CAVB Board meets via Zoom to nominate the 2020 Congress organisers
Cairo, Egypt, September 5, 2020- The African Volleyball Confederation “CAVB” Board of Administration presided by Dr Amr Elwani meets on Sunday September 6, 2020 at 13:00 Cairo time (11:00 GMT) via zoom to nominate the CAVB Congress organisers to be held on October 24 and 25, 2020.
After the end of the deadline, 3 countries send their applications to host the Congress, namely Uganda, Niger and Tanzania, while Rwanda and Togo sent their applications after the closure of the system on August 30, 2020 at 12:00 Cairo time, 10:00 GMT.
The CAVB will declare on September 7, 2020 the final host of the Congress after the final decision taken by CAVB Board of Administration.
The Congress organisation was dedicated before to South Africa, but due to the widespread of Coronavirus in the country, CAVB decided to re-open the applications to host the event.
“We need to follow CAVB regulation and show the transparency in choosing the organiser of the Congress,” Said CAVB President Dr Amr Elwani
“The CAVB Board will declare the final decision after the meeting following the final inspection of all the documents sent to CAVB from the 5 NFs.
StarTimes Uganda Premier League clubs received a total of 527m UGX to share 33m UGX each as fund allocated to help remedy the issues clubs face during the COVID-19 Pandemic says the league website SUPL
The secretariat received 52m UGX and Bainamani said, “It’s a big relief to the secretariat and we shall use it for a few salaries and other outstanding overhead costs.”
The League was concluded after playing 25 fixtures due to the novel pandemic. The upcoming season is scheduled for October 2020.
With a tenth title and third in a row, champions Mamelodi Sundowns cliched the ABSA Premiership title after a 3-0 win over Black Leopards with all three goals coming from forward Lebo Maboe in the 45+5′, 53′ and 90+2′.
Before matchday 30, Kaizer Chiefs were favourites to win the title sharing points with the champions but with a bigger goal difference. Both teams were facing relegation zone sides Black Leopards and Baroka. To win the title, Kaizer Chiefs needed to win and also maintain a greater goal difference against the champions but instead, they dropped shared a point with Baroka who were fighting demotion.
After 30 games played Sundown finished 2 points clear of Kaizer Chiefs.
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Uganda Cranes respected goalkeeper, Dennis Onyango did not attend the medal awarding ceremony stating that he had to respect COVID-19 rules.
“I didn’t pick up the medal from the stadium because there is a limited number of people allowed in the stadium because of the health situation due to the coronavirus.”
“There is a maximum of 100 people allowed in the stadium including the match officials, TV crew members. So, they didn’t take everyone because of the regulations of COVID-19.”
“Of course, there are other players who stayed with me in the hotel. They only took 20 players in the squad plus the officials and medical team.”
“That’s what will happen also in the Nedbank Cup final because there are a limited number of people allowed in the stadium just to follow guidelines from the government.”
The skipper has won this title on 7 occasions, three with SuperSport United and four with Sundowns.
With 56 points in 29 ties and one more match to finish the league, Kaizer Chiefs are favorites to win the title.
Sundowns share points with chiefs but Title contenders have a greater goal difference. Both teams face relegation battle sides Baroka and Black Leopards on Saturday.
Chiefs forward Samir Nurkovic state, “We have the confidence and that is what we must take to this match. It will not be easy. It has not been since we returned. Baroka are fighting for their lives and this will make them a difficult side.”
“But Chiefs is a big club and it is not right that we have not won anything in five years. We need to put on a big performance. Our team has been on top of the log since the season started. We must finish what we started,” the Chiefs forward said.
Owned by a government institution that is created by an act of Parliament or a Government parastatal. This model is principally setup as a PR and or CSR tool for the institution.
URA FC
Uganda Revenue Authority Football Club is fully owned by the tax collecting body.
KCCA FC
Started 1963, the club belongs to Kampala Capital City Authority, the body that is responsible for operations in Uganda’s capital city.
Police FC
The 2005 league winners are fully owned by the Uganda Police Force.
BUL FC
The Jinja based club belongs to BIDCO Uganda Limited, a consumer goods company.
UPDF FC
Uganda People’s Defence Force Football Club (UPDF FC) formerly Simba FC is owned by the Army institution.
2. Private Clubs
Owned by a shareholding of natural and/or legal persons. This model is principally setup for football business purposes
Vipers SC
The four-time league champions are owned by three individuals. These include Dr. Lawrence Mulindwa (90%), Tadeus KItandwe (5%) and Haruna Kyobe (5%).
Bright Stars FC
Bright Stars FC is owned by five persons namely; Soltilo (U) Limited (70%), Ronald Mutebi (19%), Ahmed Hussein (6%), Joseph Mubiru (3%) and Tadec Miiro (2%).
