National Council of Sports

CROWNING MOMENT: The Hoima City Arena experience is still the buzz, one crowned by the awards ceremony presided over by our Minister Hon. , our Chairman Ambrose Tashobya and our General Secretary Dr Bernard Patrick Ogwel. Oh what a night!

National Sports Academy Dream Now A Reality As NCS Hands Over Sir Tito Winy Site To UPDF Brigade

FUFA hands Kadiba OverTo NCS For AFCON 2027 Development

Kadiba Stadium has oficially been handed over to the government of Uganda for development into a CAF-certified training ground for the Pamoja AFCON 2027 tournament to be hosted by Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.
In the presence and with the endorsement of the Minister of State for Sports, Hon. Peter Ogwang, FUFA President Eng. Moses Magogo handed over the facility to the National Council of Sports (NCS) who in turn handed it over the UPDF Engineering Brigade for commencement of works.
The Engineering Brigade’s Col. James Lwegaba committed to immediately starting Shs 5.189bn worth of work on the ground, for among other things a new standardised pitch (playing surface), improvements on the floodlights, small electrical works and ICT installations.
NCS General Secretary Dr Bernard Patrick Ogwel confirmed that the legal requirements for the handover to government had been completed and that the money for development had been availed this Financial Year, and NCS Chairman Ambrose Tashobya implored the Engineering Brigade to complete this relatively limited scope of works in less time than the contractually stipulated six months.
Supervised by the Ministry of Works and Transport, the Enginering Brigade is simultaneously working on training grounds in Kyambogo, Makerere Univerisity, Hoima Boma Grounds, Masindi Grounds, Lira University, Gulu University and Pece Stadium.
FUFA President Eng. Magogo thanked government for the heavy investment in Namboole, Hoima City Stadium and Akii-Bua Olympic Stadium in Lira to fully cover the requirements of international football, and implored Minister Ogwang to extend the infrastructure drive to regional facilities to cover domestic competitions, with emphasis on Mbarara, Jinja, Mbale and West Nile.
Hon. Ogwang articulated that those areas had already been planned for and, the challenges of land ownership aside, the implementation will follow. He reaffirmed that money for all these facilities would be availed, with the greater strategy being to boost sports tourism and with it the economy of Uganda.

WOODBALL HEROES BACK
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Uganda’s triumphant woodball team has returned home to a heroes welcome. In a feat of historic proportions, Uganda won Gold in the women’s doubles, and there was also Bronze for the men at the World Woodall Cahmpionships in Malysia. National Council of Sports (NCS) Senior Sports Officer Sarah Ann Nankya and her colleague Olivia Akorebirungi received the returing heroes at Entebbe International Airport this morning.🥇🥉

MEDAL ALERT!

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CHEMUTAI WINS
BRONZE IN THE
WOMEN’S 3000M
STEEPLECHASE
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Peruth Chemutai has raced to a bronze medal in the women’s 3000m steeplechase at the Scotstoun Stadium. The former Olympic champion came home in 9:09.96, behind Kenya’s Faith Cherotich who took Gold in a Games record time of 9:01.76 and England’s Elise Thorner who bagged Silver in a personal best time of 9:05.45.
Chemutai’s bronze is Uganda’s 3rd medal at the Games, having come an hour after the Gazelles had won Silver in the women’s 3x3 basketball, on a successful day for Uganda. Husnah Kukundakwe had got Silver in the Para-swimming two days earlier.

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SILVER FOR
GAZELLES AS
AUSTRALIANS
TAKE THE GOLD
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Team Uganda has bagged a second Silver Medal of the Games, as the Gazelles settled for second following the 21-11 loss to Australia in the women’s 3x3 basketball competition. Uganda’s first medal, a Silver too, had come from para-swimmer Husnah Kukundakwe two days earlier.
Melissa Akullu, Jane Asinde, Jamila Nansikombi and Perus Nyamwenge have won over hearts at the Scottish Events Centre with gutsy and stylish perfomances, but that combo came up just short against the much bigger and better shooting Australia, who had also won the group encounter involving the two earlier.
The Gazelles still made history though in this sporting discipline’s maiden Commonwealth Games appearance. Among their may victims were Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, Kenya, Tonga and New Zealand, for a well earned Silver.

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SURE MEDAL AS
GAZELLES ROLL
OVER NZ IN SEMIS
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Team Uganda is now sure of a second medal after the Gazelles rolled over New Zealand in the first 3×3 women’s basketball semifinal, winning 21-9.
Melissa Akullu, Jane Asinde, Jamila Nansikombi and Perus Nyamwenge are our new heroines after they came through the battle of their lives to start the game, hustling on defense with active hands and a lot of switching to contain the versatile New Zelanders. Then the Gazelles offense kicked in on the inside and behind the arc, and with 3 minutes on the clock this job was done. It was smoother sailing from then to the end, as the New Zealanders wilted under the Gazelles relentlessness and the noise from a passionate Ugandan crowd.
Nick Natuhereza’s girls await the winner of the Australia-Jamaica semi for the Gold Medal match tonight.

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Gazelles dominate
Tonga, Book New
Zealand Semis Date
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One more win, and the Gazelles will bag a sure medal. This comes after a truly dominant 21-12 performance against Tonga in a playoff tonight got them into the semifinals of the 3×3 women’s basketball competition. Using their size advantage in the low post, Jane Asinde and Melissa Akullu got some easy buckets at the hoop, while Jamila Nansikombi and Perus Nyamwenge went to work on the outside with their superior handles, quickness and craftiness. The Ugandan quartet will need that enitre skills set and then some, to overcome a much tougher opponent in New Zealand.

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FIRST MEDAL FOR UGANDA KUKUNDAWE THE HEROINE!
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Husnah Kukundawe has won a silver medal in the para-swimming 100m breaststroke (SB8) competition, in a time of 1:26.20 which a personal best, national record, and new African record!
She becomes Uganda’s first medallist at these Games after a great swim saw her outclass everyone in the pool but one, and Team Uganda’s Co-Captain has led by example. Her teammates and the rest of Uganda will be hoping thst she has opened the floodgates for more medals this week, as Uganda look to add to historic tally of 59 medals now collected since the country first went to these Games 1954.

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She Cranes Crush
Trinidad & Tobago
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Cheers and screams of joy have rung out inside the Hydro this evening as the massively popular Ugandan netball team, The She Cranes, cruashed Trinidad and Tobago 80-34.
Whereas their win over Wales yesterday had been hard-fought for a long soell, this one was smooth sailing from the start as the Ugandans cruised to a 40-19 halftime lead. The onslaught by the experienced Ugandan ensemble would continue in the third quarter and all the way to the final whistle. The She Cranes should however face stiffer resistance tomorrow when they face Jamaica.