Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | A rugby player on Uganda’s national team has disappeared from his hotel in Monaco where the team was isolated after some members tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the repechage qualifier for the Tokyo Olympics. Uganda Rugby Union in a statement issued here on Saturday …
Read More »Italy, Danes march into EURO 2020 quarter-finals
▶ Italy 2 Austria 1 (AET) ▶ Denmark 4 Wales 0 London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | A bittersweet outing at Wembley, but Austria exit the competition with their heads held high. For 120 minutes, they went toe-to-toe with the stand-out team of the tournament and had their fans dreaming of the impossible. …
Read More »Belgium vs Portugal, England take on Germany
Cristiano Ronaldo equals Ali Daei’s all-time international goalscoring record of 109 goals 🏴 Wales v Denmark 🇩🇰 🇮🇹 Italy v Austria 🇦🇹 🇳🇱 Netherlands v Czech Republic 🇨🇿 🇧🇪 Belgium v Portugal 🇵🇹 🇭🇷 Croatia v Spain 🇪🇸 🇨🇭 Switzerland v France 🇫🇷 🏴 England v Germany 🇩🇪 🇸🇪 Sweden …
Read More »Czech Republic 0-1 England: Sterling seals group supremacy
England 🏴 1 Czech 🇨🇿 0 London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | Raheem Sterling’s early header proved enough to earn England a victory against the Czech Republic at Wembley that took Gareth Southgate’s side into the round of 16 as Group D winners. Needing to win to overtake the Czechs and …
Read More »Denmark beat Russia to go through, Belgium stay perfect
Russia 1 🇷🇺 Denmark 4 🇩🇰 Belgium 🇧🇪 2 Finland 🇫🇮 0 Copenhagen, Denmark | THE INDEPENDENT | Denmark dazzled Russia to end their group stage campaign in style with four exceptional goals that lit up their first win of the finals. The quality of the strikes was such that it would …
Read More »Italy 1-0 Wales: Pessina scores Azzurri winner but both teams into last 16
Italy 🇮🇹 1 Wales 🏴 0 Rome, Italy | THE INDEPENDENT | Matteo Pessina scored the only goal as Italy beat Wales in Rome, but both teams could celebrate safe passage through to the last 16. Pessina’s first-half goal was enough to ensure Italy beat Wales 1-0 to finish Group A with a …
Read More »OLYMPICS: Ugandan denied entry after testing positive
Tokyo, Japan | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Reports from Japan indicate that a member of Uganda’s Olympic team who has not been identified, has tested positive for the coronavirus and was barred entry into Japan and put under quarantine. It is not clear if it is an athlete or official. …
Read More »Portugal 2-4 Germany: Slick Germans stun holders
Portugal 🇵🇹 2 German 🇩🇪 4 Munich, Germany | THE INDEPENDENT | Germany recovered from a goal down to lay down a real marker at UEFA EURO 2020, putting four past holders Portugal to leave Group F on a knife-edge going into Wednesday’s section finale. Germany went on the attack from the off …
Read More »Spain 1-1 Poland: Lewandowski earns Polish point
Spain 🇪🇸 1 Poland 🇵🇱 1 Seville, Spain | THE INDEPNDENT | Poland kept themselves in UEFA EURO 2020 contention with a battling draw against Spain, Robert Lewandowski cancelling out Álvaro Morata’s tap-in before Gerard Moreno missed a penalty for the home side in Seville. Spain had been frustrated by Sweden …
Read More »COVID-19: FUFA postpones Uganda Premier League, Express top of table
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Federation of Uganda Football Association has postponed all planned fixtures of Star Times Uganda Premier league following the Presidential directive suspending sports activities in the country. Express FC are the table leaders with 58 points, URA second with 57 and Vipers is third …
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