In a yr of the last word world sporting occasion, just a few may come shut: Uganda had its 2nd finest marketing campaign on the video games, Joshua Cheptegi’s historic 1,000M gold and Peruth Chemutai’s silver within the 3,000m steeplechase equaled 1972’s medal tally and a complete of 13 Olympic medals.
Joshua Cheptegei.
Nonetheless, Cheptegei introduced that this was the final time we had seen him on monitor and he’d be shifting focus to the roads.
Simply months after the Paris Olympics, Information of the passing on of Rebecca Cheptegei(Not biologically associated to Joshua) struck the nation. Rebecca was set ablaze by her boyfriend.
Late. Rebecca Cheptegei.
The Cricket Cranes performed on the T20 Cricket World Cup in USA and West Indies and received their first recreation within the competitors defeating Papua New Guinea by 3 wickets and bowed out with loses towards Afghanistan, West Indies, and New Zealand.
The Cricket cranes throughout their maiden look on the T20 World Cup
Beforehand, solely two Uganda nationwide groups had performed on the World cup stage, netball and Ruby.
Soccer has had its fair proportion of highs and lows, Uganda Cranes returned to the Mandela nationwide stadium after it was closed for renovation 4years in the past.
This yr additionally marked a return to the Africa Cup of Nations after lacking out on the previous two version however they did it with swag.
Cranes certified for the 2025 AFCON with two video games to spare, the perfect ever qualification marketing campaign, near excellent however for a draw away to South Africa who additionally received the sport in Namboole.
Uganda Cranes gamers celebrating at Namboole .
At membership stage, SC Villa had been topped champions for the seventeenth time, extending stamping their spot as document champions.
SC Villa celebrating their trophy.
On the opposite facet, cup winners Kitara FC will eternally keep in mind this season, this was their first ever main title and likewise elevated them to representing Uganda within the CAF Confederations Cup.
Kitara lifting the 2024 Uganda Cup trophy.
The sport was additionally robbed off one in all its biggest sons, Former cranes goalkeeping coach Fred Kajoba died in Tanzania the place is was teaching by then.
She cranes returned to the Netball Africa Cup after lacking out on the final version because of management wrangles, they solely completed second to South Africa who beat them within the finals.
There has additionally been some normalcy reinstated with the brand new sworn in management of Netball Uganda led by Joycelyn Ucanda.
First ever Netball Uganda President Jocelyn Ucanda.
Metropolis oilers, nicknamed ‘The Dictator’ by its opponents additional asserted their dominance, wining a tenth consecutive Nationwide Basketball League.
Metropolis Oilers dominance.
An enormous milestone, contemplating they’ve received all championships ever since their promotion in in 2013.
