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Paris, France | THE INDEPENDENT | Just hours before the athletics programme starts at the Paris Olympic Games, Uganda’s stars have got a huge psychological boost that should turn them into instant millionaires. Minister of State for Sports Peter Ogwang today announced hefty cash prizes for medal winners when he …

Paris, France | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan swimmer Gloria Anna Muzito finished eighth in the women’s 100m freestyle preliminaries at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Tuesday in a new national record of 55.95 seconds. Despite her efforts, she did not qualify for the semi-finals. The 21-year-old faced stiff competition in one …

Paris, France | THE INDEPENDENT | Kathleen Grace Noble who made history as the first Ugandan to compete in Olympic rowing, will retire from the sport at the end of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Noble, an Irish-Ugandan athlete, declared her decision after finishing second in the semi-final E/F 2 …

KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | Uganda will send six players to the BWF World Junior Badminton Championships 2024 to be hosted in Nanchang, China. Simon Mugabi, the Chief Executive Officer of the Uganda Badminton Association (UBA) told Xinhua on Thursday that the junior national team of three boys and three …

KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | Uganda Premier League reigning champions SC Villa have terminated their contract with the Serbian head coach Dusan Stojanovic. William Nkemba, the SC Villa chief executive officer announced on Saturday that the club had parted ways with Stojanovic. “The club wishes Dusan well in his next …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | DStv has announced that it will be giving customers access to pre-season football action from ‘The Beautiful Game’ with a Football Open Window running from 24 July to 11 August 2024. In this period, SuperSport Football Plus Africa and SuperSport Football Plus Nigeria will …

Paris, FRANCE | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan rower Kathleen Noble ran out of steam and fell short of securing an outright quarterfinal berth in the women’s single sculls at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Noble finished fifth in the Women’s 2000m singles scull heat 1 on Saturday morning. Noble, who opened Team …

Paris, FRANCE | THE INDEPENDENT | The 2024 Paris Olympic Games have officially begun with a groundbreaking opening ceremony held in the heart of the French capital. The games will run from July 26 to August 11, 2024. For the first time in Olympic Summer Games history, the opening ceremony took …

PARIS, GERMANY | TASS | The cost of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games, which kicked off in Paris on Friday, is estimated at 11 billion euros (almost $12 billion), about twice as much as originally planned, French daily Ouest-France reported on Friday. According to the daily, when Paris put in its bid …

PARIS, FRANCE | Xinhua | The Paris 2024 Olympic Games opening ceremony has begun on the city’s River Seine. For the first time, an Olympic Games opening ceremony is moving out of a stadium and into the heart of the host city, Paris, with the river as the main backdrop. …