By Irene Deborah Nanyonjo (Counsel)……. Uganda’s sportsmen and women have marketed and hoisted this country’s flag in a manner incomparable to the investment from the state. Instead, these sportsmen and women, are driven by the sheer passion they have for the different disciplines they participate in as competitors at the world stage. It is against […]
By Francisco Bwambale Three of the athletes who represented Uganda at the just concluded All Africa Paralympic Games held in Morocco, qualified for the Tokyo event. The team returned home on Tuesday with 10 medals. The team won three gold, three silver and four bronze medals in the competition, which was also the Paralympic qualifier […]
By Kim Kyung-hoon Tokyo has promised to step up the testing for coronavirus before the Olympic Games between July and August. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said on Sunday at the opening of the Ariake Arena – a $330 million venue that will host the Olympic volleyball and Paralympics basketball competitions. She pledged to do everything […]
By David Kalyango National team boxers have resorted to training at their respective individual clubs after the sport’s local governing body – UBF called off group preparations. The national boxing team – The Bombers, were in the final bend in the preparations for the All Africa but UBF officials suspended the training citing financial constraints. […]
By Dennis Ssembatya L. Jr Amateur boxing’s governing body, Aiba, has been stripped of the right to manage the Tokyo 2020 Olympic boxing tournament after a devastating report implicated administrators as behaving in a manner that ‘presents a serious legal, financial and reputational risks to the IOC and the Olympic Movement.’ Boxing will, however, remain […]
