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 …
Read More »Twitter kicks off US football game streams
San Francisco, United States | AFP | More than two million people tuned into Twitter’s first broadcast of a US football game, as the messaging platform strives to ramp up use with live video streaming of events. Overall, Twitter’s stream of The New York Jets facing The Buffalo Bills on …
Read More »Football fans seek sh15m compensation for missing Comoros match
Three football fans have dragged football governing body FUFA to High Court seeking compensation of sh15 million for denying them access to watch the Uganda Cranes versus Comoros match live on September 4, 2016. The fans led by Geofrey Turyamusiima claim that in August 2016, they bought tickets worth sh6,6000 to watch the …
Read More »Olympics protest runner Lilesa fails to return to Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | AFP | Olympic marathon silver medallist Feyisa Lilesa failed to return to Ethiopia Monday night despite assurances he would not be punished for his Rio protest over political repression in his country. An AFP journalist at the airport in Addis Ababa said Lilesa was not onboard …
Read More »Britain flexes sporting ‘superpower’ muscle
The British government and lottery fund has spent hundreds of millions of pounds on sporting success in the past two decades. And it has paid off. London, United Kingdom | AFP | Twenty years after a stinging Olympic failure, Britain has risen from the ashes to become a sporting “superpower” …
Read More »Olympics: Phelps grabs glory as Russians seek to restore pride
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | AFP | US swimming legend Michael Phelps returns Monday to the hunt for more Olympic glory as swimmer Yuliya Efimova opens her campaign to restore Russia’s battered pride. Phelps earned adulation Sunday when he extended his record gold medal tally on a day of Olympic …
Read More »Olympics: IOC delays Russia ban decision for CAS ruling
Lausanne, Switzerland | AFP | The International Olympic Committee barred Russia’s Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko from the Rio Games and withdrew backing for international events in Russia over a state-run doping programme, but delayed ruling on a complete ban on the country until after a key court case on Thursday. …
Read More »Gender dispute rumbles as S.Africa’s Semenya goes for gold
Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA | AFP | South Africa’s Caster Semenya is back and vowing to win an Olympic gold medal that could reignite the complex biological and ethical gender storm that once engulfed her life. The athlete, who was at the centre of a bitter dispute over gender testing seven …
Read More »Pokemon Go welcome at Rio Olympics, mayor says
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |AFP | Could hunting for a Pokemon get any hotter? Maybe in Rio, so the city about to host the Olympic Games is urging makers of the popular app to come down to Brazil. The app, based on a Nintendo title that debuted 20 years ago, uses …
Read More »Rugby Cranes face humbled Zimbabwe
Over the weekend Rugby Cranes head to Harare to face a Zimbabwe Sables side that was mauled by Kenya Simbas 61-15 Make no mistake; Kenya is aflame; they seek to emulate their 7s brothers and are gunning for the World Cup in 2019 in Tokyo. Motivation is high on the …
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