Mbarara City FC
This is owned by Hon. Mwine Mpaka Rwamirama who is also the Member of Parliament representing the Youth in the Western region.
Wakiso Giants FC
Wakiso Giants FC is owned by two people namely; Hassan Lule and Ahmed Mbabi.
MYDA FC
The newly promoted side is owned by five people that include Andrew Matovu (55%), Abdulahi Mohamadi (30%), Baker Musaazi (5%), Elisha Madanda (5%) and Catherine Nabweteme (5%).
Onduparaka FC
Based in Arua City in the West Nile region, Onduparaka FC is owned by Benjamin Nyakuni with majority share of 60% while Joe Erema has 40% shares.
Community Club
Owned by a membership of more than 100 or so fans. This model is setup for sport but proven most suitable for posterity and sports business.
Express FC
Express FC is owned by Express Sports Club limited.
SC Villa
SC Villa are the league record champions with 16 titles. The Club is owned by Sports Club Villa Limited.
4. Hybrid Model
A combination of the above models. This model is normally a compromise position of various inherited ownership, challenging to find suiting governance model practices.
Kyetume FC
Kyetume FC has elements of private and Institution. The 5 owners include; Reuben Kimera((60%), Hogi Nsubuga(21%), Kyetume CBHC Programme(15%), Henry Titus Kayondo(3) and David S. Kikabi(1%).
Busoga United FC
The majority shareholder at Busoga United FC is Dinah H.T Nyago with 51% shares. Jinja SS (board) has 35% while Busoga Kindom, Dr. Joseph Muvawala, Fredrick Gume Ngobi, Godfrey Bwire Osodo, Daniel Oketch, Robert Adotu and Samuel Mugabi have 2% each.
Below is the ownership of clubs in the FUFA Big League
In a statement posted on the Futsal Association of Uganda FAU website, the body will hold an Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Saturday 12th September 2020.
The General Meeting will be held at Kenedia Hotel, Kampala with the following agenda not limited to:
A declaration that the General Assembly has been convened and composed in compliance with the constitution of FAU.
Consideration and approval of the agenda
Appointment of the members to check the minutes
Appointment of scrutineers
An address by the Chairman
Suspension or expulsion of Members where applicable.
Activity report containing activities of the previous calendar year(2019/2020) where applicable
Three-time African champions Nigeria to play friendly games against Cote d’Ivoire and Tunisia says the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).
Nigeria will contend with Sierra Leone in two qualifying matches for the 2021 Cup of Nations scheduled for November. The matches were to have been played in March but were rescheduled due to COVID-19. Nigeria is in the lead of their qualifying group, including Benin, Lesotho and Sierra Leone, for the continental tournament, to be played in 2022 in Cameroon.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Confederation of African Football (CAF) made the decision to push the games to January 2022. The 33rd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations will be held in Cameroon with Women’s Africa Cup of Nations cancelled.
The Spaniard, who has been coaching this club since the month of October last year, has parted ways with the club.
In a letter to the management of the Mukura VS, he informed them that he has resigned from his coaching duties in the Huye district based team for personal reasons. Few hours after his resignation, it became clear that he is going to continue his coaching career for Real de Minas in the first division in Honduras. He has been offered the role of head coach.
The tactician helped the senior team finish fourth behind APR FC, Rayon sports and Police FC.
Rwanda national volleyball team player Yakan Guma Lawrence has signed a two-year contract with Gisagara Volleyball club after nearly five years with Japanese side Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler.
This is not the first time he is going to play for Gisagara VC as he helped them in the 2019 Genocide Memorial Tournament and before the new season of 2019/2020 begun, it was announced by the team management that he will play for them even though Yakan ended up returning to Japan.
Yakan is currently the longest serving player in the men’s senior national team and had previously played for Uganda’s Sport-s, Kigali VC (Rwanda), APR VC (Rwanda), Etoile Sportif (Algeria), Palandoken Belediye (Turkey) and Oita Miyoshi weisse adler
In a press release, Rwanda Basketball Federation announced that Henry Mwinuka, a Tanzanian coach, has been named as the first assistant coach in the men’s national team.
The current REG BBC coach has replaced Maxime Mwiseneza and no other changes have been made with the head coach or the second assistant coach. The team will continue to be led by Vladimir Bosnjak as a head coach with Henry Mwinuka and Aimée Karim Nkusi the first and second assistant coaches.
These changes have no purpose other than to add Henry Mwinuka’s experience to the technical staff as Rwanda prepares for FIBA Afrobasket 2021. These preparations for the team will begin with the Qualifiers expected in November 2020 for Rwanda to host Group D ( Nigeria, Mali, Rwanda and Algeria).
As a reminder, coach Henry Mwinuka won 3 Rwandan league titles with Patriots.
