By Nganda Kizito Thirty nine year old former 2007 Bombers captain Zebra Isaac Mando Ssenyange had his last stroke at midnight on Wednesday after he was shot dead by a gang of thugs.Mando as commonly known started the boxing career at a tender age in Bwaise Kawempe at Lukanga boxing club. He attended St. Francis […]
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Sports Awards: Cheptegei wins USPA 2019 sports personality award in absentia
The Uganda Sports Press Association (Uspa) 2019 awards ceremony on Wednesday 18th November were capped by a rather easily predictable outcome. Joshua Cheptegei was voted Uganda’s sports personality of the year 2019, beating off the challenge of Halima Nakaayi and Emmanuel Okwi. However, Cheptegei was crowned in absentia, as his gong was received by Dominic Otucet, […]
Covid 19 & Sports: China ‘no’ to International sports events in 2020
By Zaabu reporter China is not going to stage any international sporting events in 2020. The country’s General Administration of Sport announced recently. The Chinese sport authority released its “plan of resuming sport events based on science and order With COVID-19 epidemic taking serious proportions globally, overseas players and coaches in some Chinese professional leagues, such as the Chinese Super […]
The San Siro Stadium to be pulled down; the facility does not present any “cultural interest”.
By Peter Senyonjo Peter The San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy, can be pulled down following the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities (MiBAC) ruling that the facility does not present any “cultural interest”. The San Siro Stadium – also known as Stadio Giuseppe Meazza – is the home of Italian Serie A football clubs AC Milan and Inter Milan. In November last year, the Municipality […]
Bombers Have Another Year to Prepare for Tokyo,get Support from UBF.
By Esther Muwonge The Uganda Boxing Federation (UBF) extended food stuff support to members of the national boxing team, The Bombers, on Tuesday April 28. A total of 26 boxers received 10kgs of maize flour, 10kgs of rice and 10kgs of beans each, to sustain them through the current lock-down, caused by the covd19. Moses […]