/Sports/-/690254/690254/-/14bgu7i/-/index.html http://www.monitor.co.ug/Sports/Soccer/-/690266/1316542/-/n90bf4/-/index.html Novak Djokovic cemented his place at the top of men’s tennis by outlasting Rafael Nadal in a five-set epic to retain his Australian Open title. 2012-12-29T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Sports/Soccer/SuperSport+bow+for+Proline+as+Express++URA+plot+surge/-/690266/1413140/-/bj6ovx/-/index.html “Do you want to make your feelings about Proline known? A joke, a fact, a sentiment? Feel free to write it down on a placard [boldly] and come with it to the stadium, the cameras will pick out the most hilarious ones and broadcast them.” 2012-05-24T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Sports/Soccer/Coach+Bobby+keeps+strikers+guessing/-/690266/1413144/-/12bus90/-/index.html Cranes coach Bobby Williamson did hint at either of strikers Geoffrey Sserunkuma or Hamis Kiiza replacing injured Geoffrey Massa but by yesterday, he was still keeping all his forwards guessing. Emmanuel Okwi, Robert Ssentongo, Caesar Okhuti and Fabian Kizito are the strikers already in camp and completed the 19 players who trained at Namboole yesterday. 2012-05-24T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Sports/Basketball/Kyebambe+hoping+for+Ndejje+return/-/690268/1413146/-/p20xjaz/-/index.html Two weeks have passed since Chris Kyebambe’s fall took some of the gloss from a fighting display by the Miracle Eagles in the 88-98 loss to DMark Power. The Eagles’ player-cum-team manager clattered the floor while contesting a rebound with Jimmy Enabu and blacked out needing urgent medical attention at Mulago Hospital that Friday night. 2012-05-24T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Sports/Soccer/-/690266/1412296/-/ns07nc/-/index.html South Africa-based striker Geoffrey Sserunkuma and Tanzania’s import Hamis ‘Diego’ Kiiza are primed to replace Geoffrey Massa, who has been ruled out of next month’s World Cup qualifying tie against Angola with a knee injury. 2012-05-23T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Sports/OtherSport/UOC+members+to+meet+six+times+a+year/-/690284/1412306/-/12ehio6z/-/index.html Uganda Olympic Committee (UOC) executive will from July 7, 2012 meet its affiliated federation heads to discuss operational matters. 2012-05-23T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Sports/Soccer/Mutebi+defends+narrow+selection/-/690266/1412302/-/sy19luz/-/index.html SC Villa coach Mike Mutebi says there is nothing wrong at the club as he is only arresting the rot in some players. 2012-05-23T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Sports/Golf/-/690278/1412300/-/ouqmql/-/index.html The national amateur ladies golf team are ready to rub shoulders with continent’s elite when the 20th All Africa Challenge Trophy tees off on June 5-7 at Phakalane Golf Club (PGC) in Gaborone. 2012-05-23T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Sports/Golf/Kasangaki++Byenkya+engage+runaway+mode/-/690278/1411746/-/vrxja/-/index.html Handicap 15 golfer Andreas Eberhard’s moment in the limelight during the Orange-Castle Lite May Mug in Entebbe at the weekend was ambushed by Paul Kasangaki and Maximilla Byenkya who eked further away from the chasing pack. 2012-05-23T09:44:32Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Sports/MotorSport/Shell+fuel+Pearl+of+Africa+Rally/-/690282/1411742/-/ko7d5ez/-/index.html Shell Uganda will be the main sponsors for the 14th edition of the Pearl of Africa Uganda Rally 2012 after handing over a cheque of Shs170m to FMU, the organisers of the event. The event is the fifth round on the Africa Rally Championship (ARC) and is scheduled for July 13-15. 2012-05-23T09:32:50Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Sports/Basketball/Promoted+sides+look+to+each+other+for+solace/-/690268/1411730/-/inrler/-/index.html Rez Life and Vegetarian came through a bruising Division Two series final last year and must have hoped to enjoy life in the top tier upon promotion. Predictably, they have found the going very tough in Division One which makes their clash at YMCA court today even more important. 2012-05-23T09:15:20Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Sports/Soccer/Fifa+pick+first+female+executive/-/690266/1411718/-/p8s4/-/index.html Fifa appointed the first woman to its executive committee on Tuesday, as world football’s governing body bids to restore its image after a series of corruption scandals. Lydia Nsekera, president of the Burundi Football Association, has been co-opted onto the executive committee and will be formally installed at the Fifa Congress in Budapest on Friday. 