Great Britain slipped to a fourth successive defeat in the wheelchair curling mixed team event at the Winter Paralympics and remain second-bottom of the standings as a result of an 8-6 loss to Italy.Only the top four of the 10 competing nations in Cortina will qualify for the semi-finals and the British side’s latest defeat means the best they can achieve in the round-robin phase is four wins – a tally already reached by four teams.For the second time in the competition, Great Britain switched their quartet during the course of a match. Trailing the hosts 5-3 at the halfway…
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David GOMBE NEC FC has revealed the injury status of six players ahead of their home league game against Entebbe UPPC tonight at the MTN Omondi Stadium. Jacob Okao, Hudson Mbalire, Joseph Dhata, Joseph Sseremba, Emmanuel Ajo and Jonathan Oluka are all sidelined. According to the club website, Okao who underwent Achilles tendon reconstruction surgery following an Achilles rupture is expected to return to full fitness in the coming 2 months. Dhata sustained a fracture to the ulna and remains on the sidelines. He will approximately be out for five weeks. Sseremba picked up a right ankle sprain and is…
Monday, March 16•Happy Boys Kagaba Vs Six O’clock – Kagaba P/Sz Kassanda Tuesday, March 17•NEC FC Vs Lugazi – Lugogo, 3pm•KCCA Vs Onduparaka – Lugogo, 8pm Wednesday, March 18•Kitara Vs Bunyaruguru – Butema•Vipers Vs Iganga United – Kitende, 7pm Thursday, March 19•SC Villa Vs Maroons – Kadiba, 8pm Friday, March 20•URA Vs Tapoh – Nakivubo•Express Vs Red Devo – Nakivubo, 7pm FUFA has dismissed a petition filed by Police FC challenging Lugazi FC’s victory in the round of 32 of the 2026 Stanbic Uganda Cup. Police FC had contested Lugazi’s 2-1 win registered on February 27, 2026 at the Kiira…
Derrick Akampurira League leaders SC Volcanoes/ Mutolere Fc will face Kihihi Younger Boys tomorrow, March 10, at Kihihi Excessive Faculty Playground in a FUFA Western Regional League match scheduled to kick off at 3:00 PM. The Kisoro-based aspect at the moment sits comfortably on the high of the league desk and stays unbeaten this season. The crew is decided to increase its dominance because it continues its push for promotion to the FUFA Massive League. In the meantime, Kihihi Younger Boys are battling close to the underside of the desk. The Kanungu-based aspect sits in tenth place with six factors…
Head coach Eddie Howe has challenged his Newcastle United players to seize the moment and follow in the footsteps of the side who defeated Barcelona in 1997.Newcastle will meet Barca in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie at St James’ Park on Tuesday night.The fixture stirs memories of Tino Asprilla’s hat-trick and the night Newcastle stunned the La Liga giants in the old group phase.Howe was a player at Bournemouth at the time, but was among the millions tuning in to the 3-2 victory from afar.”You couldn’t not watch that game,” he said. “It was on terrestrial…
David GOMBE The Federation of Uganda Football Associations has suspended seven match officials over officiating incidents in SC Villa Vs Express FC and Buhimba United Saints Vs Police FC. According to a statement from FUFA, the Referees Standing Committee (FRSC) has reviewed recent officiating incidents and referred the following officials to the FUFA Referees Disciplinary Panel (FRDP). The officials are: AR1 Immaculate Ongiera (SC Villa vs Express FC on 7th March 2026), Referee Musisi Henry, AR1 Mbabali Samuel, AR2 Kinyera Fred, 4th Official Semakula John, Assessor Hillary Kimbugwe and GC Kugonza Christopher (Buhimba United Saints FC vs Police FC on…
Hajji Omar Ahmed Mandela is set to continue as the SC Villa president for the next four years. SC Villa Electoral Committee chairman Brian Kajubi confirmed on Saturday that only one candidate, Mandela, had returned valid nomination papers by Saturday’s deadline. Five members initially picked nomination forms but none of Meywa Farooq, Mbidde Dennis Ssebugwawo, Bulezi Simeon Kawuma, and Ben Misagga returned the forms. The trio earlier petitioned FUFA to intervene into the club Elections, raising concerns including the move to ask for Sh100m as nomination fee which they termed as excessively high and contrary to the 2021 Villa Electoral…
David GOMBE FUFA has dismissed Police FC’s petition over Lugazi FC relating to Umar Kyebatala’s eligibility to characteristic within the Stanbic Uganda Cup. Final month, the Lugazi eradicated Police FC 2-1 on the spherical of 32 stage of the Stanbic Uganda Cup with Kyebatala scoring each objectives for Lugazi. Police then filed a petition declare that Kyebatala was ineligible to play the competition since he had already performed for non-league facet Soccer Classroom towards Purple Ants within the preliminary spherical. FUFA said that the rule solely applies to gamers registered with the federation for the competitors beginning on the spherical…
Britain’s Emma Raducanu was overpowered by sixth seed Amanda Anisimova at Indian Wells, losing 6-1 6-1 in a third-round encounter lasting only 52 minutes.In an ominous sign of the struggle to come, Raducanu was broken in the opening game.It quickly became apparent the 25th seed had no answer to the American’s determined approach, and the first set ran away from her with just 11 points won.The second immediately took on a similar pattern with Raducanu finding herself three games behind before managing to hold her serve.Having enlisted Mark Petchey as a temporary coach after parting with Francisco Roig in January,…
David GOMBE Incumbent president of SC Villa Hajji Omar Ahmed Mandela Hussein is set to retain the position for another term. Mandela was only candidate to return the nomination forms on Saturday, 7th March 2026 which was set as the deadline day for returning of forms.David GOMBEIncumbent president of SC Villa Hajji Omar Ahmed Mandela Hussein is set to retain the position for another term. Earlier last week, the SC Villa electoral committee confirmed that five people who picked nomination forms to contest for the club presidency. “By closure of the submission deadline (7th March 2026), only one candidate Mr…