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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sergio Aguero came off the bench on his farewell appearance for Manchester City to break Wayne Rooney’s Premier League goal scoring record as Everton were beaten 5-0 at the Etihad Stadium. The Argentinian came on in the 65th minute and scored twice, taking him to 184 …

Atletico Madrid beat Valladolid 2-1 away on Saturday to secure the LaLiga title. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Atleti secured the LaLiga title on Saturday thanks to a 2-1 win over Valladolid. Correa and Suárez scored the goals in the second half. Atletico Madrid started the game well, collecting several chances. …

Tokyo 2020 enters operational delivery mode ➡ 75% of Village residents secured vaccination ➡ Limitation on participants entering Japan ➡ Games-time medical system review ➡ Medical personnel from abroad ➡ 54k+ athletes in 430+ safe major events since 9/2020 Tokyo, Japan | THE INDEPENDENT | With up to 75 per cent …

Madrid, Spain | THE INDEPENDENT |  The destiny of the La Liga title and the relegation battles are dramatic in the final round on Saturday afternoon. After 37 games, Atletico Madrid will be champions if they win their last game of the season away to Valladolid. However, if they draw …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has postponed the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers from June to October 2021 The qualifiers were slated to kick-off in June 2021, however due to infrastructural challenges and problems caused by COVID-19 restrictions, the football governing body …

Kampala , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda’s long-distance runner Jacob Kiplimo has today scooped the 10,000m race at Golden Spike meeting in Ostrava, Czech Republic The 20-year-old posted a Personal Best of 26:33:93 to beat his closest competitor Birhanu Balew of Bahrain who came second clocking 27:07:49 and Italian LLiass …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Juventus claimed their 14th Italian Cup victory on Wednesday evening after defeating Atalanta 2-1 courtesy of goals from Dejan Kulusevski and Federico Chiesa. Atalanta started off the brighter of the two teams, and they showed their determination from the very first touch of the ball which …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Goals by Roberto Firmino, Nat Phillips and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain moved Liverpool into the top four for the first time since February as they won 3-0 at Burnley. Liverpool enjoyed the better of the first half, with Sadio Mane, Thiago and Mohamed Salah all going close, …

📌 RESULTS 🇺🇬 ➡ 10,000m – 5.10pm Jacob Kiplimo 1st  ➡ 1,500m – 7.22pm Winnie Nanyondo 7th  ➡ 3,000m SC – 8.00pm Boniface Sikowo 6th Albert Chemutai 7th  ➡ 3,000m – 8.45pm Joshua Cheptegei 1st Ostrava, Czech Republic | THE INDEPENDENT |  Joshua Cheptegei won his 3000m race at the …

Cheptegei says he ‘has a golden dream’ 📌 TODAY 🇺🇬 ➡ 10,000m – 5.10pm Jacob Kiplimo & Mande Kibet  ➡ 1,500m – 7.22pm Winnie Nanyondo ➡ 1,500m – 7.32pm Ronald Musagala ➡ 3,000m SC – 8.00pm Boniface Sikowo & Albert Chemutai  ➡ 3,000m – 8.45pm Joshua Cheptegei & Oscar Chelimo  Ostrava, …