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May 08, 2009
<b>Bogere ready to face American</b><br>BOXING-Sharif Bogere will face American Marcos Herrera in a six-round non-title super featherweight contest in Las Vegas today. The two fighters are undefeated and will be seeking to stretch their records. “I wan
Bogere ready to face American
BOXING-Sharif Bogere will face American Marcos Herrera in a six-round non-title super featherweight contest in Las Vegas today. The two fighters are undefeated and will be seeking to stretch their records. “I want to maintain this streak and I want to knock him out,†the Las Vegas-based Bogere said on phone. Bogere’s record is (7-0-0, 4 KOS) while Herrera stands at (5-0-0, 1 KO) ahead of the showdown.“I am taking one.
Mugabe loses
TENNIS-Uganda’s top tennis player Duncan Mugabe lost to Georgian Lazare Kukhalashvili 6-0 6-1 in the first round of the main draw at the Great Britain F6 Futures tournament in Edinburgh. Mugabe had to go through qualifiers where he got a bye in the first round. He then dispatched Britain’s Liam Broady 6-4 6-2 in the second round. It was the first ITF/Futures for Mugabe in England. The player will compete in the Great Britain F7 ITF/Futures tournament in Newcastle next week.
28 teams enter European show
SOCCER-Twenty- eight teams are set for the fourth annual TKL European Union football tournament due at Kololo Airstrip tomorrow. In the U-12 category, defending champions Young Express are drawn in group B with Proline, Edgars and last year’s runners up Sacreana from Kenya. Group A has Jogoo Young, KKL Euro team, Hoima and teams from Kasese.
BOXING-Sharif Bogere will face American Marcos Herrera in a six-round non-title super featherweight contest in Las Vegas today. The two fighters are undefeated and will be seeking to stretch their records. “I want to maintain this streak and I want to knock him out,†the Las Vegas-based Bogere said on phone. Bogere’s record is (7-0-0, 4 KOS) while Herrera stands at (5-0-0, 1 KO) ahead of the showdown.“I am taking one.
Mugabe loses
TENNIS-Uganda’s top tennis player Duncan Mugabe lost to Georgian Lazare Kukhalashvili 6-0 6-1 in the first round of the main draw at the Great Britain F6 Futures tournament in Edinburgh. Mugabe had to go through qualifiers where he got a bye in the first round. He then dispatched Britain’s Liam Broady 6-4 6-2 in the second round. It was the first ITF/Futures for Mugabe in England. The player will compete in the Great Britain F7 ITF/Futures tournament in Newcastle next week.
28 teams enter European show
SOCCER-Twenty- eight teams are set for the fourth annual TKL European Union football tournament due at Kololo Airstrip tomorrow. In the U-12 category, defending champions Young Express are drawn in group B with Proline, Edgars and last year’s runners up Sacreana from Kenya. Group A has Jogoo Young, KKL Euro team, Hoima and teams from Kasese.