Sports

Tunisia asks to wear black armbands against Black Stars 

BONGOVILLE - Tunisia’s players hope to wear black armbands in their African Cup of Nations quarterfinal as a sign of respect for the more than 70 people who died at a league game in Egypt this week.

Afcon quarterfinal
Saturday
Zambia     3-0      Sudan

BATA - Zambia was the first team through to the African Cup of Nations semifinals after a clinical 3-0 win over struggling 10-man Sudan on Saturday.

Primus National Football League champions APR Fc has now ruled out build-up matches before their Orange Champions’ League preliminary round clash against Kenya’s Tusker Fc on February 18.

PNFL, Yesterday
Rayon Sport 1-3 Isonga
Isonga football club secured a deserved victory over six-time league champions Rayon Sport in the Primus National Foo

Rwanda Amateur Boxing Association (Raba) is set to host boxers from neighbors Kenya and Burundi in build-up fights aimed at fine tuning pugilists ahead of the African Olympic qualifying event due in Morocco from April 27-May 6.

Playing today
Newcastle     vs  Aston Villa   
15:25 SS3
Chelsea     vs   Man Utd   
17:30 SS3
LONDON - With Wayne Rooney back from injury in time for Manchester United’s trip to Stamford Bridge, Chelsea couldn’t have picked a worse time to be without two of its star defenders for Sunday’s important match in the Premier League title race.

Saturday
FC Arsenal     7 - 1   Blackburn
Norwich City 2 - 0   Bolton
QPR               1 - 2   Wolves
Stoke City      0 - 1  Sunderland
West Brom     1 - 2  Swansea City
Wigan             1 - 1  Everton
LONDON - Arsene Wenger expressed his pleasure after Arsenal picked up its first three Premier League points of 2012 but refused to get carried away after the 7-1 drubbing of Blackburn Rovers.

LOS ANGELES - Federal prosecutors on Friday dropped an investigation centered on whether seven-time Tour De France champion Lance Armstrong and his teammates cheated the sponsor of their bike racing team with a secret doping program.