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 ...
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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 ...
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UCU Lady Canons ‘ Rose Akon turned the game around when she registered 19 points and 26 rebounds to win the game in overtime. Hamada Najjuko scored 12 for UCU who looked like they were headed down the drain after dropping the first quarter 30-8. They however returned the favor in the second quarter, scoring 20-6. Sharon Kirabo from KIU ...
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The FUBA National Basketball League(NBL) is one of the biggest sporting events on Uganda’s sports calendar. Following a two-year closure of the league due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the league is returning. The league is set to tip-off on Friday, March 11, 2022. Officials of the FUBA NBL confirmed that their partnership with Tusker Lite as the season’s major sponsor ...
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The NBA has reduced quarantine time from 10 days to 6 for vaccinated players and coaches who came into contact with Covid-19. Teams were informed in a league memo obtained by ESPN about the move. It came on the same day the US CDC reduced the isolation time for those with asymptomatic Covid-19 from 10 days to 5. The league ...
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