Croatia’s Ivan Perisic has tested positive for Covid-19 and will miss Monday’s Euro 2020 last-16 match against Spain in Copenhagen. The Inter Milan winger scored in Tuesday’s 3-1 win over Scotland, which secured a place in the knockout stages. Perisic, 32, will now spend 10 days in self-isolation, the Croatian Football Federation has confirmed. The winners of Monday’s game will play again…
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Aston Villa are ready to spend up to £40 million to sign Tammy Abraham from Chelsea. The 23-year-old striker has been told he is free to leave Stamford Bridge. He does not feature in Thomas Tuchel’s long-term plans. And that has opened the door for Villa boss Dean Smith, under whom Abraham had a successful loan spell three seasons ago. Abraham’s…
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Kieran Tierney has signed a new five-year contract at Arsenal worth £110,000 a week. The Scottish defender joined the Gunners in the summer of 2019 in a £25million deal from Celtic. Despite being hampered by injuries, Tierney has quickly became an integral member of Mikel Arteta‘s squad. He played 62 times at left-back, left-wing-back or even on the left of a central three. Tierney delighted…
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Fans will be allowed to return to stadiums for the start of the 2021-22 La Liga season. This was confirmed by the Spanish health minister Carolina Darias has confirmed. Supporters were unable to attend La Liga matches for the majority of last season due to social distancing restrictions. These were designed to contain the spread of coronavirus. However, stadium doors…
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The Federation of Uganda Football Association is engaging the government for a way to conclude the 2020/21 Uganda Premier League season. UPL season was put on hold after Government announced a national lockdown due to increase in number of confirmed Covid cases in recent weeks. The league still has three match-days, not to mention the three games still to be…
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Youth Line Forum (YLF) in conjunction with Tanzania Youth Vision Association (TYVA) and Youth Agenda in Kenya has held a joint training to student leaders in the region with the aim of sensitizing them on the role in nation building. The three days training that took place in Uganda saw a total of twenty students in attendance, 8 from Uganda,…
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Reginald Franklin the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Brookes Distribution Company based in USA has donated relief aid to needy children in Uganda. Reginald made the donation during his recent business trip to Uganda upon invitation by the Office of the Senior Presidential Adviser on Diaspora Affairs coordinated by the Trade and Investment Officer, Isaac Kigozi. Driven by love and…
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The Senior Presidential Advisor on Diaspora Affairs, Amb. Abbey Walusimbi has called upon Parliament to consider setting up a committee of Parliament on Diaspora affairs to handle the plight of Ugandans living abroad. The call was made during a stakeholders meeting held at Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) which attracted a number of government bodies including; BOU, UIA, UTB, Post Bank,…
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Oxfam Uganda has highlighted the need by government and other humanitarian players to support local and national humanitarian actors who are the first responders during crises The call was made by Francis Shanty Odokorach, the Country Director at Oxfam in Uganda during the closure of the five year Empowering Local and National Humanitarian Actors (ELNHA) project. Odokorach said that the project focused on strengthening…
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Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have called upon Ugandans to rise up and increase their participation in health-related decisions especially in improving Primary Health Care (PHC) in the country. The call was made during a CSO stakeholder round table dialogue on promoting community participation to improve Uganda’s Primary Health Care system organized by the Uganda Youths and Adolescents Health Forum (UYAHF).…
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