NEC registered a 2-0 well-earned victory over Booma FC in the FUFA Big League on Thursday.

Richard Ajuna and Tonny Kiberu were on target as NEC claimed the maximum points in the duel played in Bugolobi.

It was a much-needed win that kept the chase for the top three alive since they are just a point below log leaders Kitara FC.

In the 16^th minute, the roving left-back Ajuna gave the hosts the lead thanks to the continuous attacks that were laid by the home team.

NEC continued to pile more pressure on the defence of the visitors but failed to send the ball past the dotted line.

After recess, Kiberu was on target to double the lead and put NEC in the comfortable driving seat.

Marvin Kavuma and Julius Walugembe came close but wasted glorious chances that would have widened the score.

It was the eighth loss of the Hoima-based Booma FC and the 15^th win for NEC who look to be cruising all the way.

The victory kept NEC in the second position with 50 points with Booma fifth on the log with 36 points.

Results | Thursday, April 20

• NEC 2-0 Booma
• Kyetume 1-2 Kitara
• Lugazi 3-1 Jinja North
• Ndejje University 1-0 Soroti City
• Kataka 1-1 Nothern Gateway
• Mbarara City 1-0 Luwero

The record National Basketball League (NBL) champions City Oilers revealed their roster ahead of the Basketball Africa League (BAL).

The roster is made up of 12 players and includes four foreigners.

The four foreigners are Germaine Roebuck, William Ngor and Fallando Jones who were part of the squad during the qualifiers and James Justice Jr.

Among the new entrants is Abdulhakim Ghedi, the son of the manager. Ghedi’s size and experience will be tremendous to a side making its debut a BAL.

The other players on the roster are James Okello, Jimmy Enabu, Ivan Muhwezi and Tonny Drileba who have been with the side for a while.

New signings Edrine Walujjo, Fayed Bbaale and Titus Lual have put up a great show in the local league hence earning themselves an entry on the roaster.

The City Oilers will be competing in the Nile Conference alongside SLAC (Guinea), CFV Beria (Mozambique), Petro De Luanda (Angola), Cape Town Tigers (South Africa) and Al Ahly (Egypt).

They will tussle it out in Cairo, Egypt starting April 26 until May 6 for a place in the playoffs that will be played at. the BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda late in May.

City Oilers Roaster

• James Justice Jr
• Fallando Jones
• William Ngor
• Germaine Roebuck
• Abdulhakim Ghedi
• Edrine Walujjo
• James Okello
• Titus Lual
• Fayed Bbaale
• Ivan Muhwezi
• Tonny Drileba
• Jimmy Enabu

2022 Africa Schools’ Championship:

Overall Winners (Team event):

• Boys: Kibuli Secondary School (Uganda)

• Girls: Mbogo High School (Uganda)

Two Ugandan schools Kibuli Secondary School and Mbogo High School dominated the team events at the 2022 Africa schools Badminton championship hosted in Rose Hill city, Mauritius.

Kibuli Secondary school won the boys’ team event as Mbogo High School was triumphant in the girls’ category.

The championship was held at the National Badminton center. Kibuli SS’ team was composed of Samuel Wasswa, Akbar Nooh Oduka, Ahmed Nooh Oduka, and Aaron Ndawula.

Joshua Muguluma was the head coach of this team, with the team manager Hajji Ibrahim Ssemakadde, also the headmaster of Kibuli S.S.

The sports journalists in Uganda under the umbrella body of the Uganda Sports Press Association (USPA) has ushered in a new executive committee for a two-year tenure from 2022 to 2024.

Moses Alsayed Lubega was elected the new president of this association founded since 1970.

The elective assembly was held at Copper Chimney Restaurant, Lugogo in Kampala city on Saturday, November 26, 2022.

The election process was presided over by Elijah Njawuzi, an administrator at Uganda Olympic Committee (UOC).

Lubega was confirmed democratically via a vote where he tallied 36 votes to his challenger Leone Ssenyange who managed 12 votes.

92 people were eligible to cast their votes out of the over 180 registered members.

“I am humbled by the trust of the members of the Uganda Sports Press Association (USPA) to vote for me as president. I am ready to work with the members of the executive and the entire association to move forward” a soft-spoken Lubega revealed in his victory speech.

Lubega agitates for member-led value addition through members’ value, career development, consolidated appraisal, rights, and dignity.

He has also promised USPA a crucial digital positioning, a monetized umbrella, thought leadership (positive activism), and national participation.

Lubega is the director of Animus media (content vehicle) with a weight of experience in television having worked with Next Media Services for six years (2013 to 2019).

Lubega’s campaign slogan echoed aloud “A member-driven association is our shared value” takes from Patrick Kanyomozi whose term of office ended with a four-year tenure (2 terms of two years each).

The president-elect is expected to confirm his vice president in the nearby future.

Other elective positions:

The members of the other positions of the executive were all unopposed.

