Official twitter account for National Council of Sports-Uganda, the Government body with the mandate to Develop, Promote and Control sports in Uganda 🇺🇬.
In England, Uganda’s
@JacobKiplimo2
continues with a great season to win the Great North Run in 59:32 ahead of Ethiopians, Selemon Barega and Kenenisa Bekele.
Well done Jacob 🇺🇬.
#ItsOurTime
🇺🇬
Uganda to the World
1st in Africa
5th in the World
Congratulations to our gallant She Cranes upon an epic win over South Africa in their last game at the
#NetballWorldCup2023
FT: South Africa 47-49 Uganda
#NWC2023
US Los Angeles Dodgers have signed Uganda Baseball players Ben Serunkuma & Umar Male as the first two Ugandan born to play professionally for a Major League Baseball (MLB) organization in USA.
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BREAKING: NCS has today, 25th October 2023, withdrawn the Certificate of Recognition from the Uganda Netball Federation (UNF). The UNF will no longer conduct any business to do with the sport, on behalf of the Government of Uganda. Below is the press release to that effect.
INCREDIBLE Peruth Chemutai 🇺🇬🥇
Uganda’s first female Olympic medalist in the
#Athletics
 Women’s 3000m Steeplechase.
Third Gold for Uganda since Akii Bua and Stephen Kiprotich.
You have give us 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬so much joy.
Congratulations to the Winning Team
#TeamUgandaForOlympics
.
GREATEST OF ALL TIME
King Joshua 👑🇺🇬
Olympic Champion ✅
World Champion ✅
4 World Record Holder ✅
Commonwealth Games Champion ✅
World Cross Country Champion ✅
Hearty congratulations to
@joshuacheptege1
on winning the Men’s 5000m with
@jacobkiplimo2
in 5th & Chelimo 16th.
CHAMPIONS OF AFRICA RUGBY 🏆
Congratulations
@RugbyCranes
on lifting the Africa Men's Sevens Title and consequently qualifying for the World Cup and Commonwealth Games
#RugbyAfrica7sUG
Day 2:
#OlympicGames
#TeamUgandaForOlympics
Kathleen Noble🇺🇬
#Rowing
finishes 3rd (8:36.01)in Heat3 of the repechage. She will now compete in the semifinals E/F on Sunday(9:20am EAT)
The E/F semifinals will determine the ultimate rankings for rowers out of the medal contention
QUALIFIED.
Meet Uganda’s para-swimmer,
@HusnahKukundak1
the latest to qualify for the
@Tokyo2020
Paralympics Games, 24th Aug to 5th Sept 2021.
The 14 year old swimmer over the weekend clocked 1:36:31 in the 100m Breaststroke event to beat the minimum qualification time in UK.
Tomorrow, 03rd Aug 2021 is Day 11 of
#OlympicGames
, here is the action lined up for
#TeamUgandaForOlympics
🇺🇬
Ronald Musagala, ranked 4th in the world
#Athletics
will take to the Men’s 1500m Round 1 in Heat 4 at 3:27am.
In the Women’s 400m, Shida Leni runs in Heat 1, at 4:01am.
HISTORIC MOMENT!
Uganda has QUALIFIED for its maiden ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 in USA and West Indies.
The Cricket Cranes have won their last game of the Africa Qualifiers with a 9 wickets win over Rwanda in Windhoek, Namibia.
Congratulations Cricket Cranes, you have made
#EugeneDL
Uganda’s
@joshuacheptege1
wins a thrilling two-mile race in a World Lead time of 8:09.55 ahead of Ethiopia’s Barega while
@jacobkiplimo2
finishes 4th in Oregon🇺🇸.
Winnie Nanyondo 4th in 1500m,
@NakaayiH
6th in 800m,
Peruth Chemutai 7th in 3000m SC
Well done
#Team
🇺🇬
GOLD🥇 for Victor Kiplangat in the Men’s 42km Marathon finishing in
2:10:55 in
#Birmingham
A sweet victory for Uganda on the Day 3.
