Paris, France | AFP | Borussia Dortmund’s Gabonese goal king Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang remains in the running to defend his African Player of the Year crown after making the final shortlist of five players on Tuesday. But the 27-year-old faces competition from Leicester’s Algerians Riyad Mahrez and Islam Slimani, Senegal’s Sadio …
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Ecobank Uganda has joined the list of Cranes sponsors, giving the team sh450 million for three years as they prepare for their return to the African Cup of Nations finals. A sh6 billion funds drive has also been launched on behalf of the team by Ecobank, where 50 Uganda Cranes …
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Tribute: Andrew Patrick Luwandagga When Uganda’s national football team, the Cranes, lined up against the Congo Republic’s Red Devils on Saturday, Nov. 12, in a World Cup Group E second round fixture at Mandela National Stadium, a well-known voice Ugandan football fans had grown accustomed to for decades, was conspicuously …
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42K men Bernard Cheptoch 2:19:13 (Uganda) – Prize sh14m 42K women Japyator Kimayie 2:52:56 (Kenya) – Prize sh14m 21 K men Men Daniel Rotich 1:06:01 (Uganda) Prize sh4m 21K women Rachael Chebet 1:18:30 (Uganda) Prize sh4m 10K men Elisha Chemutai 29:25 (Uganda) Prize sh1.5m 10K women Mercyline Chelangat (33:39) (Uganda) Prize sh1.5m LIVE FEED from …
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Lausanne, Switzerland | AFP | Sports leaders are at loggerheads over how to fight the war against performance-enhancing drugs as the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) goes into a key reform summit this weekend. Who should control the global doping watchdog? What powers should it have? Who should pay? A welter …
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London, United Kingdom | AFP | As Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho and his Arsenal counterpart Arsene Wenger prepare to resume their rivalry this weekend, AFP Sport recalls some of their most famous exchanges: Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho meet again this weekend. There’s no ❤️ lost between the …
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Shanghai, China | AFP | A Chinese conglomerate has won the rights to broadcast the English Premier League in China for three years, it said Friday, with reports putting the deal’s value at $650 million. The contract would represent a huge uplift on the previous contract as Chinese money pours …
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Dengfeng, China | AFP | The young martial arts pupils cartwheeled across a pitch, before football coach Sun Dawei ordered one to deliver him a kung fu kick to the stomach. “You see I avoid the kick like this,” Sun said, dodging out of harm’s way before grabbing his young …
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VIDEO: Soccer governing body Fufa is seeking legal action against a group of ex-internationals that attacked FUFA House and ravaged property on Monday Moses Magogo, announced the federations move during weekly press briefing at the federation headquarters in Mengo. Share on: WhatsApp
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Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | Egypt avenged a humiliating World Cup defeat by Ghana three years ago with a 2-0 victory Sunday in a 2018 African Group E qualifier before an 85,000 crowd in Alexandria. Ghana triumphed 6-1 in the first leg of a 2014 World Cup play-off to …
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