SPORTS

  Peruth Chemutai clocked a personal best time of 9:31.34 in the 3000 Metres Steeplechase at the Shanghai IAAF Diamond League race today to qualify for the Rio Olympics. Chemutai finished 10th in the sixth fastest women’s steeplechase race of all time, becoming  just the third Ugandan woman to qualify …

Vipers SC 0  Simba 0 KCCA will be crowned Azam Uganda Premier League (UPL) champions if they beat Express, one of their remaining two matches, on May 24. This comes after closest challengers, Vipers, were held to a goalless draw by relegation favourites, Simba, at Buikwe on Friday. The result …

Mexico City, Mexico | AFP | FIFA on Friday named Senegalese UN diplomat Fatma Samoura as the first female secretary general in the history of the male-dominated world football organization. Samoura, 54, comes from outside the football world, having worked with the United Nations for 21 years. She is currently …

Montreal, Canada | AFP | Kenya’s participation at the Olympic games was thrown into question on Thursday after the World Anti-Doping Agency declared the country’s drug-testing regime to be in breach of strict international standards. In a ruling announced during a WADA meeting in Montreal, officials said recent efforts by …

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Newcastle United and Norwich City were relegated from the Premier League on Wednesday as Sunderland secured their survival with a one-sided 3-0 victory over Everton. Sunderland centre-back Lamine Kone’s first two goals for the club and a Patrick van Aanholt free-kick took Sam Allardyce’s …

London, United Kingdom | AFP | West Ham 3 Man United 2 Winston Reid’s 80th-minute header harpooned Manchester United’s Champions League qualification hopes as West Ham United crowned their final Boleyn Ground match with a thrilling 3-2 triumph on Tuesday. FULL-TIME West Ham 3-2 Man Utd. The Hammers fight back …

By UPL co ug Express 0-0 SC Villa The highly anticipated Kampala Derby between rivals Express and SC Villa ended in a barren stalemate at Mutesa II stadium, Wankulukuku’s soggy pitch Tuesday. In a game watched a mammoth crowd, the two sides knew that nothing short of maximum points would …

By UPL co ug Tuesday May 10, 2016 Express Vs SC Villa – Mutesa II stadium, Wankulukuku  4pm Live on Azam TV In a dramatic five goal thriller in the first round, SC Villa rallied from two goals down at half time to win 3-2 against Express at Nakivubo. That …

Yaoundé, Cameroon | AFP | The goalkeeper of a Cameroonian women’s team has died after collapsing before a first division game, less than 48 hours after the death of Patrick Ekeng, the country’s football federation announced on Monday. Jeanine Christelle Djomnang, 26, fell ill during the warm-up prior to a …

Lausanne, Switzerland | AFP | The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Monday rejected an appeal by Michel Platini against a six year ban from football saying it was “not convinced” a $2 million payment from FIFA was legitimate. CAS cut the ban to four years however saying the punishment …