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SHOCK:The champions lost to Isonga midweek Defending champions APR enter a tight title duel with a challenging home game against AS Kigali in the Primus National Football League this afternoon at Nyamirambo stadium.

IAAF World Indoors
3000m heat results, Yesterday
1. Meseret Defar (Eth) 9:11.76 Q
2. Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet (Ken) 9:11.91 Q
3. Svitlana Shmidt (Ukr) 9:12.39 Q
4. Jackie Areson (Usa) 9:12.62 Q(SB)
5. Bethlem Desalegn (Uae) 9:12.63
10. Claudette Mukasakindi (Rwa) 9:26.89

Playoffs Today
APR vs KBC 10:00am
All roads lead to Amahoro indoor stadium this afternoon when the country’s two biggest basketball clubs clash in the Playoff finals.

SAFE:Brandts remains in charge
APR President Alex Kagame has dispelled claims that the club is negotiating with former Burundi coach Adel Amrouche to replace Ernie Brandts.Amrouche quit his job after guiding Burundi to a 2-1 win over Zimbabwe, last week, and was in the company of APR officials when the military side defeated Tusker 1-0 to progress to the second round of the African champions’ league.

LUSAKA–The head coach of the Zambia national soccer team has pardoned a wayward player whom he expelled from the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) camp in Equatorial Guinea, the Post of Zambia reported on Thursday.

THE government has ordered Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) to pay 5m/- to cover the damage of seats at National Stadium in Dar es Salaam when Simba SC took on Rwanda’s Kiyovu Sport in the return leg of the CAF Confederation Cup’s preliminary round last Sunday.

EARLY EXIT :Both teams crashed out of UEFA Champions League
Europa League

Atletico Madrid    3 - 1 Besiktas
FC Twente  1 - 0    Schalke
Metalist Kharkiv    0 - 1 Olympiakos
Sporting Lisbon 1 - 0 Man City

Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp has rejected reports that he has been offered a new contract at White Hart Lane.