SPORTS

Paris, France | Xinhua | A total of 3.25 million tickets have been sold for next year’s Paris Olympic Games in the first sales phase, organizers said on Thursday. For the first time in Olympic history, tickets were made available worldwide from a single platform with tickets sold in packs over three …

London, UK | Xinhua | Liverpool have the chance to move into the top-four of the Premier League on Saturday and pile the pressure on Tottenham in a weekend where league leaders Arsenal and second placed Manchester City both have tricky away games. Four wins from their last five league matches, culminating …

London, UK | PREMIERLEAGUE | Marcus Rashford has won February’s EA SPORTS Player of the Month award, earning the prize for the second successive month, and the third time this season. Rashford claims the award after scoring five goals in four matches to help Manchester United go unbeaten through the month. …

London, UK | PREMIERLEAGUE | Erik ten Hag has been named the Barclays Manager of the Month after guiding Manchester United through February unbeaten. Ten Hag led Manchester United to 10 points from four matches, beating Crystal Palace, Leeds and Leicester City as well as overseeing a come-from-behind draw with Leeds, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Goalkeeper Salim Jamal Magoola has bounced back to the Uganda Cranes squad. He is part of a 30-man provisional squad summoned to prepare for the Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers, nearly two years since he last appeared for the national team. Uganda and Tanzania are …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Premier League champions Vipers SC have sacked their Spanish-Brazilian coach Roberto Luiz Bianchi Pelliser alias Beto Bianchi. The Club which signed Bianchi in January announced the new development on Thursday is a communication on the Club website. “Vipers Sports Club announces that the …

Simba SC 1-0 Vipers SC Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | VIPERSSC.CO.UG | The Venoms didn’t just roll over and take defeat without putting in a shift in Dar on Tuesday night. But sometimes even a solid fight is not good enough if ‘Lady Luck’ is not on your side. And …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fred Mugerwa, the head coach of the national netball team, she cranes has criticized the criteria which the world netball uses to determine world netball rankings. Mugerwa’s reaction was in response to the newest netball rankings published by the International Netball Federation, which saw …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The first group of four amateur golfers set off this morning to Nairobi, Kenya to participate in the 2023 Magical Kenya Open as part of a wider group being sponsored by Absa Bank Uganda. The four are Harry Hakiza, Angelo Wasike, Andrew Arinaitwe and …

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | VIPERSSC.CO.UG | It’s not yet time to lay down tools. Vipers SC have got to roll down their sleeves as they face Tanzanian giants Simba SC in the return leg on Match Day Four of the CAF Champions League group stage tonight. While the Venoms …