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Jul312021 by Our ReporterNo Comments

Benzema to Stay at Real Madrid for More Two Years

Karim Benzema, a key player for Real Madrid, is expected to sign a new two-year contract with the club. Los Blancos are still rumored to be interested in signing Kylian Mbappe or Erling Braut Haaland, and the former Lyon man has been facing an unclear future. Benzema's current contract with the Bernabeu giants is set to expire at the conclusion of the 2021-22 season, which means he could leave for free in less than a year if no new agreement is reached. According to Marca, the France international is expected to sign a one-year agreement with the club, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2023. According to the source, Benzema's contract negotiations with the club have always gone well since his arrival 12 years ago, since the experienced striker has never requested a pay raise in t...

Jul282021 by Abel kawereNo Comments

Micho Bounce Back As Uganda Cranes coach on 3-year deal

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Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojević has bounced back as the head coach of Uganda Cranes on a three-year contract. A press statement from the Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) shows that the Serbian tactician will kick off work effective next month. Micho has been appointed Head coach of the Uganda Cranes on a three-year renewable contract effective 1st August 2021. Micho returns to Uganda for the second time after leaving in 2017. Micho is remembered for taking back Uganda to the African Cup of Nations (Afcon) in 2017 after close to three decades. He, however, terminated his contract on June 29, 2017, citing non-payment of his salary for several months. Since then, the Serbian tactician has managed Orlando Pirates in South Africa, Zamalek in Egypt and lately the Zambia national team...

Jul232021 by Abel kawereNo Comments

MISSING UGANDAN ATHELETE RETURNS SAFELY FROM TOKYO- JAPAN

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ENTEBBE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT The general public is hereby informed that Mr. Julius Ssekitoleko, a Ugandan weightlifter who went missing on Friday 16th July 2021 from the Olympic village facilities in Izumisano City, Japan has returned to Uganda safely. Mr. Ssekitoleko did not meet the set Olympic standards in the latest International rankings and consequently fled the Team Uganda camp during pre-Olympics training in western Japan last week. In a joint operation between Japanese Authorities and the Ugandan Embassy in Japan, Mr. Ssekitoleko was tracked down in Mie Prefecture on 20th July 2021 His action unfortunately violated the Code of Conduct which each member of the Team pledged to abide by. This was signed by the Uganda Olympic Council (UOC), Tokyo 2020 and National Council of Sports. ...

Jul212021 by Abel kawereNo Comments

Ugandan weightlifter who fled pre-Olympics training found

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Ugandan athlete who fled during pre-Olympics training in western Japan last week has been found and is being interrogated by police Mie prefectural police in central Japan said 20-year-old weightlifter Julius Ssekitoleko was in Yokkaichi, a city 105 miles east of his host town in western Japan. Police are asking him what happened since he fled his hotel in Izumisano in the Osaka prefecture Friday, leaving behind a note saying he didn’t want to return to his country Ssekitoleko left behind his luggage and a note saying he wanted to stay in Japan and work, Izumisano officials said. He did not meet Olympic standards in the latest international rankings released after he arrived Japan and was to return home this week On their arrival on June 19 at Narita International Airport, a member of the ...

Jul122021 by Abel kawereNo Comments

England’s Bid To End Their 55-Year Wait Ended In Agony Of Defeat As Italy Claimed The Euro 2020 Trophy At Wembley

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England's Bid To End Their 55-Year Wait Ended In Agony Of Defeat As Italy Claimed The Euro 2020 Trophy At Wembley. Italy, unbeaten in 33 matches before this final, slowly edged their way back into the game and were level in the 67th minute when Leonardo Bonucci pounced after England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford turned Marco Verratti's header on to a post. And after a tense period of extra time failed to find a winner, it was on to penalties and bitter disappointment for England manager Gareth Southgate and his players, who had gone into this final on a wave of expectation and high emotion. England missed three of their five penalties, Marcus Rashford hitting a post and Gianluigi Donnarumma denying Jadon Sancho before - so cruelly for such a fine young player - Arsenal teenager Bukayo Sak...

