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Uganda’s City Oilers paid the price for a false start to the Basketball Africa League and were eliminated following Saturday’s 80-70 loss to Cape Town Tigers in Cairo, Egypt. The Ugandan champions started the Nile Conference with a 0-3 record after defeats to Petro de Luanda, Al Ahly and SLAC. That hole became tough to come out of the moment ...

Uganda’s opening game of the Women’s AfroBasketball Qualifiers didn’t go well as they lost to Kenya. Their Clcoach, Alberto Antuna said he wanted them to play with more confidence the rest of the tournament. Last night, the Gazelles listened to the coach’s advice and delivered a victory against Egypt in the close game. They delivered an 86-85 win attributed to ...

It is a very hard bargain for City Oilers to have back to back wins. They usually come back stronger after having a bad game and in this case their opponents have to sweat to win. Over the years, the Oilers have set a certain bar which the didn’t really live up to in the opener. However, the defending champions ...

The basketball jersey worn by icon Michael Jordan in the opening game the 1998 NBA Finals has been sold for a record $10.1m. This price tag is the most a piece of sports memorabilia has ever fetched in history. Auction house Sotheby’s says the item drew “palpable excitement” from sports fans and collectors. On Thursday, Sotheby’s said the Chicago Bulls ...

Uganda’s basketball team, the Silverbacks left for Egypt last week Friday to have some training for the forthcoming games. However, only four players made the team from the National Basketball League and the rest will be foreign based players. The four players are Jimmy Enabu, Tony Drileba, James Okello and Ivan Muhwezi who had initially been joined by two foreign ...