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Uganda Prisons Service Athletics Club delivered a masterclass in depth, discipline, and dominance to emerge overall champions of the National Track and Field Championships held at Uganda Christian University (UCU), Mukono. In a competition that attracted more than 50 clubs from across the country, the Prisons outfit set an unrelenting pace over the two-day meet, […]
With less than a month to the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Uganda’s athletics preparations have been thrown into disarray, as federation president Dominic Otuchet paints a stark picture of financial strain undermining Team Uganda’s readiness. Otuchet revealed that acute funding shortages have forced a drastic scaling down of pre-Games training programmes, significantly compromising the […]
With the clock ticking down to the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Uganda has unveiled a 17-athlete athletics team blending proven champions and rising prospects—yet logistical concerns over pre-Games residential training threaten to disrupt final preparations. Uganda Athletics confirmed the squad alongside four officials who will oversee the team during the July 23 to August […]
Uganda Prisons Netball Club captain Christine Namulumba Kango has once again underlined her elite pedigree, clinching the Fortebet Real Stars Netball Player of the Month award for May after a string of commanding performances on both domestic and regional fronts. The accolade, presented on Tuesday at Naijing Restaurant in Kampala, saw Namulumba edge out strong […]
Uganda Athletics (UA) has unveiled a formidable national contingent of 18 athletes and four officials set to represent the country at the 24th edition of the African Senior Athletics Championships. The continental showpiece is scheduled to run from May 12–17, 2026 in Accra, Ghana, where Uganda will be seeking to assert its growing stature on […]
Uganda is set to mark Olympic Day with a distinctive national initiative that blends sport, nutrition, and community transformation, as the Uganda Olympic Committee partners with the Presidential Initiative on Banana Industrial Development and the Banana Industrial Research and Development Centre to launch the Olympic Day Tooke Run. Scheduled for 20th June 2026 in Bushenyi […]
Uganda’s pipeline of young athletics talent continues to gather momentum after the third National Track and Field Trial delivered a fresh wave of qualifiers for the upcoming global stage. A total of 11 athletes met the entry standards over the weekend, pushing the country’s tally to 25 qualifiers for the World Athletics U20 Championships 2026, […]
The 2026 Kabaka Birthday Run reached an exhilarating climax on Sunday, April 12, at Kabaka’s Palace, with gaming firm Betika emerging as a key contributor to this year’s impactful campaign against HIV/AIDS. For over a decade, the Buganda Kingdom has transformed the Kabaka’s birthday into a powerful national call to action. Now in its 13th […]