#CommonwealthGames2022
MEET OUR NEW COUNCIL/BOARD: 2024 TO 2028
Today, NCS has held the inauguration and swearing in ceremony of the newly appointed Council/Board to serve for a term of Four years:
1. Mr. Ambrose Tashobya- Chairperson
2. Ms. Jacqueline Basemera- Member
3. Ms. Cecilia Anyakoit-
🇺🇬 - DOUBLE RUGBY GOLD* ! 🥇
Uganda's national men's and women's 7s rugby teams, the Rugby Cranes and Lady Cranes 7s, have each won Gold at the African Games in Ghana. The men sealed gold with 5 straight wins and a game to spare, while the women won all their 4 matches against
#ThrowBackThursday
JOHN AKII BUA
The towering John Akii Bua became Uganda’s first Olympic Gold Medalist at the Munich Olympics in 1972, finishing at a World Record time of 47.82 in the men’s 400m Hurdles. Another Ugandan, Leo Rwabogo also won a Silver medal in flyweight Boxing.
Meet Jennifer Nyakato, representing
#TeamUganda
🇺🇬 in the Women’s 800m event at the 4th World Deaf
#Athletics
Championships in Poland from 23rd to 28th August 2021.
Jennifer will be looking to defending her 800m African Title 🥇 (2:08.03)
Godspeed Jennifer.
#eduSportsForAll
Uganda has beaten Kenya by 33 Runs today in the ICC T20 World Cup Africa Qualifiers in Namibia.
Tomorrow morning, the Cricket Cranes take on Rwanda in a must win game to qualify for the 2024 T20 World Cup in USA and West Indies.
#ItsOurTime
#TBT
The history of Football in Uganda dates back in 1897 when the British led by Mr.Pilkington proposed to teach the Baganda⚽️at Namirembe.
On the occasion when Baganda Princes decided to play they were followed by umbrella bearers striving to keep the sun off their royal heads
TARSIS OROGOT 🇺🇬- Mark the name!
@tarsis_de_gonya
heads for the finals of the Men’s 200m
@WAU20Nairobi21
tomorrow, Sat 21st August 2021 at 18:10hrs.
Tarsis ran 20.37 (0.26s below National Record of 20.63 by Moses Mila) in 2nd position in the semifinals at Kasarani.
A spectacular finish by Golden Boy
@Kiplimojacob5
as he champions the Men’s 10,000m in a GR of 27:09.19 at the
#CommonwealthGames2022
.
Its a great season for Jacob having won a bronze at the Oregon World Championships 2022 in the 10,000m event won by
@joshuacheptege1
The
@Uganda_Sevens
continue to amaze us!
The National Mens Rugby 7s Cranes win the Bowl final at the Rugby World Cup 7s in Cape Town, South Africa.
Full time: Germany 12-19 Uganda
#RWC7s
#SupportUgandaSevens
Q.U.A.L.I.F.I.E.D
Uganda 🇺🇬 77-65 Morocco 🇲🇦
Uganda’s Men’s Basketball Team, the Silverbacks 🦍🇺🇬 have qualified for the FIBA
@AfroBasket
2021 slated for August 24 to September 5 in Kigali, Rwanda.
Well done
#SilverBacks
on the well deserved win.
#AfricaVolleyChampionship2021
Uganda maintains clean sheet with second win of Group A today against Burundi at the Kigali Arena.
FT: Burundi 🇧🇮 0-3🇺🇬Uganda
Sets:(18-25) (15-25) (18-25)
Next game is tomorrow, 10th Sept 2021, Uganda vs Rwanda at 6:00pm
Netball: Africa Zone Netball World Cup qualifiers result;
Zambia 56-64 Uganda
Uganda's She Cranes are now through to 2019 Netball World Cup in Liverpool, England
Congratulations
Tough game tonight
@AfroBasket
The
#Silverbacks
gave their best and we are immensely proud of the commendable performances
FT:
CapeVerde🇨🇻79-71🇺🇬Uganda
📸
@Mugabiarts
Day 10:
#OlympicGames
Today morning, Peruth Chemutai
#Athletics
ran a SB of 9:12.72 in Heat 1 to finish 2nd in the semifinals of the women’s 3000m steeplechase at the Olympic Stadium.
Peruth qualifies for the finals on Wed, 4th Aug 2021 at 2pm EAT
#TeamUgandaForOlympics
🇺🇬
Uganda’s David Emong wins a Bronze Medal🥉in the Men’s 1500m finals T46
#Athletics
at the
#Tokyo2020
#Paralympics
with a PB of 3:53.51.
David is 2016 Rio Paralympics Silver medalist& Gold medalist at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships, London.
