The XXI Commonwealth Games 2018 officially open today, 04th April 2018 in the beautiful city of Gold Coast, Australia. Team Uganda will be part of the teams that will match at the Carrara Stadium at the Opening Ceremony of the Games.

National Council of Sports (NCS) has urged the public to contribute towards the treatment of former footballer Ausi Kaaya, who is seriously ill and has been undergoing treatment for the last year.

NCS Assistant General Secretary Mr. David Katende on Friday paid a courtesy call to the former player at his home in Kawempe where he delivered UGX.1,000,000 contribution towards treatment and upkeep.

19th March 2018

National Council of Sports [NCS] has received a document that was authored by one Jjagwe Robert and others, containing various false allegations in regard to the general operations of NCS as a Regulator of sports in Uganda.

This is to express our delight and sincere congratulations to the Management of KCCA FC, upon the historic and triumphant victory over St.

National Council of Sports has advised Uganda Athletics Federation to maintain consistence in their outstanding performance and defend their position among the prioritized National Sports Associations that receive augmented funding by the Government in Uganda through National Council of Sports.

Government/National Council of Sports has extended increased financial support to a tune of Shs.6,780,368,000 for the 2017/2018 Third Quarter (Jan-March 2018) to compliant National Sports Associations towards major upcoming sports events. The increase in support is as a result of an increase in government funding to the Sports Budget through National Council of Sports aimed at addressing the overwhelming demands for support to several sports activities/programmes.

The latest International Netball Rankings have Uganda in 7^th Position, just below South Africa and Malawi as the other African countries in the Top ten of the world’s best Netball countries.

Uganda will have a contingent of 69 athletes and eight officials at the Commonwealth Games at the Gold Coast in Australia April 5-15, 2018.

Uganda Olympic Committee (UOC) and National Council of Sports (NCS) announced the contingent at a joint press conference in Lugogo on Friday.

The athletes will take part in eleven disciplines including athletics, badminton, boxing, rugby, netball, shooting, cycling, squash, swimming, weightlifting, and table tennis.

National Council of Sports in collaboration with CoRSU Hospital and Canadian Sports Medicine are carrying out Screening exercises for sports athletes/persons for sports injuries. The 2 days Screening exercises are set for Tuesday, 6^th March 2018 and Thursday 8^th March 2018 at the NCS Hockey Pitch and are a continuation of the previous clinics in 2016 and 2017.

The Minister of State for Sports Hon. Charles Bakkabulindi on Wednesday February 21, 2018 inaugurated the National Council of Sports new Council (Board) led by Mr. Bosco Onyik at Copper Chimney Restaurant, Lugogo.

This comes shortly after the minister a fortnight ago renewed the appointments of the entire Board. In a meeting inaugurate the Board for the next two years ,(2018-2020) Hon. Bakkabulindi urged it to continue working as a team and achieve greater heights which is the reason for the reappointment of the full board.