Dar es salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Sports ministers from Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda convened here on Friday to discuss their joint bid to host the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). A statement from Tanzania’s Ministry of Culture, Arts and Sports indicated that the ministers’ meeting came ahead of the …
Read More »Six boxers picked to participate in olympic qualifiers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Olympic Committee- UOC has selected six boxers to take part in the upcoming Boxing Olympic Qualifier in Dakar, Senegal 2023. The six boxers include bomber captain Joshua Tukamuhebwa (63kgs), Jonathan Kyobe (57kgs), Isaac Zebra Ssenyange (71kgs), Grace Nakinga (50kgs), Shafik Mawanda (51kgs), and former …
Read More »Lira club uses sports to raise awareness about sickle cell
Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Lira-based sporting club has embarked on using sports to raise awareness about sickle cell anemia. Lira and generally Lango sub-region has one of the highest prevalence sickle cell anemia which leads to sickle cell disease. Studies have generally found that Northern Uganda leads in …
Read More »National Sports Bill to be reconsidered
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Sports Bill, 2023 that President Yoweri Museveni did not assent to was referred to the Committee on Education and Sports for reconsideration. The Bill which was passed 02 March 2023 seeks to create regulations governing the National Anti-Doping Organisation as an independent body …
Read More »Vipers SC wins Uganda Premier League
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vipers SC are winners of the Star Times Uganda Premier League. Vipers, the defending champions defeated Busoga United 5-0 on the final day of the season at St. Mary’s Stadium in Kitende. To secure their championship, the Venoms not only needed to secure a win …
Read More »Uganda Boxing Federation officials handed over to CID
Sports federations must account for funds – PAC Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Public Accounts Committee (Central Government) has urged the National Sports Council (NCS) to tighten accountability measures on sports federations to ensure compliance with the law. This is after the NCS Board Chairperson, Ambrose Tashobya, told …
Read More »Another tense Premier League weekend with everything to play for
London, UK | Xinhua | It promises to be another dramatic weekend in the Premier League with virtually everything still to play for; from the title down to the battle to avoid relegation. League leaders Manchester City doesn’t play until Sunday afternoon, which is surprising given they have the second leg …
Read More »Unqualified sports federations risk repaying Govt funds
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several National Sports Federations and Associations risk reimbursing all government funding they have received over the past five financial years, according to recommendations made by the Select Committee formed to investigate the operations of the National Council of Sports (NCS). The Committee found that …
Read More »Winners Secondary School students, teachers out on bond after football riots
Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five students of Winners Secondary School in Hoima City, their director and sports master arrested after football riots, are out on police bond. They were arrested on Wednesday afternoon after student became rowdy following their school’s disqualification from the ongoing Hoima City Uganda Secondary …
Read More »Tuchel expects Bayern to win something
Berlin, Germany | Xinhua | The story of the energy-taking past days seemed visible on the faces of Bayern Munich’s leaders. Chairman Oliver Kahn and sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic appeared for an unexpected press conference with serious facial expressions knowing it might be a challenge to talk about their initiated change of …
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