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  • 1 week ago | monitor.co.ug | Abdul-Nasser Ssemugabi

    What you need to know:Uganda Boxing Federation (UBF) president Moses Muhangi, a close ally of Kremlev, was equally indignant at IOC’s orders and showed almost no interest in denouncing IBA for WB. Uganda finally joined WB, the new international governing body for amateur boxing recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). But is it enough to secure the country’s future in Olympic boxing?

  • 2 weeks ago | monitor.co.ug | Abdul-Nasser Ssemugabi

    What you need to know:Ahead of the 2021 Mr Uganda Championships Lubega and Kisekka were the favourites. But both were shocked by an incredibly improved John Ronald Kariitwa, who bagged gold. When Axam Kisekka met his friend Godfrey Lubega in Kampala a few weeks ago, he eagerly talked about his immediate goals of winning a major title like the Mr Central crown this year. That required him to compete in bigger weights like welterweight.

  • 2 weeks ago | monitor.co.ug | Abdul-Nasser Ssemugabi

    What you need to know:To qualify for the world championship, Jemimah Nakawala and Parvin Judith Nangonzi picked valuable points from the African Games in Ghana, the Regional Senior Championship in Uganda, and the Africa Senior Championships in Ethiopia all in 2024. Uganda Table Tennis Association president Robert Jjagwe predicted a tough experience for the Ugandan players at the ongoing World Table Tennis Championships in Doha, Qatar and was not surprised by the results.

  • 3 weeks ago | monitor.co.ug | Abdul-Nasser Ssemugabi

    There was a time when a teenage boxer was Uganda’s best. Some called him ‘Warrior’, some ‘Light Fly’. But both tags truly fitted Jolly Katongole’s status, Uganda’s youngest ever boxer at the Olympics. Sadly, he died 10 years ago. Katongole went through many hands, but Hamza Sempewo, now in USA, his sister’s boyfriend in the late ‘90s, knew him a little earlier. When he took the little boy to training sessions at Kololo Boxing Club, everyone was amazed.

  • 3 weeks ago | monitor.co.ug | Abdul-Nasser Ssemugabi

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