2012-05-23T08:45:32Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Sports/Soccer/Kizito+goes+an+extra+mile/-/690266/1411712/-/12r7gtkz/-/index.html One game and one goal are never enough to gauge one’s abilities but Bobby Williamson was, nonetheless, impressed by Fabian Kizito’s performance in the 2-1 friendly defeat to Egypt in March. 2012-05-23T08:42:50Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Sports/Soccer/URA+remain+in+control/-/690266/1411708/-/vsnkl5z/-/index.html Alex Isabirye, the URA coach, tagged the clash with SC Villa as “significant” to the destiny of the Bell Super League. His players got the message and duly responded, routing the visitors 3-1 in Lugazi yesterday to move closer to a first successful title defence. 2012-05-23T08:37:58Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Sports/Soccer/Luwagga++Abege+chase+hat+trick/-/690266/1410856/-/2s5auiz/-/index.html Bunnamwaya midfielder Kizito Luwagga and Maroons striker George Opio Abege are on the verge of securing a treble of accolades this season. 2012-05-21T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Sports/Soccer/-/690266/1410842/-/nrxxl7/-/index.html Mutebi’s side are boosted by the return of midfielder Noah Ssemakula, who had a late cameo against Utoda. 2012-05-21T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Sports/Rugby/England+counties+name+squad+for+EA+tour/-/690276/1410850/-/kaguv1z/-/index.html The England Counties have named their 26-man squad for next month’s three-match tour to Uganda and Kenya.Eleven counties and 15 clubs are represented within the squad which contains 12 debutants with the first game set June 9. 2012-05-21T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Sports/Cricket/SKLPS+slay+Charity++Wanderers+atop+log/-/690272/1410852/-/ii5nmyz/-/index.html The form book was torn to shreds in the Multiple Industries National Men’s Cricket League at Lugogo Oval on Sunday as Shree Kutch Leva Patel Samaj (SKLPS) stunned Charity by five wickets in a Division One 50-over rubber. 2012-05-21T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Sports/Basketball/KIU++Power+cruise+in+league/-/690268/1410854/-/r0m94k/-/index.html DMark Power showed KIU Titans how to close out regular season games without breaking much sweat. On Sunday, the latter, who have a roster capable of delivering a maiden Fuba League title, copied fast beating Miracle Eagles 80-51. 2012-05-21T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Sports/Athletics/Hared+Marathon++Nyakisi+to+test+Suuto/-/690274/1410162/-/x74rl0z/-/index.html Jane Suuto’s readiness for the Olympic Games will come under test at the Hared Source of the Nile Marathon in Jinja this Sunday. 2012-05-20T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Sports/OtherSport/Walusimbi+wins+Entebbe+sailing/-/690284/1410164/-/ntlcp0/-/index.html “We need more Ugandans to join sailing clubs,” Commander Entebbe Sailing Club Micheal Austin said. 2012-05-20T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Sports/MotorSport/Kikankane+in+charge+of+NRC/-/690282/1410158/-/7bt9yfz/-/index.html The strange year in sports continued in Masaka yesterday as Duncan ‘Kikankane’ Mubiru won his first National Rally Championship (NRC) event. 2012-05-20T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Sports/Soccer/Omony+out+of+Cranes/-/690266/1410318/-/8x3lhx/-/index.html On a day the Cranes start preparations for the 2014 World Cup qualifiers at Namboole today goalkeeper Posnet Omony has withdrawn from the squad. 2012-05-20T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Sports/Basketball/No+Sudi++no+problem+for+UCU/-/690268/1410324/-/ncw4kt/-/index.html UCU Canons are making the presumed dependency on Sudi Ulanga look like a myth. The university side have won two games on the bounce without the star guard. 2012-05-20T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Sports/Basketball/Warriors+maul+Falcons/-/690268/1409418/-/oevntxz/-/index.html Both Falcons and Warriors admitted to being poor offensively after their MTN-Fuba League clash at YMCA court on Friday night. Norman Blick and Ivan Enabu didn’t habour the same conclusion. Together, they ran the show to stretch Warriors’ winning start to five games with a 73-53 victory. Point guard Enabu finished 19 and seven assists in an electrifying display that left the record champions gasping for breath on the transition. 2012-05-19T21:00:00Z