John Vianney Nsimbe
Journalist at The Uganda Observer
Catholic, witness to Jesus Christ, Journalist, husband and father. Sports writer and commentator on TV and Radio.
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1 week ago |
observer.ug | John Vianney Nsimbe
A feeling of triumph has been going around the Fufa headquarters in Mengo. This followed the decision by KCCA FC to withdraw its petition at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), filed against Fufa in March. This came about when, following match-day 15 of the 2024/25 Uganda Premier League (UPL) season, in a game involving Mbarara City FC and KCCA, the latter used an ineligible player, defender, Gavin Kizito.
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1 week ago |
observer.ug | John Vianney Nsimbe
Just as they finished in the regular season of the Nile Special rugby premiership, the top two clubs, Stanbic Black Pirates and KCB Kobs, each have one foot in the final already. Over the weekend, the two edged their first leg semifinals. But that was only just. Pirates beat the Platinum Credit Heathens 17-12 away at Kyadondo, while Kobs edged the Jinja Hippos 25-23 in their own Dam Waters backyard. Incidentally, this was after the Hippos held a halftime lead of 14-3.
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2 weeks ago |
observer.ug | John Vianney Nsimbe
The Pepsi University Football League concludes this Sunday, April 27 at the Muteesa II stadium in Wankulukuku. Two-time champions, Uganda Martyrs University (UMU) face-off with St Lawrence University (SLAU), who are aiming for their first title in the competition that started in 2012. However, shall there be a first-time winner this time round, or pedigree will reign supreme upon the final whistle? UMU won this tournament in 2017, when they beat Makerere University Business School.
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2 weeks ago |
observer.ug | John Vianney Nsimbe
The national women’s cricket team, the Victoria Pearls will be hoping for another international outing, when the Kwibuka tournament gets underway in June. The Kwibuka cricket tournament has become a permanent fixture on the cricket calendar every year, where Uganda’s teams, both men and women, go to take on some of the other emerging cricket nations in the region.
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3 weeks ago |
observer.ug | John Vianney Nsimbe
It is not something that Heathens’ full-back, Joseph Oyet will ever forget. But even before he came to that conclusion, what befell his team, when they met the Black Pirates in the regular season, was not something he had ever seen in rugby. For a team to be leading 31-09 against another with 20 minutes to play, then lose 31-33, still seems like horses flying, according to Oyet.
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