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The Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony is set to be held in the Tokyo Olympic Stadium this week on Friday. However, Olympics organizing committee fired the director of the show on the eve of the event over a decades-old skit referencing the Holocaust. Kentaro Kobayashi’s comments in a video of a comedy sketch from 1998 emerged online very abruptly. This sparked ...

Joseph Ssemujju emerged BUL Football Club’s top scorer in the recently concluded 2020-2021 season. The forward-cum-winger managed to put 14 balls at the back of the net. These were both in the StarTimes UPL and in the Stanbic Uganda Cup. The 11 goals came in the league and 4 assists in the 13 matches played including a hat-trick against rivals ...

Jean-Pierre Adams may not be a household name especially in the football circles- but his heartbreaking story has seen the former French star shoot to prominence in recent years. During his active sports days, the celebrated defender turned out for a number of French clubs including Nice and Paris Saint-Germain. However, as his career entered the twilight years, life, and ...

Jinja city-based Bul Football Club management agreed with head coach Alex Isabirye for a permanent employment contract. Isabirye inked a two-year employment contract at the club christened as the ‘’Eastern Giants’’ as preliminary talks between the two parties were concluded. According to sources, the talks have been between Isabirye and the club’s managerial wing led by CEO Ahmed Kongola. ‘’The ...

The Ugandan duo of center referee Ronald Madanda and assistant referee Ronald Katenya will officiate at the 2021 CECAFA U-23. The Challenge Cup will go down in Bahir City in Ethiopia. The two officials are among the twenty-two officials officiating the upcoming tournament in Ethiopia. Ronald Madanda and Ronald Katenya are the only officials CECAFA has appointed from Uganda. There ...