Congratulations
#Team
🇺🇬
Day 4:
#OlympicGames
#TeamUgandaForOlympics
🇺🇬
Uganda’s David Kavuma Ssemujju takes to the ring against Algeria’s Nemouch Younes in the Men’s Middleweight
#boxing
Round of 32 today at 12:19pm (EAT) at the Kokugikan Arena🇯🇵.
The Mighty
@UgandaBombers
Let’s go🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬
🇺🇬 - *NAKAAYI'S SILVER* *!* 🥇
Halima Nakaayi has won silver in the women's 800m at the
@Accra2023AG
, clocking 1:58.59 to finish behind Ethiopia's Tsige Duguma Gemecu (1:57.73) and ahead of Kenya's Vivian Chebet Kiprotich. It is officially Uganda's 9th medal at the Games so far.
➡️➡️ Men’s 5000m Finals!
@joshuacheptege1
,
@jacobkiplimo2
&Oscar Chelimo have QUALIFIED for the Men’s 5000m Finals slated for Fri, 06 Aug 2021.
The trio posted👇🏼in the semifinals
Oscar Chelimo, 4th, 13:39.07
Jacob Kiplimo, 4th, 13:30.40
Joshua Cheptegei, 5th, 13:30.61
🙏🏻🥇🥈🥉
HOMECOMING QUEENS: The government of Uganda will host the triumphant She Cranes to a grand reception at the Kampala Serena Hotel this evening. The She Cranes put up stellar shows at the
@NetballWorldCup
in South Africa, finishing 5th overall as the top performing African nation.
Day 11:
#OlympicGames
#TeamUgandaForOlympics
🇺🇬
Winnie Nanyondo gets to the track again in the Women’s 1500m event in Round 1, Heat 3, tomorrow morning, Mon 2nd Aug 2021 at 3:59am at the Olympic Stadium.
Winnie, we are all rooting for you.
Let’s Go.🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬
CHAMPIONS AGAIN 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬
Uganda’s
@jacobkiplimo2
(29:17) and
@joshuacheptege1
(29:37) crown up the Men’s senior event with Gold and Bronze respectively at the 44th World Cross Country Athletics Championships 2023 in Bathurst, Australia.
Congratulations
#TeamUganda
🇺🇬
Winnie Nanyondo has clocked 2:00.49, a season's best to finish in 5th position in the Women’s 800m at the final
@Diamond_League
Meet in Doha, Qatar.
Well done Winnie for representing 🇺🇬
Uganda is set to host the All Africa Senior Badminton Championship, from the 21st to 28th Oct 2021 &thereafter the Uganda Para-International Tournament, 15th-21st Nov 2021
This dev’t comes after Uganda’s outstanding performance at the 2021 All Africa U19 Badminton Championship🇧🇯
FULL TIME;
Uganda 🇺🇬 80-68 🇳🇬 Nigeria
Uganda impressively wins against Nigeria in the quarterfinals playoffs of the FIBA
@AfroBasket
.
The
#Silvebacks
🇺🇬 are through to the Quarterfinals and will play Cape Verde on 2nd September 2021.
📸
@Mugabiarts
🇺🇬 - BALL BRONZE*🥈
Uganda has won bronze in the men's 3x3 basketball competition at the
@Accra2023AG
, after the quartet of Peter Obleng, Joel Kayiira, Marvin Okurut & Duncan Lubwama overpowered Botswana 17-11 in the 3rd place playoff. Uganda's total haul is at 19 and counting.
WATCH 🎥
Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo in a record time of 12:48.63 win the men’s 5000m event at the Golden Spike in Ostrava, Czech Republic🇨🇿.
Meanwhile Winnie Nanyondo delivered a Seasons Best of 4:07.94 and finished 9th in the women’s 1500m at the same event.
Congratulations💪🏾💪🏾🇺🇬
Uganda’s Nyakato Jennifer is back from Poland where she claimed a Silver medal in the 800m event at the 4th World Deaf Athletics Championships.
Jennifer has been received at Entebbe Airport by the Hon.
@HamsonObua
. NCS Gen Secretary Dr. Ogwel &AGS Mr. Katende.
Welcome back
#champ
Today a world
#Champion
was born🎉🎊.
Happy birthday
@joshuacheptege1
may you continue amazing us with your exemplary success.
Keep soaring, keep winning.
