Rwandan tactician Andre Casa Mbungo agreed with Kenyan Premier League side Bandari to guide them following the exit of Ken Odhiambo who joined Sofapaka.
Mbungo has been Gasogi United’s head coach since July last year where he replaced Guy Bukasa who joined Rayon Sports.
Mbungo returns in KPL where he coached the AFC Leopards and he quit this Club in December 2019 after he had not been paid for a long time. He later went to Rayon Sports before joining Gasogi United.
Other clubs Mbungo has coached include SC Kiyovu and Police FC — he coached twice, AS Kigali, and Sunrise. In 2014, he coached the national team temporarily for a short time. Coach Mbungo is known to be the only Rwandan coach who managed to win the Peace Cup in two different teams other than APR and Rayon Sports, he won this with AS Kigali in 2013 and Police FC in 2015.
He heads to unfit coastal side, Bandari FC — this team from Mombasa has won only one of five games played in KPL 2020/2021 season.
The oldest golfer Mzee Apuuli Emmanuel Basaliza celebrated his 95th birthday at the Tooro Golf Club.
Mzee Apuuli Emmanuel Basaliza was born in the ‘village of golf’ in the hills of Bukwali — a village that is also home to many golfers such as Stephen Kasaija the former national team and current head coach of AFRIYEA Golf Academy, Rugumayo Ronald the Uganda open winner 2018, Otile Ronald the brace Uganda open winner 2016 and 2017, David Kamuindwa, Adolf Muhumuza, Harisson Kasaija among other top players.
Apuuli Emmanuel Basaliza picked interest from the whites who used to play golf at Tooro Golf Club. He became a serious golfer in 1970 and, and won his first major in 1975 called Western Open beating Sadi Onito who used to hail from Jinja golf club. Just eight years into golf he got his first hole in one at Tooro Golf Club, Hole number 5 and he got another hole in the 9th year but this time it was on hole number 6 using iron 8. Some of the notable tournaments Mzee has won include Newsgraph, Mukwano, JBG, and Tusker.
Basaliza At 95 Golf Tournament was held at Tooro Golf Club to celebrate the Mzee Apuuli Emmanuel Basaliza and Lord Bishop Roben Kasembo, RDC of Kabarole district, patrons of the club and the family members of Apuuli Basaliza were in attendance to grace the ceremony.
The tournament attracted 62 players including the youngsters from the youngest academy in the region, AFRIYEA Golf Academy. Tooro club contributed the biggest number of members followed by Kasese, Mbarara and Uganda Golf club.
Junior winners
Winner: Damian Asiimwe 72
1st Runner Up: Racheal Natukunda 35 Net in 9 Holes
2rd Runner Up: Aisha Kabasita 50 Net in 9 holes
Seniors
Winner: Atwooki Gilbert Mujogya
Runner Up: Abdul Mayaja
Group B
Winner: Mesh Feroze
Runner Up: Paul kasaija
Group c
Winner: Dr.Nyatia Edward
Runner Up: Okwir Mathias
Ladies
Winner: Joyce Kisembo
Runner Up Lillian Koowe
AFRIYEA Golf Academy student Amon Bwambale beat the rest of all other players to emerge as the overall winner
Overall Winner: Amon Bwambale 69
Runner Up: Wyliff Leo 70 Net
Overall winner Amon Bwambale receiving his trophy from the Guest of honor Bishop Roben Kisembo
Ugandan born Rwandan attacking forward Meddie Kagere sinks Ihefu to help his side Simba narrow the gap on table leaders Yanga.
On 23rd December 2020, Simba lost their CAF Champions League tie away to Platinum 1-0. This prompted the club to go into beast mode when they returned to win in the Azam Sports Federation Cup 5-0 against Majimaji FC with goals from Gadiel, Kope Mugalu, Ame, Meddie Kagere, and Miquissone.
Simba continues its achievements in the second leg campaign with a 4-0 win over relegation prone side Ihefu in the Vodacom Premier League. The encountered transpired at Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium in Dar-es-Salaam. Hussien Mohamed opened the scores after converting an assist from Shomary in the 10th minute. This was followed by a brace by star striker Meddie Kagere in the 15th and 40th minute to end the first half 3-0 in favour of Simba.
66 minutes into the second half, Meddie Kagere gave way to Kope Mugalu off the bench, a wise decision by tactician Sven Vendenbroeck that lead to the 4th and last goal of the game by the substitute Mugalu.
