudson-Odoi scored his first Premier League goal and …

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp believes Jose Mourinho remains a world class coach and a threat to his side’s unbeaten Premier League record when the European champions travel to Tottenham on Saturday. A massive 28-point gap separates the sides that contested the Champions League final just …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Athletics Federation –UAF plans to send at least 30 athletes to the 2020 Olympics. The Olympics will start on 24th July to 9th August in Tokyo, Japan. Participating teams will compete in 50 disciplines including athletics. Uganda usually fields players in mainly weightlifting, …

Manchester, United Kingdom | AFP |  Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is facing a full-blown defensive crisis after Harry Maguire joined the list of the walking wounded as Manchester United desperately search for consistency in a topsy-turvy season. The England centre-half joins Axel Tuanzebe, Eric Bailly and Marcos Rojo as unavailable central defenders …

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Manchester United’s demoralising defeat against Manchester City in their League Cup semi-final laid bare their desperate need for reinforcements if they are to salvage anything from their stuttering season. United conceded three first-half goals in a match at Old Trafford for the first time since …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The President of the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA), Gianni Infantino has said he is happy with the progress made in African football. “Look at the talent from Africa that is key to the progress of many teams around the world. African talent keeps …

Hurghada, Egypt | AFP | Liverpool star Sadio Mane was crowned on Tuesday as Africa’s 2019 Player of the Year for the first time at an awards gala in Egypt on Tuesday. The 27-year old Senegalese striker was up against his Liverpool teammate Mohamed Salah, the Egyptian who won the award …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Former Ugandan international Jean Sseninde featured for the African Legends side in a 5-a-side international Legends match against World Legends played on Monday at the renowned Pyramids of Giza.  The World Legends team captained by former Brazilian captain and legend Cafu stopped the African Legends …

Milan, Italy | AFP | Cristiano Ronaldo scored his first Serie A hat-trick to lift Juventus top of the table with a 4-0 win over Cagliari on Monday, while Zlatan Ibrahimovic made an “emotional” return for AC Milan in a goalless draw against Sampdoria. Ronaldo struck for the fifth consecutive league …

  London, United Kingdom | AFP |  Arsenal captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang quashed speculation surrounding his future this month ahead of Monday’s FA Cup clash with Leeds. Aubameyang has scored 56 goals in 90 games since joining the Gunners just under two years ago, but has only 18 months left to …