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Basketball | Nam Blazers crush UCU Canons to secure top seed ahead of playoffs monitor.co.ug/uganda/sports/… | @Emanzi20

Nam Blazers crush UCU Canons to secure top seed ahead of playoffs

For UCU, Alier Jongroor and Daniel Muganzi were the only bright spots, finishing with 11 and 10 points respectively on an otherwise difficult night for the Mukono-based side.

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Football | Buweekula, Kyaddondo kick off new Masaza Cup campaign monitor.co.ug/uganda/sports/… | @Katongole100

Buweekula, Kyaddondo kick off new Masaza Cup campaign

Buganda Minister of Youth, Sports and the Arts Robert Sserwanga said the 2025 edition attracted more than 385,000 spectators and generated over 10 million social media engagements.

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Boxing | UPBC faults Muhangi for ignoring minister’s guidance monitor.co.ug/uganda/sports/… | @tajudeennash1

UPBC faults Muhangi for ignoring minister’s guidance

Peter Lubulwa, the head of the UPBC legal committee, said NCS was wrong to give UBF mandate over professional boxing.

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Table tennis: Uganda picks valuable lessons in Sweden | monitor.co.ug/uganda/sports/… | @tajudeennash1

Table tennis: Uganda picks valuable lessons in Sweden

Sebatindira has won multiple titles at WTT Under 11 championships since the age of nine, but reproducing the same dominance at the Under 13 category may take some more time and hard work. Inside...

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Rugby | Pirates start life without Shirt No. 7 monitor.co.ug/uganda/sports/… | @SportingFred

Pirates start life without Shirt No. 7

On Tuesday, that same jersey was retired.

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Uganda’s wushu team plots for Genocide Memorial medals monitor.co.ug/uganda/sports/… | @tajudeennash1

Uganda’s wushu team plots for Genocide Memorial medals

This year’s tournament marks 32 years after the genocide in Rwanda that killed about 700,000 people, mostly Tutsi, in 1994.

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Mexico, South Africa replay the 2010 #FifaWorldCup opener monitor.co.ug/uganda/sports/… | @Katongole100

Mexico, South Africa replay the 2010 W. Cup opener

The repeat is one of the more remarkable coincidences in World Cup history.

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Why African teams remain bridesmaids in #FifaWorldCup paradox monitor.co.ug/uganda/sports/… | @DenisBbosa1

Why African teams remain bridesmaids in World Cup paradox

Côte d'Ivoire face Germany and Ecuador in Group E. The former African champions have quality but their margin for error is razor-thin. Egypt's hopes rest heavily on Mohamed Salah. Belgium and...

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#FifaWorldCup | America sneezing, World Cup catches a cold monitor.co.ug/uganda/sports/… | @AllanDarren

America sneezing, World Cup catches a cold

Is this how the hosts behave, really for the greatest tournament in the world? Is this the spirit of football?” he added. America is sneezing and the World Cup is catching a rare cold.

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Basketball | Juruni leaves Kepler with his heart full monitor.co.ug/uganda/sports/… | @Emanzi20

Juruni leaves Kepler with his heart full

Kepler confirmed the development on Monday through a “Thank You” statement, which was posted on all their social media channels.

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Football | Lubwama stars for Muteesa I Royal University monitor.co.ug/uganda/sports/… | @RaulKanyike

Lubwama stars for Muteesa I Royal University

YMCA goalkeeper Ssebabulya Kevin finished second behind Lutwama with Uganda Martyrs University striker Obedgiu Ronald finishing third to complete the top three nominees for the MVP award.

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Golf | NCBA Series goes for new heights monitor.co.ug/uganda/sports/… | @AllanDarren

NCBA Series goes for new heights

A field of more than 120 players is expected at the par-72 course on Saturday, with another leg to follow at Entebbe Club on October 3 with winners set to represent Uganda at the grand finale in...

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#FifaWorldCup: Mexico vs S. Africa, the birth, silence of the vuvuzelas monitor.co.ug/uganda/sports/… | @SportingFred

Mexico vs S. Africa, the birth, silence of the vuvuzelas

The rest of the football world was divided as broadcasters scrambled to filter the noise and commentators complained they could barely hear themselves. Players and coaches, too, struggled to...

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Mmamba end 50-year wait to lift first Bika crown monitor.co.ug/uganda/sports/… | @Katongole100

Mmamba end 50-year wait to lift first Bika crown

After a tense final ended goalless over 90 minutes, goalkeeper Mathias Kigoonya emerged the hero, saving two penalties to hand Mmamba their first championship and the Shs9m winners' purse before...

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Uganda beats Nigeria to earn 2031 African Games hosting rights monitor.co.ug/uganda/sports/… | @shamuzmac

Uganda beats Nigeria to earn 2031 African Games hosting rights

A team led by the head of the AUSC Decius Chipande, chairperson technical committee for the African Games Sid Ahmed Selmi, member of the technical committee for the Games responsible for game...

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Women football | Amus still on course to defend Cup, KQ can save season monitor.co.ug/uganda/sports/… | @shamuzmac

Amus still on course to defend Cup, KQ can save season

The Kachumbala-based side kept things tight in a feisty battle of 120 minutes to draw 0-0 away in Luzira in regulation time.

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Football | Purple Sharks drown in murky waters monitor.co.ug/uganda/sports/… | @Katongole100

Purple Sharks drown in murky waters

The Wakiso Giants story started with a reported Shs100 million acquisition of Kamuli Park in 2018.

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Cricket Uganda find more than runs in Mumbai monitor.co.ug/uganda/sports/… | @MagicLeft11

Cricket Uganda find more than runs in Mumbai

There is a quiet symbolism that Uganda ended the tour with a seven-wicket defeat after being bowled out for just 70 by Mumbai Triumph Knights NE.

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Athletes happy with Tooke boost ahead of Commonwealth Games monitor.co.ug/uganda/sports/… | @shamuzmac

Athletes happy with Tooke boost ahead of Commonwealth Games

The athletes received packages to sample during this training period before they can get the bigger amounts following their reviews.

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Rugby | Buffaloes win amid Gongodyo grief monitor.co.ug/uganda/sports/… | @SportingFred

Buffaloes win amid Gongodyo grief

Gongodyo, 27, a Makerere University student and key member of the Pirates squad that won the 2025 Premiership title, died Friday after an incident in Kampala now being investigated as murder.

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