Simba will play their return in the CAF Champions League against FC Platinum on 6th January 2021. Head coach Sven Vendenbroeck is optimistic his side will emerge, victors, against Platinum in Dar-es-Salaam. “We have chances because we did not lose our away match because of our opponents’ prowess, but we did that because of our mistakes. I think we should have a keen focus on our return leg tie and secure a home win with a big margin,” he said.
Simba will then host Mtibwa Sugar FC in the Vodacom Premier League. All the fixtures mentioned above are at home for Simba from which they should capitalize to pick up maximum points to again advantage in these competitions.
Rwanda head coach Vincent Mashami wants his side to play friendly matches ahead of the three-week CHAN tournament between January and February 2020.
As Amavubi prepare to participate in the forthcoming CHAN tournament, head coach Vicent Mashami believes that the squad need to play friendly games for extended analysis of the team’s tactical formations.
“Friendly matches are very important and will help us prepare better for the tournament. We are working on different tactical formations and we plan to test these in the friendlies,” said Vincent Mashami.
Rwanda is pitted in Group C together with Morocco, Togo, and neighbours Uganda for the games scheduled to start 16 January 2020, and Amavubi will face Uganda Cranes in both sides’ opening games on the 18th January 2020.
Uganda national team is not resting as they set off yesterday for a Pre-CHAN mini-tournament scheduled to be played between 1st and 7th January 2020 with four teams taking part including hosts Cameroon, Uganda, Niger, and Zambia.
The calls from Vincent Mashami for friendly games also came at a time when the team is faced with COVID-19 adversity. It is believed that 3 Amavubi players plus a kit manager tested positive for the virus right before the squad went into camp at the Golden Tulip in Nyamata.
Rwanda is not the only nation that has reported positive COVID-19 test from squad members as Zimbabwe who are in Group A with hosts Cameroon, Burkina Faso, and Mali has also returned nine positive tests.
However, amidst all these developing situations, the continent’s football governing body has set up a COVID-19 medical team. There is now a total of 60 COVID-19 medical officers, whose task is to enforce the International Match Protocol during FIFA / CAF competitions. The medical officers are trained by the Development Department and the Medical Committee, and they perform their work on matchdays and non-matchdays to ensure the integrity of the game players.
AFRIYEA Golf Academy’s Edward Rubongoya vows to return well prepared for the competition on 30th December 2020.
Edward Rubongoya who emerged 3rd in the recently concluded Captain’s Tournament that took place on Christmas Eve has vowed to go back to the drawing board and correct all the mistakes that caused this result.
After appropriate practice, Edward Rubongoya believes he has the edge to win the juniors at the upcoming Mzee Basaliza 95 Years Celebration Tournament that will be played on the 30th December 2020. This practice session has aided him in correcting the mistakes he needs to avoid from the previous tournament that saw him slide off dropping points to his counterparts Natukunda Racheal and Damian Asiimwe.
His confidence has also been boosted by more tips he got from the academy coaches after the tournament “The coaches always call us for the meeting after every tournament to discuss on the things that didn’t work out well and this helps us master the important areas where we should not go wrong in the next tournaments,” Edward Rubongoya said.
However, Edward believes his winning won’t come on a silver plate as he expects other good challenging academy students like Shilla Kasembo who is a long hitter and good ion player, Isabella Nansubuga, Aishah Kabasita, Damian Asiimwe, Ian Collins, Esther Kemigisa, Babu Ibrahim and Racheal Natukunda among others.
The organizing committee of the tournament is expecting many golfers to come and participate in this tournament of the oldest golfer in the country mzee Ek. Apuuli Basaliza a life member at Toro club.
Mzee Ek. Apuuli Basaliza
His great love for people will see people moving from Kasese, Mbarara, Kampala and other clubs coming to join him on his 95th-year celebration that will begin with the tournament and later on a party all to be held at Toro club.
National team players like Joseph Cwinya-ai the national team captain, Abdul Kakeeto, Andrew Mugume, Denis Asaba and other in form players like Amon Bwambale, Wyliff Leo, Tom Cullen, Peace Kabasweka, Lillian Koowe, Dan Basaliza, Jill Pinda, Atwooki Gilbert Mujogya, David Mugambwa, AK. Mayaja will be expected to grace this event among other players.
Mzee Ek. Apuuli Basaliza with AFRIYEA golf Academy juniors
The management of the club noted that this is one of the tournaments that are held at this prestigious club to appreciate the good work that Apuuli Basaliza has done for the club.
Dan Basaliza is aged 25 years, a grandson to Mzee Ek. Apuuli Basaliza started golf at the age of 11 years and is still very active now after having finished his school at MUBS. His most memorable is his first tournament where he won the Mukwano Open and this was followed by other tournaments like Venus.
