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STEADY PROGRESS AT AKII BUA STADIUM

*LIRA* - The National Council of Sports tour and inspection of strategic sports infrastructure around the country saw the Board and Top Management (NCS) visit Lira City and make stops at the Akii-Bua Stadium and Lira University earlier today. At the construction site of the $129.7m Akii-Bua Stadium and multi-sports complex, the Egyptian contractor SAMCO's Project Manager, Engineer Mohammed Nazir, took the NCS Team through details of the blueprints of the design-and-build undertaking, as well as updated them on ongoing works.

NATIONAL HIGH ALTITUDE CENTRE, TERYET HANDOVER TO NCS

*TERYET* - Appropriately described by the Commissioner for Physical Education and Sports as a delegation of duty and responsibility from father to son, the official handover of the National High Altitude Training Centre in Teryet, Kapchorwa, to the National Council of Sports took place this morning. As directed by the First Lady and Minister of Sports, Maama Janet Museveni, and in accordance with the provisions in the new National Sports Act of 2023, the facility shifts into the hands of NCS who are now mandated with taking charge of all sports infrastructure in the country.

UGANDA CRICKET CRANES TO DEBUT AT ICC T20 WORLD CUP 2024 IN USA AND WEST INDIES

The Uganda National senior men’s cricket team, the Cricket team will debut at the ICC Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup scheduled from the 01st to 29th June 2024 in the USA and West Indies.

The Uganda Cricket Association announced a squad of 15 players and two traveling reserves, led by captain Brian Masaba for the historical bow. The team was flagged off by the Minister of state for Sports, Hon. Peter Ogwang on 21st May 2024 at Lugogo.

UGANDA LAUNCHES THE 100 DAYS COUNTDOWN TO THE PARIS OLYMPICS AND PARALYMPIC GAMES 2024

Today, National Council of Sports, Ministry of Education and Sports, Uganda Olympic Committee and the Embassy of France in Uganda have joined the rest of the world to a countdown to the 100 days to the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games at a media launch purposed to shine a spotlight to the biggest sporting event scheduled to take place in the city of Paris from the 26th July to 11th August 2024.

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