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Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan legislators have vowed to defend their title at the East African Community – EAC Inter-Parliamentary Games, scheduled to take place in Kigali, Rwanda, from December 8th to 19th, 2023. Flagged off Thursday at Parliament by Speaker Anita Among, a contingent of approximately 100 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Milk processor, Fresh Dairy, has injected Shs 240million in the upcoming Fresh Dairy Secondary School Games, 2023 edition. The firm’s Marketing Manager, Vincent Omoth said, said they committed a five-year contract with the Uganda Secondary Schools Sports Association in 2019 to boost sports in secondary …

Ndejje, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | All athletics events at the ongoing Eastern Africa University Games have been postponed to tomorrow due to the muddy running track at the Arena of visions stadium in Ndejje. Boniface Salano, the Vice President-Technical, of the Federation of East Africa University Games said that …

Birmingham, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | Long distance runner Victor Kiplangat has won Uganda a first medal at the ongoing Commonwealth Games with victory in the men’s marathon in Birmingham. He becomes the first Ugandan to win gold in the 42 kilometers race at a Commonwealth Games. Fresh from winning the Belgian-half …

Tokyo 2020 enters operational delivery mode ➡ 75% of Village residents secured vaccination ➡ Limitation on participants entering Japan ➡ Games-time medical system review ➡ Medical personnel from abroad ➡ 54k+ athletes in 430+ safe major events since 9/2020 Tokyo, Japan | THE INDEPENDENT | With up to 75 per cent …

Cologne, Germany | AFP | Urging fans to plunge into a virtual high-res surround sound universe of extraordinary games, Google hopes its cloud-based Stadia platform will take the world by storm on its November launch. The US digital behemoth unveiled details of its nascent streaming video platform at this week’s Gamescom …

Tokyo, Japan | AFP | As Tokyo 2020 Olympics preparations enter their final stage, officials are touting the city’s readiness, but activists and workers groups say speedy venue construction has had dangerous consequences. The Olympic opening ceremony is now less than a year away and more than half the new venues …

San Francisco, United States | AFP | Google set out to disrupt the video game world on Tuesday with a Stadia platform that will let players stream blockbuster titles to any device they wish, as the online giant also unveiled a new controller and its very own studio. The California-based …

Cape Town, South Africa | AFP | An army of humans laid waste to an alien colony as South African video game maker Simon Spreckley enthusiastically controlled the action using his phone’s touch screen. “The penetration of mobile devices in Africa is huge. People often have two or three phones, which …

San Francisco, United States | AFP | Video games are following television and music into the cloud, with console-quality play on its way to being a streaming service as easy to access as Netflix or Spotify. Computing power in data centers and devices from televisions to smartphones has surged and …