About 40 players are expected to come and play in this noble tournament
Head coach Johnathan McKinstry names his 25 man contingent that will travel for the Pre-CHAN mini tournament and Sadiq Wassa takes over from ejected Fred Kajoba.
The head coach Jonathan McKinstry of the national senior men’s football team has announced his team that will depart from Entebbe International Airport to Cameroon for the Pre-CHAN mini-tournament today Monday, 28th December 2020, at 3 pm.
The mini-tournament will take place between 1st and 7th January 2020 with four teams taking part including hosts Cameroon, Uganda, Niger, and Zambia.
“We have been in camp a week now, and the players have all pushed really hard. It is very clear that everyone is focused and determined. They want their ticket to go to Cameroon, they want to go and represent Uganda. You can see that in terms of the enthusiasm, in terms of the energy, in terms of the learning that’s happening both in the classroom and on the field. So, we have been very pleased with the week, we came through it well, no injuries, one or two knocks but nothing serious,” said the head coach.
“And so, now we travel to Cameroon where we participate in a mini-tournament involving Cameroon, Zambia, and Niger and we think this is a really good platform for the players not only to get good match preparation as a team but also the opponents will be playing match up nicely against some of our group opponents in terms of the styles we can expect,” he added.
Sadiq Wassa has also been appointed the goalkeeping coach after Vipers head coach was ejected from the technical team after breaking COVID-19 rules when he left camp to go attend a church service on Christmas day.
Uganda is pitted in Group C with Morocco, Rwanda, and Togo. CHAN will kick off on 16th January 2021 in Yaounde, Cameroon with hosts playing Zimbabwe in the opening match. Uganda will face neighbours Rwanda two days after opening day.
The team travelling to Cameroon for the pre-CHAN mini tourney.
Goalkeepers
Joel Mutakubwa (Kyetume FC), Nafian Alionzi (URA FC), Tom Ikara (Police FC)
Defenders
Eric Ssenjobe (Police FC), Aziz Kayondo (Vipers SC), Paul Willa (Vipers SC), Ashraf Mandela (URA FC), Halid Lwaliwa (Vipers SC), Musitafa Mujuzi (Kyetume FC), Patrick Mbowa (URA FC), Hassan Muhammad (Police FC)
African continent governing body CAVB has released the activity calendar for the year 2021 and Uganda maintains rights to host African Nations Championships Junior, Women U20.
In mid-November, 2020, CAVB decided to suspend all scheduled activities till 2021 in abid to align its activities with those of FIVB and also owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. Uganda was chosen to host the Junior 2020 Women’s U-20 Nations Championship in Kampala between December 4th to 13th.
There are 9 continental competitions scheduled to be played in the year 2021 CAVB calendar. With the tournaments planned to launch in January, only 4 nations, Uganda, Nigeria, Tunisia, and Egypt have been confirmed to host 4 out of the 9.
“As we continue to monitor the evolving situation in the Continent, CAVB is required to proceed and identify the hosts’ for the 2021 competitions. We remain in anticipation that the health situation in the continent will before long, stabilize and become predictable thereby enabling the resumption of volleyball activities in all our National Federations,” CAVB President Madam Bouchra Hajij, stated in a letter addressed to National federations.
The continent’s volleyball governing body has granted till 15 January for interested National Federations, Clubs or Cities to submit applications to host one or several of the 2021 events by filling in and returning to CAVB by email.
Futsal Association Uganda FAU unites with sports facility and events management company Sport Edge and live broadcast company Deep End Sports Media.
The youngest and fast-growing sport in Uganda, futsal continues to broaden as the governing body has partnered with 2 companies, Sports Edge and Deep End Sports Media.
Sport Edge is an independent, full-service sports consultancy agency specializing in elite athlete management, image building, media relations, athlete branding, events and facility management and talent sourcing.
Deep End Sports Media is an online broadcast company that records, streams and distribute motion pictures from sports events.
CEO Ibrahim Mugera on boxing day at a media brief announced the MOUs that the association signed with the two parties named above and what facilities they bring that will see the growth of the young sport.
FAU in November went into another union with Uganda Youth Football Association that will bring futsal to the interest of youth in the country with major aspects of the project included competition, coaching, and refereeing.
The new tie-up with Sport Edge will bring onboard the service of sports events management of the Corporate Futsal Tournament with technical expertise, operational amenities, gate collections as well as doing marketing and promotion for the futsal tournament provided.
