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  Full-time: Leicester City 1-0 Southampton#LeiSou pic.twitter.com/lvYHcbYxl6 — Leicester City (@LCFC) April 3, 2016 London, United Kingdom | AFP | Premier League leaders Leicester City went seven points clear at the top of the table after skipper Wes Morgan scored in a 1-0 win at home to Southampton on Sunday …

The remains of former Cranes goalkeeper Abel Dhaira arrived in Uganda early Sunday. Dhaira died last week in Iceland, where he was under cancer treatment. Abel, son of Cranes goalkeeping great Bright Dhaira, will be buried on Wednesday in Jinja. Family members led by Dhaira (Abel’s father), FUFA Officials, vice-president …

Barcelona, Spain | AFP | Cristiano Ronaldo struck the winner as 10-man Real Madrid came from behind to end Barcelona’s 39-game unbeaten run 2-1 in El Clasico at the Camp Nou on Saturday. Gerard Pique’s towering header put the hosts in front on the night they honoured legendary former player …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenyan lawmakers have held the preliminary reading of a bill criminalising sports doping, just days before a deadline to avoid threatened Olympic expulsion. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) gave Kenya until April 5 to tighten its anti-doping law and provide funding for a proposed Anti-Doping …

Uganda Cranes wasted several chances as their home African Cup of Nations qualifying match against Burkina Faso ended in a goalless draw on Tuesday. The result left Burkina Faso top of Group D on head-to-head records with two games to go. Uganda, who last featured in the 1978 edition, must …

(updates via @Airtel_Ug #MujjeTulumbe) FULL TIME: Uganda 0 Burkina Faso 0 90’+3 Moses Oloya misses another. He connects inches wide off Massa’s header. Still goalless. 90’+1 Burkina’s captain Kabore sent off for second bookable offense. 90′ Masses misses as header hits post, but he was offside. FIVE minutes of added …

New Delhi, India | AFP | The group stages of cricket’s World Twenty20 have reached the half-way mark with every team having played two of their four matches. AFP looks at the lessons learned so far: – Aussies still to master Twenty20 World champions in ODI cricket and number one …

Uganda will enter a strong team of four runners in the Rio Olympics Marathon event due to the consistently good performance of the country’s long distance runners led by Stephen Kiprotich. With a slot for defending Olympic champion Kiprotich guaranteed, four other Ugandans have in the past year beaten the …