Great Britain finished top of the medals table at the European Aquatics Championships in Paris after Keanna MacInnes helped them win two golds on Sunday’s final day of competition.The 24-year-old sealed victory in the 200m butterfly with a new Scottish record of two minutes 5.90 seconds, then swam the fly leg as Great Britain won the women’s 4×100m medley.Angharad Evans followed up her gold in the individual 100m breaststroke with the fastest ever women’s relay breaststoke leg as the team, which also included Lauren Cox and Freya Colbert, stormed to victory in a championship record three minutes 53.50 seconds. The…
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Gladys ZAWEDDE Coach Sadick Ssempigi has announced that he left his role from Uganda Premier League side Kigezi HomeBoyz FC. Ssempigi who guided the Kabale based side to their first ever topflight promotion has made the announcement on social but did not make any comments on the next step forward. “On 15th August 2025, I joined Kigezi Homeboyz FC with one objective and it was to secure promotion to the Uganda Premier League. Today, I leave proud that we achieved that goal together” My sincere thanks to the management, players, technical staff, supporters and everyone who contributed to this historic…
Barcelona have agreed a deal to sign Spain captain Rodri from Manchester City for about £65mThe 30-year-old, who won the Ballon d’Or in 2024, is set to sign a four-year deal with the Spanish champions. The transfer is expected to be completed in the coming days.Rodri made 298 appearances across seven trophy-laden seasons at City after joining them from Atletico Madrid in 2019 for a then club record £62.8m.He missed much of the 2024-25 campaign after sustaining a serious knee injury, and parts of last season were disrupted by a hamstring issue.However, he was back to his best at the…
[wordads] David GOMBE Event: Coronation RegattaDate: 22nd August 2026Venue: Bunjako Beach BuwamaTime: Gates open 8:00AMMain event: 9:00AMEntry: Ug.Shs 10,000 Preparations for this year’s Amaato ga Kabaka Royal Regatta are in top gear, with organizers assuring revelers of tight security, smooth logistics, and a packed day of fun on the water. Yesterday, members of the Buganda Kingdom led by the head of the Kabaka’s Protection Unit, protocol officials, and other dignitaries joined the Buganda Royal Regatta team for meetings and a full patrol of the event area to make final checks. According to organizers, all systems are in place to ensure…
St Jude Championship – round three leaderboard-13 S Scheffler (US); -11 S Burns (US), Im (Kor); -8 J Knapp (US), T Fleetwood (Eng)Selected others: -7 B Harman (US); -6 V Hovland (Nor); -5 W Clark (US); -4 M Fitzpatrick (Eng), J Spieth (US); -3 L Aberg (Swe); -2 H Hall (Eng); -1 A Rai (Eng); +6 J Rose (Eng), R McIlroy (NI)Full leaderboardWorld number one Scottie Scheffler will take a two-stroke lead into the final round of the St Jude Championship as he chases his first victory since January. Scheffler, 30, carded a two-under 68 on Saturday to sit at…
[wordads] David GOMBE Uganda Cranes attacker Allan Okello stole the headlines this week after completing his move from Tanzania’s Young Africans to Morocco side AS FAR on Saturday. It brings an end to Okello’s short spell in Tanzania. A staggering, 14 goals and eight assists in the 23 league games he played for Yanga but his best act was lifting the Tanzanian Premier League title in his six months at the club.David GOMBEUganda Cranes attacker Allan Okello stole the headlines this week after completing his move from Tanzania’s Young Africans to Morocco side AS FAR on Saturday. Rumours of his…
First Test, Darwin (day three of five)Australia 198: (Smith 71; Mahmud 6-55) and 161-4 (Green 43*; Mahmud 2-33) Bangladesh 426: (Tanzid 101, Shanto 84, Miraz 65; Hazlewood 6-89)Australia trail by 67 runs with 6 wickets remainingScorecardSpinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz took the crucial wicket of Steve Smith as Bangladesh moved closer to a historic first Test victory in Australia on day three in Darwin.Smith, so often Australia’s talisman, chipped a leading edge straight back to the off-spinner to depart for 44 and leave his side 122-4 in their second innings.Australia safely batted out the rest of the session but they face…
Werro’s triumph was all the more impressive given she suffered a nasty fall in her semi-final on Thursday, before later being reinstated into the final.Replays showed the left hand of France’s Anais Bourgoin had clipped Werro’s right foot. But, clutching her chest in pain as she jogged across the line, she still faced a race against time to recover.That drama led to a congested 10-athlete final – but, despite Briton Jemma Reekie’s best efforts, there only ever appeared three contenders for gold.Hodgkinson, who twice beat Werro during the indoor season – including to win her first world title – was…
Rangers have withdrawn from a proposed deal to sign PSV Eindhoven winger Couhaib Driouech, with the player carrying an injury.The 24-year-old was at Ibrox to watch Rangers’s 1-1 draw with Jagiellonia Bialystok, but will now return to the Dutch champions.Driouech, who predominantly plays on the left, scored nine goals and provided eight assists in 40 appearances last season.However, he was often used as a substitute, starting just once in PSV’s eight Champions League outings and coming off the bench 24 times in the Eredivisie.Rangers have signed nine players over the summer and chairman Andrew Cavenagh said on Monday he expected…
Leeds regained their slender advantage via Connor’s boot five minutes into the second half but Charnley turned on the afterburners down the right again and was supported by Hanley on his inside to slide over and put Leigh back in front.With 20 minutes left, Andrew Badrock was sent to the sin-bin for dangerous contact on Harry Newman. A fearless 12-man defensive showing meant Leigh did not give up a point while Badrock was off the field.The hosts thought they were level with just over three minutes remaining when Hall barged over in the left corner but his trailing right foot…