Government incentives, not money, will develop sports

Having taken over at the helm of Sports Club Villa, I have noticed that most key stakeholders in sports, including the government, are not clear on how to revamp the sector. As a result, the sector has hobbled from one stage of decline to another with a few unsustainable bright moments and yet every Financial Year, the government funds a sports budget though inadequately.

Uganda Professional League takes shape

One inevitable and time-tested concept universally is change. It’s the truest notion that if you don’t catch up with it, it catches up with you, and possibly passes you by.

KCC FC has seen the light; Express next?

These are interesting times for Ugandan football. Just when all hope of a competitive domestic league had died down, a glimmer of light appeared at the end of the tunnel.

SC Villa orders coach to recruit top guns

SPORTS Club Villa has given coach Sula Kato a green light to massively recruit top players to re-energise the team that disintegrated towards end of the 2009/2010 season.

Obua was Mr Football

Like any man, he had his flaws. He breathed football, ate football and enjoyed football. He never liked the game; he loved it jealously like a lion does to its first cub.

SC Villa mourn finance guru Zzimwe

SPORTS Club Villa vice chairman (finance) Andrew ‘Zzimwe’ Kasagga is dead. According to his son Paul Kasagga, Zzimwe, as he has been popularly known passed away yesterday morning at his home in Muyenga.

FLASHBACK: Uganda’s football owes Ouma a big debt

Ex-star languishing in Luzira Prison for Shs 16m Whereas Phillip Omondi is widely regarded as Uganda’s greatest footballer, Ouma is by far the most accomplished of them all. He is the most influential footballer in Ugandan football history and also the most successful. Because he won several accolades in a leading role

When The Cranes left Burundi in their wake

The Cranes’ 4-0 win over Burundi in the Africa Nations Championships (CHAN) last Saturday was a performance that had the word ‘left’ written all over. No, this wasn’t a performance that left football aficionados at Mandela National Stadium (Namboole) transfixed.

Defender Mwesigwa signs for Chinese top league side

CRANES defender Andy Mwesigwa has signed a $240000 (sh490m) two-year contract with Chinese premier league club Chongquing Lyfan.

The curse of continental withdrawal

After SC Villa’s recent withdrawal from the CAF Confederation Cup citing financial constraints, several football fans have sought my opinion on the logic behind the decision as well as the repercussions on the players and the club as a whole. To understand the whole issue, one needs to recite previous incidents and how they impacted on Ugandan football.

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