Kampala, Uganda | USPA| Boxer Muzamir Kakande was unanimously voted as the USPA Nile Special Sports Personality of June at the scribes’ monthly assembly held Monday at Imperial Royale Hotel. Kakande (welterweight) won a gold medal at the Africa Boxing Championships in Congo Brazaville last month when he knocked out …
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New East African competition starts today Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | A new football competition for East African teams kicks off in Dar es Salaam on Monday featuring top league clubs from Kenya, Tanzania and Zanzibar. The inaugural SportPesa Super Cup is backed by the Kenyan and Tanzania football federations after …
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Uganda’s top football official Eng. Moses Magogo has been appointed to the powerful Executive Committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Magogo becomes the first Ugandan onto the executive committee. In wide ranging changes, Zambian legend Kalusha Bwalya was named Chairman of the CAF Technical and Development committee, while the …
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Bum-pinching Tunisian football boss slapped with life ban Tunis, Tunisia | AFP | The head of a Tunisian football club who pinched an assistant referee on the backside during a match has been banned from the sport for life. The Tunisian football Federation (FTF) suspended CS Sfaxien President Moncef Khemakhem …
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London, United Kingdom | AFP | Commonwealth Games chiefs said Monday they were looking for a new venue for the 2022 edition after announcing scheduled hosts Durban had failed to meet “key obligations”. Last month, South Africa sports minister Fikile Mbalula indicated the government might withdraw its financial support because …
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Barcelona, Spain | AFP | Three great comebacks in sport after Barcelona defeated Paris Saint Germain 6-1 to make the Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday: Miracle number 1 — Houston — At the 2017 Super Bowl the New England Patriots defeated the Atlanta Falcons 34-28 in overtime after being 28-3 …
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The Uganda Sports Press Association (USPA) has nominated footballer Denis Onyango, Olympian Emong and rugby player Phillip Wokorach for the annual Sports Personality Of The Year award. The three were picked after USPA, in their meeting at Lugogo on Monday, named the best for 2016 in all sports disciplines. Onyango, Emong …
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Paris, France | AFP | ATHLETICS “There you go. I’m the greatest.” – Usain Bolt on securing his ‘triple triple’ of 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay golds at the Rio Olympics “I have to make a new bucket list now. I’ve achieved all I wanted to in track and field.” …
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PICTORIAL: Uganda’s Parliament football and netball teams have qualified for the finals in the ongoing East African inter-parliamentary games in Mombasa. Uganda beat the EALA team 3-0 in the football semifinal at Mbaraki Sports grounds Thursday with two goals from Kampala Central MP Muhammad Nsereko. Uganda will play Burundi in the final on Sunday. …
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Uganda’s Timothy Toroitich continued his preparations for the World Cross Country Championships Kampala 2017 by winning Sunday’s 35th Cross Internacional de la Constitución (Alcobendas) on the outskirts of Madrid, Spain. Toroitich’s victory in the second leg race of the 2016-17 IAAF Cross Country Permit series, was his second race win of …
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