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Football

FULL LIST: 24 Ugandan referees to hold FIFA badges in 2023

Uganda now has 24 FIFA certified referees, an increase by one on the current list and three new FIFA badge holders

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Football

Uganda Cranes pulls out of CHAN over lack of funds

The tournament is due to be held in Algeria next month but the Ugandan team will not be participating because of the...

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Sports

Uganda’s Solomon Mutai breaks Venice Marathon record

A prominent member of Uganda’s athletics team and 2018 Commonwealth Games silver medallist, Mutai was not included in the 2022 Oregon World...

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Sports

NBL FINALS: City Oilers Beat Nam Blazers 66-64 to secure 8th title in a row

Nam Blazers like UCU Lady Dolphins shared a similar scenario having fallen 3-1 after four games and had to win game 5...

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Football

Brighton midfielder Enock Mwepu forced to retire at 24 over heart condition

A statement from Brighton on Monday morning revealed that Mwepu would have an extremely high risk of suffering a cardiac arrest should...

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Premier League

Premier League: A Review of Manchester City’s huge Etihad Stadium

The Premier League has some of the most impressive football venues in the entire world. One of the facilities in question is...

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Sports

Joshua Cheptegei pulls out of 2022 Commonwealth Games

Cheptegei, who is the defending champion of both the 10,000m and 5,000m at the Commonwealth games was scheduled to compete in the...

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Sports

OREGON 2022: Halimah Nakaayi bows out with dismal performance in 800m Semis

Nakaayi finished 8th in Heat 3 with a time of 2:01.05, in a race that was won by Olympic Champion Athing Mu...

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Sports

Uganda’s Peruth Chemutai finishes 11th in 3000m Steeplechase final at Oregon

Chemutai finished in distant 11th place, coming in at 9:21.93, in a race featuring 2019 silver and bronze medallists Emma Coburn of...

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Sports

Oregon 2022: Ugandan sprinter Orogot finishes third to qualify for 200m semis

Orogot became only the second male sprinter to represent Uganda at the World Athletics Championships and the first in 200m. The first...

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Sports

Joshua Cheptegei wins 5000m race in Eugene

Cheptegei finished the race in 12:57:99 at the Prefontaine Classic as he fell short of breaking his own world record of 12:35:36...

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Football

Man Utd posts revenue increase despite ‘disappointing’ season

United finished 13 points adrift of the fourth place and 35 behind champions Manchester City as their wait for a first major...

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News

Gov’t commits Sh7bn to fund athletes for 2022 Commonwealth Games

So far, 58 out of 72 Commonwealth Games Associations have confirmed that they will send athletes to the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

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News

Shida Leni Triumphs in Kenya National Championships with 400m season-best

Leni won the Women's 400m heats, semi-finals & final posting a season’s best time of 52.42 secs but unfortunately was unable to...

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News

Dominic Otuchet re-elected President of Uganda Athletics Federation

Otuchet who assumed the office unopposed second time will start his fourth term as the federation’s president. He replaced Dan Tamwesigire as...

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Big Story

Tycoon Rajiv Ruparelia to build mega stadium to promote sports talent in Uganda

KAMPALA, UGANDA: City Businessman and Mortposport Ace, Rajiv Ruparelia has announced plans to construct a multi-purpose stadium and other recreational establishments in...

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Featured

Court throws out petition against FMU President Dipu Ruparelia

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Court in Kampala has dismissed an appeal filed by a one Jared Kalera seeking an injunction of the Federation of...

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Featured

Rajiv Ruparelia wins NCR5 Kabalega Rally in Hoima

HOIMA, UGANDA: Rally ace driver Rajiv Ruparelia on Saturday trounced motorsport bigwigs to emerge the champion of this year’s Kabalega Rally championship...

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Sports

David Emong wins Bronze for Uganda in Tokyo Paralympic games

TOKYO, JAPAN: Uganda’s most decorated Para-athlete David Emong has once again lifted Uganda’s flag high by winning a bronze medal in men’s...

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Featured

Cheptegei launches shs1.7bn fundraising drive to complete Kapchorwa athletes centre

Uganda’s 2020 Olympic champion Joshua Cheptegei has launched a shs. 1.7 billion fundraising drive towards completion an athlete training centre he is...

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Sports

Tokyo Olympics: Winnie Nanyondo through to 1500m Women’s Semis

Uganda’s middle-distance runner Winnie Nanyondo has qualified for the Women’s 1500m semifinal at the ongoing 2020 Tokyo Olympic games in Japan. Nanyondo...

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OP-ED

Opinion: Govt should treat our athletes better

On July 21 a chartered plane airlifted Julius Ssekitoleko to Uganda. Ssekitoleko, an amateur weightlifting athlete, was part of the Ugandan entourage...