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Seeds Pot 1: Gabon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Algeria Pot 2: Tunisia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo Pot 3: Cameroon, Senegal, Morocco, Egypt Pot 4: Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Guinea Bissau Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP |  Title-holders Ivory Coast, hosts Gabon and former champions Algeria and Ghana were named …

London, United Kingdom | AFP |  Sam Allardyce has left his role as England manager by mutual consent, the Football Association (FA) announced on Tuesday. Allardyce and the FA felt his position was untenable after he was caught making a series of controversial comments in an embarrassing newspaper sting. “The FA …

Libreville, Gabon | AFP |  Gabon president Ali Bongo has insisted that that the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) will go ahead in his crisis-ridden country. The CAN is due to take place from January 14 to February 5 next year but was thrown into doubt after violence broke …

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Premier League leaders Manchester City maintained their perfect start under Pep Guardiola as Manchester United returned to winning ways against champions Leicester City. Here are five things we learnt this weekend.   No Rooney, no problem for Man United The Manchester United team sheet …

Pretoria, South Africa | AFP |  Denis Onyango’s South African club Mamelodi Sundowns reached the CAF Champions League final on Saturday — five months after being eliminated from the competition. The Pretoria side popularly known as the ‘Brazilians’ defeated ZESCO United of Zambia 2-0 at home to qualify 3-2 on …

London, United Kingdom | AFP |  Arsene Wenger memorably announced his arrival as a revolutionary force in England by banning his players from eating sweets, but the Arsenal manager’s reign has turned increasingly sour as he marks the 20th anniversary of his appointment. Arguably the most significant agent of change …

Manchester, United Kingdom | AFP | Yaya Toure will not play again for Manchester City until the player’s camp apologises for comments made by his agent, manager Pep Guardiola vowed on Tuesday. Dimitri Seluk accused the City manager of “humiliating” Toure, 33, by leaving him out of the club’s Champions …

Uganda Premier League: KCCA 1  Saints 0 Villa 3  Proline 0 URA 2 Lweza 2 BStars 1 Sadolin 0 JMC 1  Vipers 1 JSS 0  Onduparaka 0 Express 0 BUL 1 Police 0  Soana 3 Paul Mucureezi’s first goal of the season gave KCCA a narrow 1-0 win over Saints Tuesday that was enough …

By UPL Tuesday UPL FIXTURES SC Villa vs Proline Namboole (4 pm) live on Azam TV 4.30pm KCCA vs The Saints, Lugogo Bright Stars vs Sadolin, Matugga Express vs Bul, Wankulukuku JMC Hippos vs Vipers, Bugembe Kirinya–Jinja SS vs Onduparaka, Kakindu Police vs Soana, Kavumba URA vs Lweza, Lugazi Mike …

CECAFA women’s tournament semifinal Tanzania 4 Uganda 1 Kenya 3  Ethiopia 2 Two early goals by Omari Mwanahamisi and Daniel Donisia gave Tanzania a flying start as they humbled Uganda’s Crested Cranes in the second semifinal of the inaugural CECAFA women’s tournament on Sunday. Tanzania’s Kilimanjaro Queens marched on to a 4-1 win …