“This is a great opportunity to take the game of futsal to the corporate family as we have really been missing it on this segment of the game but we hope that this will be a great tool for creating awareness for the game of futsal,” said CEO FAU Mr. Ibrahim Mugera
“We look forward to taking on the next or immediate event scheduled for around March 2021. So we call upon all corporates to join hands to improve the game of futsal and give athletes a chance to excel and also have endorsements equally earned from their efforts,” said Sports Edge Limited Executive Director Norbert Kazibwe.
As for Deep End Sports Media, we have seen them at mainly the National Basketball League and cricket events so this means that futsal will stream on both Deep End sports and FAU media platforms.
“Deep End gets to record, broadcast and distributes all futsal games that inclusive of the pre-game and post-game material on all online Deep End Sports media and FAU sports media. So, this a great opportunity for futsal as a game as it aims at creating more game awareness especially on the online media platform,” Ibrahim said.
“We are very excited to get into a partnership with Futsal Uganda. We shall be streaming live futsal games, all you have to do is to go onto YouTube, look for Deep End Sports Media,” said DES Media Operations Manager.
Yanga could wrap up 2020 maintaining the long unbeaten run in the 2020/2021 league campaign and staying at the top of the table.
Yanga was established in 1935 and is one of Tanzania’s most successful clubs that boasts a rich and dominant history with numerous league titles racked in the club’s trophy shelf. The club continues to exhibit dominance in Tanzania this league campaign where they are undoubtedly league title front runner with a long unbeaten run since the current league launched.
Yanga Vice-Chairperson, Fredrick Mwakalebela voiced that the club is even stronger than ever before and for that matter, it will maintain the outcomes that the fans have witnessed and love.
“Let me thank all Yanga Fans from Mbeya for the warm reception they have given us ever since we arrived here. I hope that they will continue to rally behind their team for the whole period we will be here,” said the club Vice-Chairperson.
Young Africans SC sit at the summit of the table 11 points clear of Simba who has 32 points with 3 games in hand. A well equipped Yanga hope to maintain its undefeated as they visit Tanzania Prison at Nelson Mandela Stadium in Sumbawanga. The first leg saw both sides share the spoils 1-1 and this will their opening match of the second leg.
Ever since matchday 11, Young Africans SC has preserved forerunner position and they hope to continue this run on matchday 18 and with 43, they look unstoppable. Tanzania Prison has proved to be a tough side when they met Yanga, therefore, the visitors have their work cut out. Simba with 3 games in hand still will not make 43 points if they win all 3.
Natukunda Rachael and other fresh grads from AFRIYEA Golf Academy have affirmed how great the achievements of the academy are.
Three months old golfing student, Natukunda Rachael plus graduates from AFRIYEA Golf Academy continue to impress after a distinguished act at one of Tooro Golf Club’s oldest tournament, the Captain’s Tournament that took place on Christmas Eve. The tournament started during the colonial time and is still very vibrant at this noble club of 127 years old.
The contest attracted 35 golfers dominated by the Tooro Golf Club followed by the Uganda Golf Club (UGC) and the AFRIYEA Golf Academy AGA juniors who outperformed all other competitors.
Winner’s juniors
Winner – Natukunda Rachael 65 Net
1st Runner Up – Asiimwe Damian 75 Net
2nd Runner Up – Rubogonya Edward 76 Net
Seniors
Winner – Atwooki Gilbert Mujogya 73 Net
Group A
Winner – Leo Wylif 66 Net
Group B
Winner – Baguma Benard 69 Net
Group C
Winner – Dan Basaliza 71 Net
Ladies
Winner – Kabasweka Peace 67 Net
AGA an academy that only started in September 2020 continues to show that it can achieve its goal of affording youth and adults the primary skillset required to play golf. Recent accomplishments include the graduation ceremony where the pioneer students were awarded a basic level certificate.
Group photo of AFRIYEA Golf Academy students
Natukunda Racheal credited AFRIYEA Golf Academy for their countless effort given to the students to get the best golf skills and she laments that “Without AFRIYEA, I could not have got a chance to hit the golf ball and I appreciate all the coaches. I promise to work hard towards my dream of playing for the Uganda golf national team.”
Lillian Koowe a coach at AFRIYEA golf Academy, Tom Cullen a staff of the Academy, Timothy Kayondo from UGC and Akiiki Jill Pinda the Course member at Tooro golf club.
Andrew Biryabalema the Golf Captain of Tooro Golf Club appreciated the sponsors of this event during this hard time of COVID-19 which has terribly affected all business but he said Kalya Courts has brought great support to this club in both good and bad times.
David Mugambwa the director of Kalya Courts appreciated all the players who came to participate in the tournament and promised to continue supporting it.
He also clearly cited out the course member Akiiki Jill Pinda for her tremendous work done to maintain the course in a very playable condition for golfers.
