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The Inspector General of Police [IGP] Okoth Ochola has applauded Inspector of Police (IP) Joshua Cheptegei, for his remarkable world record in the 5km race at the Herculis Monaco Run. Cheptegei won the race in 12 minutes 51 seconds breaking Sammy Kipketers mark of 13 minutes that was set a decade ago. “We are incredibly proud…
Rajiv Ruparelia on Sunday, February 16 retired from the Rukaari-Lake Mburo Mbarara Rally, after a technical fault paving way for Duncan ‘Kikankane’ Mubiru who added a third Mbarara Rally title to his trophy cabinet after winning the 2020 edition of the Robert Rukaari Mwesigwa sponsored event on Sunday. Cruising a Subaru Impreza N14, Mubiru took…
Manchester City have been banned from all UEFA competitions for the next two seasons and fined £24.9m for “serious breaches” of UEFA’s Financial Fair Play and club licensing regulations. An Adjudicatory Chamber of the Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) found the Premier League champions guilty of serious breaches of the UEFA Club Licensing and Financial…
Ethiopian athlete Abadi Hadis has died aged 22.Hadis had been in Hayder Hospital in Mekelle, northern Ethiopia being treated for an unspecified illness. The long-distance runner was ranked 12th in the world in the men’s 10,000 meters and 21st in the 5,000 meters. Hadis made his big breakthrough in 2016. At just 17, he ran…
Uganda Under 20 national team head coach Oliver Mbekeka has named the eleven players that will start against Tanzania in the return leg of the FIFA U-20 Women World Cup final at the StartTimes, Lugogo Kampala on Saturday. Changes have been made were Nyayenga Daphine replaces Adeke Juliet in goal and Nadunga Bira comes in…
Bruno Fernandes and his party have been spotted arriving at the Lowry hotel as he closing in on completing his transfer to Manchester United. The 25-year-old flew into Manchester last evening as his new side beat rivals Manchester City 1-0 at the Etihad. Fernandes and his travelling party were snapped in the back of a…
Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) Secretary General Fatma Samoura who has been in Uganda for a two day working visit has pledged to lobby for more funding of Federation of Uganda Football associations. The football family, government leaders and general sports fraternity warmly welcomed this high profile FIFA official on her first ever visit…
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…
