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  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | With five winners of the past 6 editions in action, the highly anticipated Johnnie Walker Uganda Professional Golf Open that officially teed off today at the par-72 Uganda Golf Club promises a thrilling climax. The four-round tournament brings together a dynamic continental field. They …

  Cwinya-ai finished the final two days stronger, climbs to third   Kampala, Uganda | UGU MEDIA | Dominic Musonda didn’t play his best game in the fourth and final round of the Uganda Open. But that was largely because he didn’t need to. At one point, midway through the …

  Kampala, Uganda | PHILLIP CORRY | Dominic Musonda made history Friday when he became the first Zambian winner of the prestigious Johnnie Walker Uganda Amateur Golf Open title. While Zambians have won three of the last 12 Professional Open titles, the amateur’s event has been out of reach – until …

Jinja, Uganda | URN | Football fans travelling across Busoga for the ongoing MTN-Masaza Cup tournament are doubling as tourists, visiting little-known hills and other attractions located near the playgrounds hosting matches across the kingdom’s 11 chiefdoms. The tournament, which has attracted 14 teams grouped into four pools, has deliberately …

    It will be Dominic versus Musonda in Friday’s Johnnie Walker Uganda Golf Open pressure group   Kampala, Uganda | UGU MEDIA |  A forensic inquiry must be opened into how he got a bogey on the second hole on Thursday. It is the only bogey Dominic Musonda has …

  Kampala, Uganda | PHILLIP CORRY | Zambian Dominic Musonda tamed the par 72 Kitante course today with a stunning 64 (8 under par) to take full charge of the Johnnie Walker Uganda Amateur Open in its penultimate round. What should worry his closest rivals, who are 6 and 11 shots …

  Zambians Chalwe, Musonda turn on screw as Open reaches critical bend      Kampala, Uganda | UGU MEDIA |  If a Ugandan is going to lift the 2026 Johnnie Walker Uganda Golf Open, he will have to do better than a pair of Zambian golfers who eviscerated the par-72 course at …

  Kampala, Uganda | PHILLIP CORRY |  Zambia’s Gilbert Chalwe upped his game on Wednesday to control Day 2 at the 94th Johnnie Walker Uganda Amateur Open. His fiery 7-under 65 over 36 holes gave him a one-shot lead over day-one leader Joseph Kasozi at the Uganda Golf Club. The towering …

  Kampala, Uganda | PHILLIP CORRY | Joseph Kasozi leads the 94th Johnnie Walker Uganda Amateur Open by 1 stroke after battling on a rain-affected course on day one at the Uganda Golf Club. Kasozi sunk birdies on holes 1,5,8,10,14 and 15, with a bogey on hole 12, as he carded an …

LONDON | Xinhua |  Manchester City came from a goal down to open its English Premier League campaign with a 2-1 home win over Bournemouth on Sunday. Manchester City went into the game following last weekend’s 3-0 Community Shield defeat to Arsenal, and doubts over its form increased when Marcus …