Lukaku joins AS Roma on season-long loan
The 30-year-old Belgian striker returns to Serie A to join AS Roma having spent last season on loan with Inter Milan, helping them reach the Champions League final.
Lukaku is reported to have turned down a lucrative move to the Saudi Pro League.
According to the statement released on Thursday, August 31, 2023, by Chelsea football club, the 30-year-old striker will be reunited with former Chelsea head coach Jose Mourinho, who led Roma to the Europa League final in the previous...
Twelve Basketball Greats Inducted into FIBA Hall of Fame 2023Â
A group of 12 individuals who made remarkable contributions to international basketball have been officially inducted into the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Hall of Fame as members of the Class of 2023. The enshrinement ceremony was held at the Sofitel Philippine Plaza in Manila, Philippines, on Thursday, August 24, 2023.
Those inducted include legendary players Yao Ming (China), Penny Taylor (Australia), Yuko Oga (Japan), Katrina McClain (USA), Amaya Valdemoro (Spain), Wlamir Marques from Brazil, Angelo Monteiro dos Santos Victoriano (Angola),...
National Sports Bill 2023 Passed: Kickboxing Dropped, Archery Added
The President of Uganda, H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, has assented to the National Sports Bill 2023. The law seeks to see sport in Uganda transition from an amateur to a professional setting.
The bill, first tabled on November 10, 2022, was enacted by Parliament on March 2, 2023. However, the President returned the bill with important amendments.
The President noted that Section 32(2) on the composition of the board should be amended. The board should consist of the chairperson and six...
Cheptegei Receives Police Applause for 10,000-M Marathon Victory
Police Spokesperson SCP Fred Enanga has applauded Uganda's long-distance runner Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei after winning gold in the 10,000m at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
During a press release on Monday, August 21, 2023, Enanga said that as police, they are very proud of their own after Cheptegei clocked a time of 27:51:42 to complete a hat-trick of victories.
Cheptegei, who is also a serving police officer with the Uganda Police Force at the rank of Assistant Superintendent of...
FUFA Introduces New Regulations for Player Registration, Training, Compensation, and Shirt Numbers
The Federation of Uganda Football Association (FUFA) executives have approved new regulations concerning the development of players, focusing on player registration, shirt numbers, and training compensation, among others.
In new regulations by FUFA executives on Thursday, August 17, 2023, only a player of 18 years and older may be contracted, and any contract signed on behalf of the player by the club, player, and representative before 18 years of age will be invalid. FUFA will recognise only contracts signed on...
Budapest Quest: Team Uganda flagged off for World Athletic Championships
The Ugandan Athletics team has been flagged off on Wednesday, August 16, 2023, by the National Sports Council (NCS) officials for the World Athletics Championships, which will be held from August 19 to 27, 2023, in Hungary’s new National Athletics Centre.
The star-studded team Uganda has been headed by medalist Joshua Cheptegei, who is a two-time 10,000-metre world champion from 2019 and 2022, a world silver medalist from 2017, and the 2019 World Cross Country champion.
While speaking to journalists at...