Uganda's She Cranes have been rewarded in cash & kind by renowned South African based Ugandan investor, Dr Kihura Nkuba Nkamuhayo, who gifted each player with 5000 Rand (Shs 1 million), and offered the entire delegation an all-expenses-paid trip to the exquisite Lunikhy Game Farm
#ManCrushMonday
World Champion
@jacobkiplimo2
🇺🇬 who yesterday set a new Half Marathon World Record at 57.31 at the Lisbon Half Marathon.
And the Cricket Cranes
@CricketUganda
upon emerging Africa Champions and consequently qualifying for the T20 World Cup Global Qualifiers 2022
INVESTMENT MILESTONE: This morning, we have signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding with the Uganda Investment Authority, breaking ground on a partnership that should change the sports landscape in Uganda forever.
Uganda
#BabyCricketCranes
, South Africa and Zimbabwe will be Africa’s representatives at the 2022 ICC U19 World Cup in West Indies.
Uganda secured the slot today after emerging champions of the ICC U19 World Cup Africa Qualifiers in Rwanda.
You have done us proud
#TeamUganda
🇺🇬 - *SECOND GOLD*❗🥇
Cyclist Charles Kagimu has won gold in the individual time trial at the African Games in Accra today. It is Uganda's second gold, after Husinah Kobugabe and Gladys Mbabazi's in the women's badminton doubles 3 days ago. Uganda's medal tally is now up to 8!
It is with great sadness that we have learnt of the passing on of Legendary former
@UgandaCranes
Jimmy Kirunda that happened today morning in Bwaise
He captained the unforgettable 1978 National Team🇺🇬 to the
#AFCON
finals in🇬🇭. Uganda has indeed lost a
#legend
May his soul
#RIP
Meet 15 year old fencer, Renee Nassozi Kiggundu set to represent Uganda at the World Junior Fencing Championships in Cairo🇪🇬 from 3rd to 11th April 2021, participating in the U17& U20 categories.
@drukare
flanked by NCS’s Dr. Patrick Ogwel have today flagged off the young fencer
#ThrowBackThursday
LUGOGO TENNIS COURTS
The Lugogo Tennis Courts were constructed at the beginning of the 1900’s. Uganda at that time had only Two Tennis Clubs; In Entebbe- Entebbe Lawn Tennis Club and in Kampala- United Services Tennis Club (Now the Lugogo Tennis Club).
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Now the Games
#Tokyo2020
begin!
Today at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo 🇯🇵,
#TeamUgandaForOlympics
has made a glamorous entrance with Uganda’s 16 year old swimmer Kirabo Namutebi carrying and waving the Uganda 🇺🇬 Flag.
Let’s go Team Uganda 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🎖
Day 12:
#OlympicGames
#TeamUgandaForOlympics
🇺🇬
Today, Uganda’s Winnie Nanyondo goes for the women’s 1500m semifinals in Heat 2 at 1:12pm EAT.
And Peruth Chemutai is in the finals
#Athletics
of the Women’s 3000m steeplechase at 2:00pm EAT.
All the best
#Champs
🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬
Day 8: 30th July 2021
#OlympicGames
#TeamUgandaForOlympics
🇺🇬
Arise and shine!
Uganda’s Kathleen Noble
#Rowing
is back in action in the Finals E of the Women’s Single Scull at 2:15am (EAT) the Sea Forest Waterway.
Action continues tonight for
#TeamUgandaForOlympics
🇺🇬.
The Women’s Marathon
#Athletics
will have Juliet Chekwel & Immaculate Chemutai representing
#TeamUganda
at 12:00am EAT at the Sapporo Odori Park.
Thereafter, Mercyline Chelangat runs the Women’s 10000m finals at 1:45pm EAT.
PRESS CONFERENCE: NCS has today held a press conference to give clarity on emerging accountability issues raised in the media by the President of Uganda Netball Federation.
The falsehoods made by the President of Uganda Netball Fed are not accurate and are defamatory.
NCS DISTRICT TOUR OF EASTERN &NORTHERN REGIONS,
Sebei sub-region
NCS has made a site visit to the High Altitude Training Centre, Teryet ahead of its commissioning by H.E
@KagutaMuseveni
Phase 1 has the running &jogging tracks completed, lighting 95% complete &Hostel is complete
Today is FINALS day!
The
#Uganda
Hippos tonight play their finals game against
#Ghana
for the
#AFCONU20
title in Mauritania.
Let us support our boys to bring the Trophy home🇺🇬🙏🏻🏆.
Our
#WCW
is non other than World Champion in women’s 800m, Halimah Nakaayi. Halimah is also a Gold medalist of the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games🇮🇲& Bronze medalist from the 2019 African Games🇲🇦.
