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Former opening batsman Stuart Matsikenyeri has been named by Zimbabwe Cricket as the head of Zimbabwe A coaching staff ahead of the one-day and four-day series against South Africa at home later this month. Matsikenyeri will be helped by…

ZIMBABWE cricket legend, Heath Streak, has been banned by the International Cricket Council from all international cricket for eight years after he was found on the wrong side in a match-fixing scandal. Sources at the ICC told The Herald…

A group of 24 United Kingdom (UK) Members of Parliament (MPs) have called for sanctions against Chelsea FC and Everton who have links to Russian oligarchs. This comes after Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, who was recently…

Former Portsmouth, West Ham, and Fulham star Papa Bouba Diop, known for scoring Senegal's famous goal to beat France in the 2002 World Cup, has reportedly passed away at the age of 42 after a battle with illness. According to a number of…

Diego Maradona, regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time, has died aged 60. The Argentinian, who had brain surgery this month, died of a heart attack, his lawyer said. Maradona inspired his country to World Cup glory in 1986…

FIFA has revealed the nominees for their The Best awards on Wednesday morning. A ceremony on 17 December will see players and coaches from both the women’s game and the men’s game win the prizes up for grabs. The nominees, as selected…

Under-fire Confederation of Africa Football president, Ahmad Ahmad, has been handed a five-year ban from the game, reports the Associated Press from Zurich. The ethics committee of the world’s football governing body found the CAF…

African Pillar of Sports and Forbes rated Billionaire, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has indicated an interest in buying the English Premier League club, Arsenal Football Club with a bid of 35% stake. On Kalu’s Twitter handle @OUKtweets,…

Britain’s Lewis Hamilton took a record-equalling seventh world championship and became Formula One’s most successful driver of all time after winning a wet and slippery Turkish Grand Prix on Sunday. The 35-year-old Mercedes driver…

Liverpool star Mohamed Salah has tested positive for Corona Virus, the Egyptian FA have announced. Salah was with the Egypt squad for the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers double-header against Togo on Saturday and next Tuesday. But the…

Uganda premier league champions SC Vipers has been drawn to face Sudan’s Al Hilal in the CAF Champions League preliminary round. The Ugandan side will host the first leg at its St.Mary's stadium between 27th to 29th November 2020…

South African ‘money-bags’ Patrice Motsepe has entered the race to stand for the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) Presidency. Motsepe was absent at the news conference to announce his intention in Johannesburg on Monday due to…

Uganda Cranes head coach Jonathan Mckinstry has as promised named seven local-based players and thus completed his 27-man squad for Uganda’s Africa cup of nations’ qualifier double-header against South Sudan. The seven; Brian…

Yanga and it's bitter rivals Simba FC have played out an epic Kariakoo derby in the Tanzania Premier League at the Benjamin Mkapa stadium,Dar-es-salaam. Yanga took the early initiative with Michael Sarpong converting from the spot…

Pix. Getty Image Having a futuristic instinct that national teams may miss games in the AFCON qualifiers due to Covid-19 fears, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has released guidelines to further put participating nations in…

Tanzania is buzzing ahead of the highly anticipated Kariakoo derby between Yanga FC and Simba FC at the 60,000 seaters Benjamin Mkapa stadium in Dar-es-salaam this Saturday. This game ranks number one in Tanzania and in fact “unites…

Federation of Uganda football associations (FUFA) will for the first time in history host a closed-door national fixture when Uganda hosts South Sudan in an Africa cup of nation’s qualifier next week. The game will be played at…

The Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium Benin Nigeria, venue of the much anticipated qualifying game between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Leone Stars of Sierra- Leone will by without fans as both teams battle. In a bid to qualify…

All is set for the World Athletics Awards billed to hold in December as Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei and Jacob Kiplimo will look to end 2020 with the World Athlete of the year title. Jacob Kiplimo who recently made history by becoming…

Persistent rainfall over Uganda and especially the capital Kampala has washed away the final of the inaugural post covid-19 cricket tournament. This elite T20 cricket league attracted three teams; Aziz Damani Scorpions, Royal…

More than 30 Ugandan youth from the slum community have benefitted from tutorship by tennis icon Vania King at Kabalagala, a Kampala capital city suburb. During her playing days, Vania alongside Yaroslava Shvedova inked her name in…

It's been a week of crisis for Confederation of African Football President Ahmad Ahmad as he is again in the news for contracting COVID-19 days after he attended Sunday's Confederation Cup Final in Morocco. Recall that Ahmad is…

As the Super Eagles continue its build up to the AFCON 2021 tournament, Coach Gernot Rohr has invited 25 players for the qualifying games against the Leone Stars of Sierra- Leone in November. Napoli striker Victor Osimhen makes a…

Months after Nigeria's Former Super Eagles player and coach, Samson Siasia received a life ban from FIFA over a bribery scandal, things also seem to have fallen apart for Confederation of African Football President and FIFA Vice-…

After a while of guessing, the Confederation of African Football(CAF) has zeroed on 12 November 2020 as the day Uganda will host South Sudan in a group B Africa cup of nations qualifier at St.Mary's stadium, Kitende. The two teams…