City star Toure to donate six-figure sum to Manchester attack victims Manchester, United Kingdom | AFP | Manchester City’s Ivory Coast football great Yaya Toure is to donate along with his agent £100,000 to the victims and their families of Monday’s suicide bombing at a pop concert in Manchester …
Read More »Supreme Court confirms Messi 21-month suspended jail sentence for fraud
Spain Supreme Court confirms Messi fraud sentence Madrid, Spain | AFP | Spain’s Supreme Court on Wednesday confirmed a 21-month jail sentence and 2.09-million-euro ($2.25 million) fine imposed on Lionel Messi for tax fraud, months after the Barcelona football star lodged an appeal. The Argentina international and his father Jorge Horacio …
Read More »Football: Amsterdam on ‘high alert’ for Ajax vs Man Utd
The Hague, Netherlands | AFP | Police in Amsterdam are on high alert after the Manchester attack with large crowds set to gather outdoors to watch Wednesday’s Europa League final between Ajax and Manchester United. The match will be screened live from the Stockholm Friends Arena on a giant screen …
Read More »CRICKET: Cheema blasts Canada to opening day victory over Uganda
World Cricket League Division 3 Canada 234/8 in 42 overs( Rizwan Cheema 91(44), Nitish Kumar 43(43), DN Pathirana 35(72), Henry Senyondo 1/48 in 9 overs, Charles Waiswa 2/42 in 7 overs) beat Uganda 168/10 in 38.2 overs (Mohammed Irfan 31(23), Deus Muhumuza 30(54), Cecil Pervez 4/44 n 8 overs, N. …
Read More »Grief-torn Man Utd summon nerve for final test
Stockholm, Sweden | AFP | Manchester United will attempt to put aside their grief on Wednesday in a Europa League final against Ajax scarred by the deadly terror attack in their home city. What should have been a showpiece occasion will instead carry a sombre tone, with players joining together …
Read More »KCCA FC lads shoot down giants Club Africain
Result: KCCA 2 Club Africain 1 Wednesday Rivers Utd (Nigeria) vs FUS Rabat (Morocco) KCCA showed they will have a big say in Group A of the CAF Confederaton Cup Tuesday by rallying from a goal down to shoot down giants Club Africain of Tunisia at Lugogo. Derrick Nsibambi put the …
Read More »Kenyan marathon stars withdraw from London worlds
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenyan athletics selectors have been forced into wholesale changes to the marathon team for the August 4-13 World Athletics Championships in London following the withdraw of four top runners including Olympic men’s champion Eliud Kipchoge. Kipchoge, who narrowly missed out on becoming the first athlete …
Read More »KCCA seek first points against dreaded Africain
Home form gives Nigerian club hope as KCCA seek first group stage points Johannesburg, South Africa | Impressive home form in Africa gives Nigerian club Rivers United and Uganda’s KCCA FC hope of getting back on track this week in the CAF Confederation Cup. The Port Harcourt outfit host Group …
Read More »Azerbaijan are tops, Uganda 33rd as Islamic Solidarity Games end
Baku, Azerbaijan | AFP-Services (text stories) | The fourth Islamic Solidarity Games ended in Baku on Monday with hosts Azerbaijan topping the medals table after a relentess 11-day long battle with neighbours Turkey. Oddly enough, the Azeri team came up empty handed in terms of gold medals on the final …
Read More »‘I am not a saint, but I am also not a devil’, blasts angry Ronaldo
Madrid, Spain | AFP | Despite the joy of helping seal Real Madrid’s 33rd La Liga title on Sunday, Cristiano Ronaldo slammed his treatment by the media, saying he is not “the devil” he is made out to be. Ronaldo scored his 40th goal of the season inside two minutes …
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