Like 2017, KCCA matched the success at the first hurdle of the CAF Champions League by bundling out Madagascar opponents CNaPS Sport last week.

If it was just down to pedigree, there would be no contest as the Uganda national basketball team Silverbacks faceoff against heavyweights Nigeria when the 2019 World Cup Qualifying process commences in Mali on Friday evening.

Atalanta will play host to Borussia Dortmund in the UEFA Europa League round of 32 second-leg game at the MAPEI Stadium on Thursday. The first leg played out to a 3-2 thriller with on loan striker Michy Batshuayi netting a brace for the hosts. The fixture is delicately poised and could go either way.

KCCA will try to leave no stone unturned when they host CNaPS Sport in the return leg of the CAF Champions League preliminary round match at the StarTimes Stadium in Lugogo on Wednesday.

The final two first-leg ties of the round of 16 in the UEFA Champions League will wrap up on Wednesday evening with two exciting matches scheduled for global fans.

The national basketball team Silverbacks begin their world cup journey on Friday with the first phase of the qualifiers due 23-25 in Mali

The UEFA Champions League Round of 16 resumes on Tuesday with two enthralling matches to keep supporters on the edge of their respective seats.

Chelsea FC lock horns with FC Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League round of 16 game first-leg match at the Stamford Bridge Stadium on Tuesday.

The remaining 16 teams in the FA Cup in England will do battle in the freezing temperatures sweeping across the country this weekend starting with the Foxes against Sheffield United on Friday Night with a whole host of edge-of-the-seat fixtures to follow right up to and including Manchester City’s trip to Wigan.

Springbok No 8 Warren Whiteley will captain the Emirates Lions on Saturday against the Cell C Sharks at Emirates Airline Park in Johannesburg in the first local derby of the revamped 2018 Vodacom Super Rugby competition.