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ARC standing after round 2:
Mohammed Essa (Zam)    -27
Jess Watson     (Zim)    -25
Mark Cronje     (SA)    -25
Davite Giancarlo (Rwa)    -22
Craig Green     (Zim)    -18
Jan Habig     (SA)    -18

A provisional squad of up to 30 U-18 basketball national team players are set to start training ahead of the Zone Five qualifiers that will to be hosted in Rwanda from July 17-22.

Second division league
Semi-finals, 2nd leg
Today
Gasabo United  vs  Muhanga 12:30pm
Esperance          vs  Musanze 12:30pm

The Nigerian football federation (NFF) have finally agreed to host their 2013 Africa Nations’ Cup clash against Rwanda at the U.J. Esuene Stadium in Calabar.

BARCELONA – Barcelona staunchly defended Lionel Messi over a claim he racially abused a black Real Madrid player several seasons ago, calling it ‘’well wide of the mark.’’

LONDON – Police in Portugal are planning to question Manchester United about the club’s €9m (£7.2m) signing of striker Bébé from the Portuguese club Vitória Guimarães, as part of their criminal investigation into the deal.

LONDON – Blackburn Rovers will instigate a number of changes in the coming months as they plan to fight their way back into the Premier League at the first attempt, the club’s unpopular Indian owners Venky said.

MADRID –  The early session in the Mutua Madrid Open tennis tournament saw one major surprise as number four seed Jo-Wilfred Tsonga was knocked out of the tournament by number 16 seed Alexandr Dolgopolov.