Events

Husnah Kukundakwe: Uganda’s First Commonwealth Games Swimming Medal (2026) Ugandan para swimmer Husnah Kukundakwe won silver in the 100m Breaststroke SB8 at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, setting a new Ugandan national record. Husnah Kukundakwe’s journey from a young girl who once hid her limb difference to becoming one of Uganda’s most recognised para

Uganda’s Para Athletics team began 2026 with determination, pride, and outstanding performances at the Dubai 2026 World Para Athletics Grand Prix, also known as the 17th Fazza International Para Athletics Championships. Held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from 5th to 14th February 2026, this annual event brought together elite Para athletes from around the world

Uganda’s Para Swimming Team made waves on the international stage at the prestigious World Para Swimming Series held in Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy, from 12th to 15th March 2026. More than just a competition, this journey was a major milestone for Uganda’s growing presence in international Para swimming, marked by successful classifications, personal bests, African records,

The 2025 National Disability Sports Gala Something special happened in Masaka City last October. More than 380 athletes from every corner of Uganda – from Rukungiri in the southwest to Gulu in the north – came together not just to compete, but to prove a point. That disability is not inability. That sport belongs to

Judo is the world’s most popular martial art for athletes with visual impairments, that’s according to https://ibsajudo.sport/about-judo/overview/ In Uganda Judo as a sport was introduced to Persons with Visual impairment in the just concluded National Disabilty Sports Gala which took place in Kabale. This was so interesting especially for students and they all atleast tried

The Annual Disability Sports Gala is one of the key strategies we use to identify athletes at the grassroots level. This year’s 9th edition of the National Disability Sports Gala took place in Kabale District, located in the Kigezi sub-region in western Uganda.The event began on September 23, 2024, at Kigezi Lower Primary School grounds.

Uganda Paralympic Committee is on a national wide campaign of educating, informing Athletes on a new sport that the committee has brought on board. This is in an anticipation of increasing Uganda`s participants in Paralympics and the number of medal opportunities come Tokyo Japan 2020. This campaign began in Mubende MRC among army para-athletes  with

KAMPALA —  Last week Uganda’s own David Emong won the silver medal in the 1500-meter race at Rio’s Summer Paralympics Games. Now that Emong has returned to Uganda, many are wondering how his win might impact sports and disability advocacy. Ugandan sports fans went wild when, with only 37 seconds left in a four minute