In Brief

Agong backDAVID Agong re-elected president of the Zone V boxing thereby automatically becoming a vice president of the Africa Boxing Confederation (ABC) last week. Maj. Gen. Francis Nyangweso, who travelled to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, told The New Vision yesterday that Agong retained his post unopposed for the next four-year term of office. Nyangweso, also elected, said that the election showed the trust that Uganda has in the boxing arena.-------GNLD aidsGNLD, A South African company dealing in food supplements, has come up again to boost Ugandan athletes as they prepare for the commonwealth games in Manchester. 800m ace Grace Birungi and 1500m athlete Julius Acon are the lucky athletes that will benefit from the 12 months supply of vitamins, minerals and other food supplements from the company. This is the third year that the company is offering nutritional supplements.-------Wakiso winWAKISO district collected 142 points to become champions of this year’s National Primary Athletics Championships that ended in Mbale town on Saturday. Lira district were second with 89 points while defending champions Arua district finished third with 88 points. The competition had a record entry of 52 teams from districts and municipalities all over Uganda. Scovia Nambatya and Jude Mukiibi, both from the dominant Wakiso district were voted best athletes.16 districts didn’t attend.