Jul62021 by Abel kawereNo Comments

former presidential aspirant Aggrey passed on

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Outspoken former Samia Bugwe member of Parliament Aggrey Awori passed away at a private hospital in Naalya, Kampala Monday 5th July 2021. “He has been sick for about a month and I have been in touch with him until today when his wife, Thelma told me that he has died,” said Mr Oguttu The family alleges that the deceased died of pressure related disease at a private hospital at Naalya. Aggrey was a great sportsman who rpresented uganda in 1960 and 1964 in a double olympian Awori represented Samia-Bugwe North, Busia District in the Ugandan Parliament from 2001 until 2006. Awori was an outspoken opposition member of parliament for the Uganda People's Congress (UPC) political party. In 2007, he abandoned the UPC and joined the ruling National Resistance Movement an...

Jul62021 by Abel kawereNo Comments

Draw for CECAFA Women’s Champions League Qualifier Set

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The Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) will make the draws for the Zonal CAF Women’s Champions League qualifier on Tomorrow (Wednesday) July 7th.Auka Gacheo, the CECAFA Executive Director has confirmed that the draws will be conducted via zoom on Wednesday afternoon.Nine teams from the region will take part in the qualifiers ahead of the inaugural CAF Women’s Champions League to take place in Egypt.The zonal qualifier is expected to take place in Kenya between July 17th to August 1st.Tanzania’s Simba Queens FC, Lady Doves FC (Uganda) and Commercial Bank of Ethiopia FC on paper seem the strongest teams seen as favourites to snatch the single slot.The other teams that will be drawn include; PVP FC (Burundi), FAD Club (Djibouti), Scandinavia WFC (Rwanda), Yei J...

Jul42021 by Abel kawereNo Comments

UGANDAN ATHLETICS – SHIDA LENI QUALIFIES FOR TOKYO OLYMPIC GAMES

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Ugandan 400 metre runner, Shida Leni, has qualified for the forthcoming Tokyo Olympics. She did so through World Athletics “Road to Tokyo” route https://www.worldathletics.org/stats-zone/road-to/7132391?eventId=10229511 (ranked 41st). The qualification was confirmed in yesterday’s email to us from Beatrice Ayikoru, the General Secretary of the Uganda Athletics Federation. ONLY SPRINTER SHIDA WHILE SPRINTING .photo by Michele Maraviglia. Shida will be Uganda’s only sprinter (male or female) at the Games. All its other athletes will be middle or long distance runners. Her 41st position ranking means we should be realistic about what she can do in Tokyo. Her main achievement has been just reaching an Olympic Games, the first Ugandan sprinter to compete at an Olympic...

Jun72021 by Abel kawereNo Comments

FINALLY ALEX MUHANGI UNVILED AS FORTEBET AMBASSADOR

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Its official, Fortebet, a billion winners’ betting company has unveiled laugh doctor, Alex Muhangi as Fortebet ambassador. Muhangi, the Comedy Store hero who has literally made everyone laugh via his live shows or his youtube and or social media platforms, will now accompany his laugh dose with all the vital information about Fortebet that you need to know. During the unveiling at Fortebet head office in Kololo, the company’s Chief Marketing Officer, Marek Mickal noted that, “The name Alex Muhangi is big in the entire East African region. It is for this reason that Uganda’s biggest betting company-Fortebet has decided to associate with him. Therefore, each time you see or hear Muhangi, you will too have heard or seen Fortebet because we are now one.” Muhangi promised to mak...

May272021 by Abel kawereNo Comments

Zinedine Zidane resigns as Real Madrid coach

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The decision was made on Wednesday morning, sources said, after Zidane had asked the club for a few days to consider his future. In recent months, Zidane had refused to commit to remaining in the job next season, leading to widespread speculation that he was planning to leave. "You might think I walk away from responsibility or leave when things get complicated, but no, never," Zidane said on May 15 when pushed on his future. Financial restrictions saw the club decide not to spend on new signings last summer, and the start to this campaign proved more difficult both domestically and in Europe. In La Liga, Madrid suffered an embarrassing 1-0 loss to newly promoted Cadiz in October, and were beaten 4-1 by Valencia and 2-1 at home to Alaves in November. In January, the former ...