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  Kabalaza Open Gross  Feb 5-7 Pros Feb 5-6 Subs Feb 7 Entebbe, Uganda | PHILLIP CORRY | What started 11 years ago as a social golfers’ group at Entebbe Club has now grown into a prestigious event on the local golf calendar as the first Kabalaza Open Golf Championship tees …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Royal Johannesburg Golf Course will be a hive of activity this week when the continent’s best talent descend upon South Africa for what promises to be a compelling Africa Amateur Championship tournament. It will run from February 4-7. Uganda is due to …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Zhang Fangyi continued her rise towards the top of Ugandan golf Saturday by claiming her second title as she marked one and a half years in the game. With a day’s score of 43 points on a rainy day at UGC Kitante, Zhang Fangyi …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | Uganda’s star distance runner Jacob Kiplimo will defend his title at the Barcelona Half Marathon in 2026, Uganda Athletics confirmed. Uganda Athletics President Dominic Otuchet said Kiplimo and compatriot Ezekiel Mutai are set to compete in the race, scheduled for Feb. 15. Fresh from winning …

YAOUNDE | Xinhua |  Cameroon Football Federation (FECAFOOT) has suspended four referees and a match inspector following contentious refereeing decisions during a game in the country’s flagship football tournament, the MTN Elite One Championship. In a statement, FECAFOOT said the match, which was played on the opening day of the …

LONDON, UK | Xinhua | Arsenal defends its seven-point lead at the top of the Premier League when Manchester United visits the Emirates Stadium in the biggest game of the weekend. Michal Carrick’s side travels south with the morale boost of having beaten Manchester City in last Sunday’s derby, but …

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KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | Uganda’s Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei will open his 2026 season at the Burj2Burj Half Marathon in Dubai on February 8, organizers said. Cheptegei, who won the Tata Steel Kolkata Road Race in India last month, said he is aiming for a strong start to the year. …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | The President of the Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA), Moses Hassim Magogo, has expressed confidence that Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania will successfully co-host the 2027 CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). In an interview with Xinhua on Tuesday, Magogo assured football fans that the …

For more than a decade, King Mohammed VI has poured huge sums of money into the game, using it as a tool for societal and cultural change Rabat, Morocco |  Agencies |  Pape Gueye’s extra-time goal was enough to seal a second Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) title for Senegal, …