Tag Archives: Commonwealth

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday openly voiced her wish for her son Prince Charles to succeed her as head of the Commonwealth as she opened the group’s summit for potentially the final time. Queen Elizabeth, who turns 92 on Saturday, welcomed leaders from the 53 …

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Queen Elizabeth II, the Head of the Commonwealth, opened the Commonwealth summit for what may be the last time on Thursday voicing hope that her son would be allowed to carry on her role. Queen Elizabeth, who turns 92 on Saturday, welcomed leaders from …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The First Lady and Minister for Education and Sports Janet Kataaha Museveni will on Thursday be at Entebbe International Airport to receive Uganda’s team that participated at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in Australia. Lamex Omara Apita, the Commissioner in-charge of Physical Education …

2364, United Kingdom | AFP | Britain’s hosting of this week’s Commonwealth summit was overshadowed Monday by a scandal involving longtime Caribbean immigrants threatened with deportation, distracting from an agenda of increased trade London hoped to promote ahead of Brexit. After initially turning them down, Prime Minister Theresa May is …

Harare, Zimbabwe | AFP | Zimbabwe will attend a Commonwealth summit this week in London as an observer, an official said Monday, underlining the country’s international re-engagement since President Robert Mugabe’s fall. Mugabe angrily pulled Zimbabwe out of the Commonwealth bloc in 2003 after its membership was suspended over violent …

Gold Coast, Australia | AFP | Commonwealth Games Federation president Louise Martin urged all multi-sports tournaments to follow its lead and have equal medals for men and women as she insisted the competition still had a role in the modern era. Martin said a rebranding exercise is under way for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Juma Miiro won a bronze medal after losing at the semi final stage in the light flyweight 46-49kg of the on-going on-going 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in Australia. India’s Panghal Amit was in good form on Friday giving the 22-year old Miiro no …

Gold Coast, Australia | THE INDEPENDENT | Two Ugandan athletes and one from Rwanda have reportedly disappeared from the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast. URN has established that the two Ugandans are weighlifters. David Grevemberg, chief executive of the Commonwealth Games Federation reportedly said on Thursday morning that some …

Sunday  Results – 100m 4th in Heat 2 – Scovia Ayikoru 11.86 5th in heat 1 – Pius Adome 10.70 Netball England ??????? 55 Uganda ?? 49 (Proscovia 23 goals, Nanyonga 22) Schedule ▶ 9.40am – ?? GC2018athletics 5000m final ▶ 10.26am – ?? GC2018athletics 100m semifinal Gold Coast, Australia | THE INDEPENDENT & AFP | Uganda’s …

  Gold Coast, Australia | THE INDEPENDENT |  Hours after today’s Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Ugandan netballers, weightlifters, swimmers, badminton and squash players jump into action as 11 days of competition start in Australia’s Gold Coast on Thursday. After Wednesday’s opening ceremony, about 4,300 athletes from 71 nations and territories will …