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Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |  FC Barcelona coach Quique Setien compared Lionel Messi to Bayern Munich forward Robert Lewandowski and he insisted on Thursday that the Pole “is not at the level of Leo.” On Friday, Barcelona will face Bayern in the Champions League quarterfinal in Lisbon. The match is …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |  Top seed Serena Williams beat her 40-year-old elder sister Venus Williams 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Thursday in a round-of-16 match at the WTA Top Seed Open in Lexington, Kentucky. It was their 31st official meeting, in which Serena recovered from a set down to reach …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |  Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone rued his team’s physical deficiencies after the stunning loss to RB Leipzig in the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals. “It cost us to win the duels. They were faster and cut the play. We gave everything we had,” lamented Simeone whose …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |  RB Leipzig, competing in the UEFA Champions League for the second time, stunned Atletico Madrid 2-1 here on Thursday to enter the tournament’s semifinals for the first time. Both sides played conservatively in the first half, failing to create clear-cut chances. Everything changed in the …

Washington, US | XINHUA | Major League Soccer side Inter Miami announced the signing of Blaise Matuidi on Wednesday, one day after the French midfielder terminated his contract with Juventus. The 33-year-old joined Juve from Paris Saint-Germain in 2017, and in a three-year stint with the Old Lady, Matuidi made …

Toronto, Canada | THE INDEPENDENT |  One of Africa’s top sporting sons, basketball player Serge Ibaka has not forgotten his roots despite the current focus on helping his Toronto Raptors put up a strong defence of their NBA title. Ibaka, who hails from Brazzaville in Congo, has become a key figure …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |  Borussia Dortmund are flexing their muscles in their efforts to keep England forward Jadon Sancho at the club. In the club’s pre-season training-camp in Bad Ragaz, Switzerland, the 2012 German Champions sporting director Michael Zorc announced the surprising news. “We plan on having Jadon Sancho …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |  French football giant Paris Saint-Germain on Monday announced the signing of a multi-year partnership with Chinese consumer electronics firm Hisense. “We are delighted to welcome Hisense to the Paris Saint-Germain family and to launch this partnership with this leading player in the consumer electronics and …

  Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |  Atletico Madrid have confirmed that a second round of tests carried out on Sunday, after two players had previously tested positive for COVID-19, show nobody else in the squad has been infected. The club informed that the two affected players are defender Sime Vrsaljko and …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |  Real Madrid’s Japanese international forward Takefusa Kubo has joined Villarreal on a one-year loan, the two clubs confirmed on Monday. The news comes five days after the Spanish press reported that the two clubs were close to an agreement for the 19-year-old, who impressed in …