Manchester City emerge as surprise Cody Gakpo suitors, Newcastle agree to sign Nico Gonzalez, and Manchester United are confident of signing Arsenal’s Myles Lewis-Skelly.Manchester City have entered the race to sign Liverpool and Netherlands forward Cody Gakpo, 27, with Tottenham also still working on a deal. (Soccer News NL – in Dutch), externalNewcastle have reached a verbal agreement with Manchester City to sign Spain midfielder Nico Gonzalez, 24, for £47m plus £3m in add-ons. (Fabrizio Romano), externalManchester United are confident of persuading Arsenal to sell England’s Myles Lewis-Skelly, 19, although the asking price of more than £50m remains a sticking…
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David GOMBE The Uganda Youth Football Association (UYFA) successfully convened its 18th Annual General Meeting (AGM) at FUFA Hotel, Kisaasi in Kampala on Saturday, August 22, 2026. The highlight of the assembly was the unanimous endorsement of Roberts Kiwanuka to continue as Chairman for another four-year tenure until 2029. Delegates from across the country wholesomely endorsed Kiwanuka, lauding his leadership in growing youth football structures, grassroots competitions and talent identification over the past years. Speaking after his re-election, Kiwanuka thanked the delegates for the trust vested in him and pledged to work with all stakeholders to rejuvenate youth football and…
The court heard how Dott bought her a teddy bear with a love heart on it in the course of the abuse.Police previously contacted Dott about the allegations in 2001, but no charges were brought.The woman gave a new statement to police in 2025.During his evidence, the boy said his abuse at the hands of Dott began not long after he defeated Peter Ebdon to win his sole world title at The Crucible in Sheffield in 2006.The boy, now a man in his 20s, said he was about eight years old when Dott molested him in a shower at a…
Daniel NSUBUGA New Uganda Premier League comers are set to appoint Robert Mukasa ‘Kiyenje’ as their new head coach, according to 102.1 FUFA FM. Mukasa has been in the dug out during Kataka’s engagements in the Mbale Super 8 Tournament. He is expected to take helms at the club to fill Godfrey Awachango Toldo’s void who doesn’t qualify to be a head coach since he doesn’t hold a CAF A Coaching License. Mukasa last served as Buhimba United Saints head coach in the closing half of last season as the club succumbed to relegation back to the FUFA Big League.…
This remains a Liverpool side offering more questions than answers. One significant question is the Cody Gakpo conundrum, which will roll into the final week of the transfer window. If Liverpool do bring in two more attacking players then Gakpo may leave.The club have been linked with Paris St-Germain’s Bradley Barcola and Ibrahim Mbaye and have had two bids rejected for Brighton’s Yankuba Minteh.Yet Dutchman Gakpo was Liverpool’s best player at Newcastle and took his goal brilliantly – while there was another positive in the performance of Spanish forward Victor Munoz on his Liverpool debut from the bench. Munoz won…
Sinan RAJUB SENOGA Express FC have completed the signing of former St. Mary’s Kitende winger Steven Yiga, Swift Sports understands. Yiga has made a bold move to navigate the murky waters of the Uganda Premier League after starring performances in the Masaza Cup with Buddu Saaza. Yiga played an integral role as Football Classroom FC, a none league team, took the Uganda Cup by the storm last season. He was not only the team’s leading scorer in the Uganda Cup campaign but also had notable scoring moments against Kayda (hat trick) and topflight side Calvary FC. Yiga, who has also…
Promoter Eddie Hearn said “no-one can pull out” of the proposed fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua.Fury claimed on Friday that the fight was unlikely to happen, but Hearn, who represents Joshua, stated the fight will go ahead.”We’ve signed the contract, we’re waiting for a date. You saw Tyson Fury shouting and screaming … there’s nothing to shout and scream about, the fight’s done,” Hearn told DAZN.”The fight’s signed. No-one can pull out of the fight. You can’t just pull out of a contract.”There’s no suggestion that the fight’s not happening, no-one can stop this fight from happening. The…
Kenya Women’s Premier League champions Kenya Police Bullets have completed the signing of Uganda offensive midfielder Hadijah Nandago. Nandago has been a free agent since parting ways with Indian side Sethu FC at the end of the 2024/25 season. The former Kawempe Muslim forward will be seeking for a comeback after spending the entire last season out of action. The versatile forward has had a meteoric rise through the ranks of the National U17 and U20 Teams before turning out for the senior team The Crested Cranes. Nandago can ably play as a lead striker,…
This has been a summer of more change than usual in the Premier League with a record nine clubs appointing new managers.For Liverpool and Andoni Iraola, the schedule means they will face six teams with new managers in their first six top-flight matches, something that has never happened before in the Premier League era.Indeed, when BBC Sport asked Opta, it was unable to find an example of this ever having happened in England’s top flight.Iraola himself is starting afresh too, having taken over at Anfield in June after leaving Bournemouth.So how does a team prepare to face a new manager…
The Minnesota Timberwolves have changed ownership in a deal that values the NBA franchise and their WNBA counterpart the Minnesota Lynx at a reported combined total of $4.5bn (£3.3bn).American businessman Marc Stad has gone from being a minority investor to controlling owner, buying the majority of the stake held by co-chairman Marc Lore.He will join Lore’s business partner and former Major League Baseball star Alex Rodriguez as co-chairman.Rodriguez confirmed the news on Friday, and said he would be increasing his investment.ESPN, which reported the news before Rodriguez’s statement, said the deal valued the franchise at $4.5bn, the fourth-largest franchise sale…