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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | AFP | Wayne Rooney marked his first game back in an Everton jersey with a goal in a friendly against Kenya’s Gor Mahia in Tanzania on Thursday. England’s record goalscorer was making his first appearance since he rejoined his boyhood club from Manchester United last week …

Friday (playing for 5th-8th positions) Uganda vs South Africa 1pm Jamaica vs Scotland 11am Semi-finals New Zealand vs Fiji 5pm Australia vs England 7pm Quarterfinal results  FT: Uganda ??  37  –  Fiji ??  39 (see video and tweet feed bottom) FT: New Zealand 69 South Africa 32 Gaborone, Botswana | THE INDEPENDENT REPORTER | Uganda’s …

Accra, Ghana | AFP |  The British manager of Ghana Premier League side Asante Kotoko and one of his players were hospitalised after a bus crash that killed a member of their back-room staff, the club said on Thursday. The crash happened when the team bus rammed into a stationary …

Quarterfinals  FT: Uganda ??  37  –  Fiji ??  39 (see video and tweet feed bottom) FT: New Zealand 69 South Africa 32 Scotland vs Australia 3pm Friday (playing for 5th-8th positions) Uganda vs South Africa **** MATCH PREVIEW Gaborone, Botswana| THE INDEPENDENT REPORTER | Champions New Zealand got off to a flying start in …

Nairobi, Kenya| THE INDEPENDENT REPORTER | There was no medal, but three Ugandans advanced into finals as half of the country’s team of 12 started action on the opening day of the IAAF World U18 Championships Nairobi 2017 on Wednesday. Two of Uganda’s athletes advanced from the 1500m heats to the semis. Hosea …

Uganda   44 Jamaica ??  39 Quarterfinal fixtures THURSDAY New Zealand vs  South Africa 11am Uganda vs Fiji 1pm Scotland vs Australia 3pm Jamaica vs England 5pm Gabarone, Botswana| THE INDEPENDENT REPORTER | Uganda’s She Pearls lost their final Pool C game in the ongoing Netball World Youth Cup but still qualified top of the group …

London, United Kingdom | Michael Carrick has succeeded Wayne Rooney as captain of Manchester United after the club’s all-time top goalscorer’s move back to Everton. “It feels great and it is such a huge honour to captain such a great club,” Carrick told the club’s MUTV on Tuesday. The 35-year-old added: …

TODAY 6PM: Uganda   vs  Jamaica ?? (live updates bottom) Gabarone, Botswana| THE INDEPENDENT REPORTER | Uganda’s She Pearls will be assured of home support at the UB Indoor Sports Arena when they take on fancied Jamaica in a Pool C decider on Wednesday. After Uganda tamed the hosts on Monday, Botswana put themselves back in …

Kiprotich a doubt, Cheptegei going for double Kampala, Uganda| THE INDEPENDENT & AFP | Former World and Olympic marathon champion Stephen Kiprotich is battling to be fit in time for the London World Athletics Championship. A Ugandan athletics official confirmed Kiprotich is a doubt, saying his preparations since his last race …

London, United Kingdom | AFP |  Wayne Rooney will make his first appearance back in an Everton shirt in the club’s friendly against Kenyan opponents Gor Mahia in Tanzania on Thursday. Manager Ronald Koeman has confirmed all players making the trip to East Africa will feature for at least 45 …