Today happens to be her birthday. We celebrate you Halimah. Happy Birthday Champ. 🎉
Nyakato Jennifer 🇺🇬 has won Silver 🥈 in the just concluded 800m W/K- Finals of the 4th World Deaf Athletics Championships in Lublin , Poland . She came 2nd after posting a time of 2.10.26 . She missed a gold by just 1.43 secs . Well the weather hasn't been good in Poland. 💪🏿🇺🇬
Today, a star was born.
Happy birthday to 800m Women’s World Champion
@NakaayiH
.
On your special day, we would like to celebrate you. Keep shining, keep prospering 🎉🎊
#ThrowBackThursday
IVAN BYEKWASO
In 2015, Ugandan Bodybuilder Ivan Byekwaso won a Gold Medal the IBNA/PNBA World Cup in USA.
Prior to this, the 5 times Mr. Uganda claimed a Bronze Medal at the 2014 Natural Body Building World Olympia in🇺🇸
Byekwaso is currently based in Germany
HAPPENING NOW: In the presence of the First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports, Maama Janet Museveni, outgoing Hon. Hamson Obua
@HamsonObua
hands over office to the incoming Minister of State for Sports, Hon. Peter Ogwang
@OgwangOgwang
, at State House Nakasero.
Good morning from Kapchorwa☀️⛰
The Hon. Minister of Sports
@HamsonObua
accompanied by the NCS Chairman,
@drukare
, Dr. Patrick Ogwel & Commissioner of PES
@Educ_SportsUg
have made a site visit to the Teyret High Altitude Centre to check on the progress of the sports facility.
Congratulations
@RugbyCranes
on the third place finish at the Africa Men's Rugby 7s after a 24-12 victory over Zimbabwe in Harare.
Uganda earns a spot in the global Olympics qualifiers.
#ItsOurTime
#UgandaRugby
HISTORIC MILESTONE: We have today signed an MOU with Kyambogo University for sports infrastructure development, starting with a state-the-art oval to be the new home of Ugandan cricket. Standard football training grounds, an athletics track, rugby facilities etc, will follow...
#ThrowBackThursday
DAVIS KAMOGA
Born in 1968 and a secondary mathematics teacher, Davis Kamoga won the first Uganda medal, a Silver at the 1997 IAAF World Athletics Championships in Athens, Greece in the men’s 400m event.
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Day 3:
#OlympicGames
#TeamUgandaForOlympics
Uganda’s female boxer, Catherine Nanziri gets in the ring against Tsukimi Namiki 🇯🇵 in the Women’s Flyweight (Round 32)
#Boxing
today at 11:15am EAT at the Kokugikan Arena.
Catherine becomes Uganda’s first female boxer at the Olympics
It’s Day 3 at the
@WAU20Nairobi21
in Nairobi🇰🇪
🇺🇬’s
@tarsis_de_gonya
has run 21.28 in Heat3 of the Men’s 200m to progress to the semifinals later today at 17:05hrs
Elphas Ndiwa &Leonard Chemutai are also in action today the Men’s 3000m SC in Heat1 at 14:29hrs &Heat2 at 14:44hrs
BREAKING NEWS:
Uganda are the reigning CECAFA Under20 Challenge Cup Champions 2020🏆🥇
FT:
Uganda Hippos 4-1 Tanzania
Goals🇺🇬by: Najib Yoga, Steven Sserwada, Ivan Bogere, Aziz Kayondo.
The 🇺🇬Under20 Team consequently qualifies for the 2021 AFCON U20 in Mauritania.
📸
@FUFA
BREAKING! Our Chairman, Ambrose Tashobya, has been reappointed as President of the 3x3 Board on the FIBA Africa Central Board, until 2027. A former basketball player himself, Tashobya has since served in several different leadership roles in the game, in Uganda & on the continent
Full Time:
Uganda 🇺🇬 5-0 Tanzania 🇹🇿
FIFA U17 Women World Cup Qualifiers at Star Times Stadium
Goals by
@NalukengeJuliet
@FNajjemba13
Margaret Kunihira, Grace Aluka.
Thank you girls for the sweet victory 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
📸
@OfficialFUFA
HAPPENING NOW: NCS Meeting with National Sports Federations/Associations in respect to Resumption of Sports
You can follow the discussion via the
@NCSUganda1
Facebook live.