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Tokyo, Japan | XINHUA |  More than 60 percent of the volunteers for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics are “worried or anxious” about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the Games, a survey has found. Japanese state broadcaster NHK said on Friday that Tokyo 2020 organizers conducted the …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |  Bayern Munich’s left-back Alphonso Davies is full of determination when talking about this season’s Champions League campaign. Ahead of the last-16-round second leg against Premier League side Chelsea on August 8, the 19-year-old Canadian told Xinhua in an interview, “things somehow start from the beginning …

Nairobi, Kenya | XINHUA | Chinese pay television company StarTimes on Wednesday said that it has acquired broadcast rights for the 2020/21 UEFA Nations League for sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa that is set to kick off from Sept 3. Aldrine Nsubuga, regional marketing director of StarTimes, said in a …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |  Juventus continued their dominance in the Serie A as they claimed their ninth consecutive Scudetto, an unprecedented record in the top five European football leagues as they enjoyed a 2-0 home triumph over Sampdoria on Sunday. It’s Maurizio Sarri’s first Scudetto in his coaching career, …

Kampala, Uganda | PREMIER LEAGUE | Chelsea and Manchester United secured their places in the UEFA Champions League next season after both earned victories that kept them in the top four on the final day of the 2019/20 campaign. First-half goals from Mason Mount and Olivier Giroud gave Chelsea the …

Kampala, Uganda | PREMIER LEAGUE | The battle for safety will be decided on the final day as Aston Villa, Watford and AFC Bournemouth fight for one place in the Premier League and it could all come down to goal difference, or even goals scored. Villa are outside the relegation zone …

Kampala, Uganda | PREMIER LEAGUE | A win for Liverpool will make them just the second team to reach 99 points after Manchester City in 2017/18. Newcastle United will hope to end a run of five matches without a win and beat the champions for the first time since December 2015. …

Kampala, Uganda | PL | All eyes will be on King Power Stadium as Man Utd and Leicester go head-to-head, while Chelsea seek one more point The race for a top-four finish is going down to the final day, with Manchester United, Chelsea and Leicester City vying for the two …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |  Manchester United head coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer sent a letter to Chinese grassroots football coach Jing Yongxing. The letter crossed seas and arrived at Beijing on Friday, but couldn’t be opened by its recipient. Jing, a long-time follower of the Red Devils who had been …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |  Major League Soccer (MLS) team Atlanta United announced on Friday that the club and head coach Frank de Boer have mutually agreed to part ways. The club will announce an interim coach shortly while beginning a search for the permanent replacement for de Boer. “On …