Sports
For Uganda Little League Baseballers, Exhilaration and Then Heartbreak
By PAUL POST, New York Times ~ KAMPALA, Uganda — Felix Barugahare has no idea what a sporting goods store is. He shares a glove and swings someone else’s bat, and there is a good chance that his baseball cleats are the firs...
Little League Baseball ~ Ugandan team denied U.S. visas
STATE COLLEGE, Pa, AP ~ A youth baseball team from Uganda has lost its bid to become the first team from Africa to play in the Little League World Series because of discrepancies over players’ ages and birth dates. League...
Soccer ~ Kazakhstan cancel international friendly against Uganda
By M. J. Somoni, GOAL ~ The Kazakhstan football team has cancelled its international friendly match against the Uganda Cranes which had been planned to take place at Astana Arena on August 9. According to the New Vision, the Ka...
Shangai, China ~ Swimmers represent Uganda at the World Championships 2011
Shangai, China ~ 3 swimmers represented Uganda in the World Championships 2011. Uganda Swimming Federation (USF) chose Mugula Ganzi, Conrad Gaira and Jamila Lunkuse as the swimmers honoured to fly the Uganda flag at the Champio...
Rangers 1 – 1 Hearts: Ugandan Obua header earns Jambos a deserved point
By BARRY ANDERSON, AT IBROX STADIUM ~ HEARTS opened the new SPL season with an impressive display and a deserved draw at Ibrox against league champions Rangers. David Obua’s first-half header was equalised by Steven Naism...
US Baseball ~ Uganda sends first African team to Little League World Series
Uganda is to become the first African country to present a youth baseball team to compete in the Little League World Series. The Rev. John Foundation Little League team from Kampala defeated Dhahran of Saudi Arabia to represent...
A Tall Legacy, Remembering Manute Bol, a Sudanese Activist and 7.7 Foot NBA Player
By Solomon W. Jagwe | www.sowl.com ~ As I watched our fellow Africans in South Sudan, the world’s newest country, celebrate with sheer abandon the independence of their fledgling Nation, I couldn’t help but reflect ...
Kassim Ouma Confident of Win Over WBA Middleweight Champion Gennady Golovkin
By Kent Appel: I had the chance to talk to former junior middleweight champion Kassim “The Dream” Ouma, originally from Kampala, Uganda, who now resides in Riverside California, about his chances of bringing the WBA middlew...
Zimbabwe rugby team warns Uganda ahead of weekend clash
The Zimbabwean rugby team, Stables, has warned its opponent Uganda that it should brace itself for a tough match as the two teams meet here on Sunday in the 2011 Confederation of African Rugby (CAR) mini tournament. Stables tea...
Uganda beat Guinea Bissau to edge closer to Nations Cup
Uganda have beaten Guinea Bissau 2-0 in Kampala on Saturday to edge closer to qualifying for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations finals. A goal in each half was enough to ensure the Cranes will stay top of Group J with two matches r...
