Sports

For the first time the East African region will have a player playing in the popular English Premiership League after Gael Bigirimana signed a five-year contract after passing a medical at St. James’ Park on Friday.

JOHANNESBURG - Heavyweight contenders Ivory Coast and Senegal have been drawn together in the final round of qualifying for the next African Nations Cup finals.

Over 90 percent of Primus League clubs’ head coaches are free agent with the ending season, and AS Kigali Coach André Kasabongo fears Rwanda football will collapse further if coaches are not given time to implement their “philosophy to build a team”.

ZURICH - Goal-line technology is likely to be used in the upcoming season of English football after it was given the go-ahead by the game’s law-makers.

SAO PAULO - Brazil have included forwards Hulk, Neymar and Alexandre Pato in a strong squad for this summer’s Olympic Games.

Men semi-final
Friday
Federer     bt     Djokovic     6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
LONDON - Roger Federer became the first man in history to reach eight Wimbledon finals and in the process knocked out defending champion Novak Djokovic with a beguiling victory on Centre Court.

First round leaderboard:
-7 V Singh (Fij)
-6 J Maggert
-6 M Flores
-6 J Byrd

KINGSTON - Usain Bolt will skip an Olympic tuneup event in Monaco due to a “slight problem,” but vows to defend his titles in the 100 and 200 at the London Games against a field that includes the man who beat him twice this month in Jamaica, Yohan Blake.