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Soccer lovers will catch the Bunnamwaya, Simba game at Nakivubo stadium for free following an agreement between football body Fufa and telecommunications company MTN.
CHEETAHS prop Wian du Preez faces a baptism of fire in the Springbok jersey on Friday in Toulouse after being named as the only uncapped player in the Bok squad to face France in their opening Test on the European tour.
SPRINGBOK centre Jaque Fourie believes the team's magical 2007 Rugby World Cup victory would provide the confidence they need to topple France at home for the first time in 12 years when the teams meet in Toulouse on Friday, writes Zeena Isaacs.
DEAR Mabhuti Khenyeza. You may not like the sound of this, but I bet a colleague the contents of my piggy bank that you would either not honour your call-up letter to the national team or you would typically saunter into camp way past the Sunday evening deadline you were given.
Itumeleng Medupi emerged the surprise winner of the Barclays Bank golf tournament in Selebi-Phikwe over the weekend.
BDF VI men and Kutlwano women will represent the country at the Zone VI volleyball club championships in Durban, South Africa next month following their triumph in the Capital Motors tournament over the weekend.
Week seven of the be MOBILE Premier League did not produce any shocks as the big guns stamped their authority with convincing wins.
Over 100 companies have entered approximately 200 teams in the corporate challenge race category for the MTN Kampala Marathon due November 22 at Kololo Airstrip.
Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) president, Hamad Kalkaba Malboum will be physically present at the Obudu Ranch Resort in Obudu, Cross River State to supervise the fifth edition of the Obudu International Mountain Race and the first African Mountain Running Championships on the 28 of this month.
Nigeria Chess Federation (NCF) last week, departed from its traditional selection trial process following the directive that all state chess associations must organize a tournament to select three male and female chess players that will converge on Lagos for the national trial to select the team that will represent the country at the next World Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk, Siberia.
Tunisian international forward Issam Jemaa has told Lensois.com that he and his team-mates will approach their last World Cup qualifier versus Mozambique as if it was a final, as a draw or loss coupled with a Nigerian win in Nairobi against Kenya would spell the end of their South African dream.
Lagos State, arguably the best sub-seat for the ongoing FIFA Under-17 World Cup in Nigeria would wind up their excellent hosting of matches at the Teslim Balogun Stadium where the two semi finals would be played tomorrow in grand style. According to Ben Alozie, the venue media manager, Lagos State would show off her might when a special message will light up the skies.
Apapa Club will come to life later this month when it hosts the annual quadrangular games. Participants at the games are expected to be drawn from Lagos Lawn Tennis Club, Ikeja Country Club, Ikoyi Club 1938 and the hosts Apapa Club.
Golden Eaglets Head Coach, Sam John Obuh has urged the good people of Lagos State to turn out in large numbers at the Teslim Balogun Stadium to cheer the Golden Eaglets as they seek a place in the FIFA U-17 World Cup final.
Nineteen players out of the 22 invited for the crucial World Cup qualifier against Kenya trained ahead of Saturday's cracker in Nairobi.
THE annual Black Belt Grading of Goju Ryu Karate was held in Windhoek recently, with five students testing for Shodan (1st Dan Black Belt) and one for Junior Shodan.
CIVICS has relieved its coach, Ricardo Mannetti, from his duties with immediate effect, the club announced in a press statement yesterday.
THE battle of who is the legitimate boss at the Uganda Table Tennis Association (UTTA) took yet another twist over the weekend.
SIX matches into the Uganda Super League, the traditional leaders have posted below par performances.
FUFA is in search for sh120m to prepare and take the U-20 women national soccer team through the two-legged fixture against Zambia in the next round of the 2011 Women World Cup qualifiers. The Ugandans will play host on December 5.
MORE competitors have dared to take part in the 42km race (main event) of the MTN Kampala International marathon with 388 registering to run the distance.
Kampala School of Excellency Ministries football stars Yasin Muyimba and Henry Kasirye are set to join a French division three side after a two-year stint in Ivory Coast and Ghana academies.
Mutiibwa is so full of life and ambition to be at the top of the women's game
AFTER winning the IBO title, Jackson Asiku now wants the World Boxing Association crown.
IN winning Game 3 of the MTN-FUBA playoff semifinals with the Kyambogo Warriors, the Mountain Dew Falcons sent fans wondering whether they were braced for a repeat of the 2007 playoffs.
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