Clive Kyazze, working at Sanyu F.M. is the secretary general while Solomon Ssaka (Next Media Group) is the organizing secretary for another term in office.

Vision Group’s Laurian Lubuulwa retained his seat as Treasurer.

Lubuulwa has been treasurer under Kanyomozi’s epoch and was also unopposed after his challenger Francisco Bwambale was disqualified on grounds of not fulfilling the minimum requirements.

One of the former presidents of the association Sabiiti Muwanga, senior members Ahmed Marsha Hussein (current FUFA spokesperson), Eddie Khan Ssemugenyi, Mubarak Kasule, Isaac Mumena, and Martin Mugabi graced the elective assembly.

Special Presidential Advisor Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba has doubled down on the construction of a new multi-purpose indoor facility.

In early May this year, the Former Commander UPDF Land Forces revealed that the government planned to refurbish the arena.

A couple of months later, Gen. Muhoozi tweeted while referencing the BK Arena – an indoor arena in Kigali, Rwanda saying; “This is one of our promises to our youth!

“We want an indoor sports facility in Uganda as soon as possible! It will be the greatest in East Africa and it will happen without a doubt!”

The BK was built and finished in 2019, and it hosts sporting events and concerts. It is the biggest indoor arena in East Africa and is located next to the Amahoro Stadium.

Lugogo complex was opened in 2010 by President Yoweri Museveni, but later after a few games of basketball action, it was suspended after the turf developed patches.

The renovation was completed in August 2010 when a Dutch firm, Descol sports services, finished installing the multi-purpose floor that will be used for basketball, boxing, table tennis, and volleyball.

The Lugogo Sports Complex is Uganda’s oldest and biggest indoor sports facility, which was constructed in 1954 and officially opened in 1962.

It is used for games like basketball, boxing, table tennis, badminton, and volleyball.

MTN Uganda has launched a dedicated online Home of UG Sports dubbed “MTN Sports” to give all Ugandan sports enthusiasts a one-stop point for all sports-related news, analysis, and updates. This innovation is hinged on MTN’s belief in delivering the benefits of a modern connected world to its customers.

Since it opened shop in Uganda over 20 years ago, MTN’s proactive role in sports has positioned the brand as the biggest supporter of local sports through its sponsorships, partnerships, and active engagements with the various sports disciplines including football and athletics, among others.

While launching the MTN Sports website, Somdev Sen, the MTN Uganda Chief Marketing Officer said that MTN Uganda decided to launch the MTN sports website, a digital sports hub, to provide sports fans with comprehensive sports coverage of the very best that Ugandan sports have to offer. This idea was further fueled by the prevailing circumstances that have limited fans’ physical involvement at sports facilities. “That is why we have decided to bring the fun and thrill closer on the screens of our customers,” said Somdev

“Over the years, we have been big supporters of various sports disciplines in Uganda, including MTN Marathon, our support to the broadcasting of the StarTimes Uganda premier football league, our continued partnership with local football clubs like KCCA and Onduparaka, and support to talent development in other institutions, among others. Local sports continues to be a major pillar in our sponsorship strategy,” Somdev further said.

Somdev noted that across the world these days, the excitement of sports has spread beyond the confines of stadia and captured the hearts and minds of many through the internet. As such, the new MTN sports website is now part of this digital outbreak of sports fever across the country. While stadiums may remain empty due to the pandemic, sports fans will continue to remain in the thick of it through this exciting sports website.

Today, MTN Uganda remains known as the founder of the biggest Marathon and the inspiration behind the running culture through which a number of athletes have been nurtured. Additionally, the MTN is also the official broadcast partner of the StarTimes Uganda Premier League and official sponsor of Onduparaka FC as well as KCCA FC.

Visit sports.mtn.co.ug to catch the latest in your favorite sport and to know more about your favorite Ugandan sports personalities, features, and more. Also, keep up with our own Joshua Cheptegei and the Uganda Olympics team as they go for glory in Tokyo, all on the MTN sports website, the Home of UG Sports.

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URA Football Club has confirmed the exit of Brian Majwega.

The defender cum winger leaves the tax collectors after a two-year spell at the since joining from Maroons FC.

It’s reported the club has chosen not to renew his contract due to lofty demands from the player.

Thank you for the 2⃣ solid years, Majwega Brian with the tax collectors. All the best in your next journey.#URAFC #OneTeamOneDream pic.twitter.com/DNtvkP4d1c

— URA Football Club (@URAFC_Official) July 12, 2021

Majwega is likely to return to his former club KCCA Football Club with the deal between the two parties reportedly agreed.

KCCA has failed to find the right replacement for roving left-back Mustafa Kizza since he left the club and joined Montreal Impact, and vet Majwega fits the bill.

If Majwega joins the Lugogo based side, it will be his third spell at the club.

He has also played for Tanzanian sides Azam FC and Simba.