By Zaabu Reporter The Vice-President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), John Coates, has said that the Tokyo Olympic Games will go ahead in 2021 irrespective of the fact whether COVID-19 continues with its monstrous form or die out. Speaking to the media, Coates said that the IOC was committed to hosting “the Games that conquered COVID” and that the Olympics would go ahead “with or […]
By Dennis Ssembatya L Junior The State Minister for Sport Hamson Obua announced a new board this week, to oversee the running of the Mandela National Stadium, Namboole. The new board led by Rosette Kebba, has a tenure running until 2023. She replaces Aldrine Nsubuga as board chairman, who bows out feeling proud of what […]
By Nganda Kizito Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo has won the men’s 5000 metres event at the Golden Spike in Ostrava, Czech Republic. This was the 59th edition of the event, that Kiplimo won in 12:48.63, continuing to fly Uganda’s flag high on the global athletics scene. Just last month, Kiplimo’s compatriot, Joshua Cheptegei set a new world […]
By Esther Muwonge Earlier this week, Express FC unveiled winger Godfrey Lwesibawa. The former Tooro United player is returning to Express for a second stint, after he left Wankulukuku for Villa Park, after the 2014/2015 season. However, while Lwesibawa brings invaluable experience to the Red Eagles, there is growing speculation, that he will not be […]
By Peter Senyonjo As COVID-19 continues to take on a monstrous form in most countries, the FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) have decided that the upcoming FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™/AFC Asian Cup China 2023 Preliminary Joint Qualification Round 2 fixtures, scheduled for the International Match Windows of October and November 2020, will be rescheduled to 2021. The events were originally scheduled for the […]