*Saturday 28 November 18:00: Manchester City v Burnley *Sunday 29 November 22:15: Arsenal v Wolverhampton Wanderers Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Football fans on DStv and GOtv can look forward to bonus Round 10 of action from the 2020-21 Premier League season this weekend. Viewers on DStv Access and GOtv …
Read More »Chelsea v Spurs: Lampard eyes third consecutive win against Mourinho
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The latest edition of a classic Premier League rivalry sees Chelsea host Tottenham Hotspur at Stamford Bridge on the evening of Sunday 29 November 2020. Chelsea come into the game on the back of a third successive Premier League win, having comfortably defeated Newcastle …
Read More »La Liga: Barca and R. Madrid struggling to find inspiration
Friday 27 November 23:00: Real Valladolid v Levante Saturday 28 November 16:00: Elche v Cadiz 17:15: Valencia v Atletico Madrid 18:30: Huesca v Sevilla 23:00: Real Madrid v Deportivo Alaves Sunday 29 November 16:00: Barcelona v Osasuna 18:15: Getafe v Athletic Bilbao 20:30: Celta Vigo v Granada 23:00: Real Sociedad …
Read More »Serie A: Conte under pressure to reaffirm job position as Inter visit Sassuolo
Saturday 28 November 17:00: Sassuolo v Internazionale 20:00: Benevento v Juventus 22:45: Atalanta v Hellas Verona Sunday 29 November 14:30: Lazio v Udinese 17:00: Bologna v Crotone 18:00: Milan v Fiorentina 20:00: Cagliari v Spezia 22:45: Napoli v Roma Monday 30 November 20:30: Torino v Sampdoria 22:45: Genoa v Parma …
Read More »Uganda silverbacks face tough hurdle against Egypt in Afrobasket qualifiers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda national basketball team, the Silverbacks will this evening face a tough test against hosts Egypt in their first group E game of the Afrobasketball qualifiers in Alexandria, Egypt. The Ugandan side who have so far participated twice in the event have never registered …
Read More »Diego Maradona: The magic of a flawed genius
Buenos Aires, Argentina | XINHUA | The news should not have come as a shock. Diego Maradona’s death had seemed to be an imminent event for weeks, and arguably much longer. Decades of drug and alcohol abuse had reduced the Argentine football legend to a shadow of the man that …
Read More »Maradona “eternal,” says Messi
Buenos Aires, Argentina | XINHUA | Argentine soccer star Lionel Messi on Wednesday paid tribute to Diego Armando Maradona, saying the late player and coach will never be forgotten. In a message posted on social media, the Barcelona player wrote: “A very sad day for all Argentines and for football. …
Read More »Timeline of Argentine football legend Maradona’s life
Paris, France | XINHUA | Following is the timeline of the life of Diego Maradona, who died of a heart attack on Wednesday at the age of 60: On October 30, 1960, Maradona was born at the Polyclinic Evita Hospital in Lanus, Buenos Aires Province, to a poor family that …
Read More »Diego Maradona, Argentina football legend dies at 60
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Football legend Diego Maradona has passed on, reports from Argentina indicate. The former Argentina attacking midfielder and manager had successful surgery on a brain blood clot earlier in November. It was then announced he was to be treated for alcohol dependency. One of the …
Read More »Mixed news for Zidane ahead of key Champions League clash
Madrid, Spain | XINHUA | There was mixed news for Real Madrid ahead of the side’s vital Champions League trip away to Inter Milan on Wednesday night. Although central midfielder Casemiro is available for the game after overcoming the coronavirus and giving a negative test result on Monday, central defender …
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