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Spain: Barcelona have sacked coach Ernesto Valverde and replaced him with former Real Betis coach Quique Setie. Valverde, 55, helped the club to two successive La Liga titles and they lead on goal difference this season. However, the Catalan side have produced a series of unconvincing displays under his leadership and have failed to reach…
London, United Kingdom: Two Manchester City supporters have received five-year bans from football matches and lifetime suspensions from the Premier League champions’ stadium after being found guilty of racist abuse. Ian Baldry, 58, made a racist comment towards City and England winger Raheem Sterling as he celebrated scoring a goal in a Premier League game…
Sporting Lisbon boss Jorge Silas said he was “starting to think of alternatives” amid speculation Manchester United are closing in on signing Bruno Fernandes. Fernandes was linked with both United and Tottenham last summer, but the Red Devils appear to have moved ahead in the race to sign him, with the fee expected to be around €70million (£60m). It…
Liverpool’s Sadio Mane has been named the Confederation of African Football’s (Caf) Player of the Year. The Senegal forward beat Liverpool team-mate and Egypt forward Mohamed Salah and Manchester City’s Algerian winger Riyad Mahrez to the award. Mane, 27, helped the Reds to the 2018-19 Champions League title, scoring 30 goals in all competitions last…
Vipers Sports Club has signed Paul Mucureezi from Mbarara City FC on a three year contract starting 3rd January 2020. Mucureezi’s contract is subject to extension based on his performance. Vipers are currently top of the league after the first round and will be hoping to win it for the first time since 2017/18 season.…
Club record signing Pepe put Arsenal ahead in the 10th minute of their third game under their former player by lashing into the net after good work down the left flank from Sead Kolasinac. Pepe later hit the post in a dominant first-half display from Arsenal before defender Sokratis deservedly doubled their lead in the…
By Agencies London: Charlie Nicholas has backed Arsenal to beat Manchester United in tonight’s fixture at the Emirates Stadium. The Gunners have had a string of poor results in the past couple of months which is why they are now 12th in the Premier League table. Arsenal ended 2019 with a 1-2 defeat against Chelsea…
West Ham United have sacked Manuel Pellegrini following their defeat to Leicester. The Hammers’ latest defeat on Saturday leaves them 17th, one point above the Premier League relegation zone. Pellegrini departs after 18 months in charge, having been appointed in May 2018 on a three-year deal. He led them to 10th last season but becomes…
The Uganda Beach Soccer Team (Sand Cranes) started the Copa Dar es Salaam Beach Soccer Tournament on a high note after defeating hosts Tanzania in a shootout. The scoreboard indicated three on each side at the end of the three normal periods pushing the game to the extra three minutes which weren’t also enough to…
The 10th East African Community Inter-Parliamentary Games which have been taking place in Kampala ended with a cultural dinner in honour of all the participating delegates. The games organized and hosted by Parliament of Uganda saw Members and staff of Parliament take part in football, netball, basketball, athletics, golf, tug of war and darts started…
