Fred Mwambu

This season started with 16 teams, only that it was an all-Kenyan affair at first but then dodged by walkovers after teams pulled out due to financial constraints. Imagine 8 🇺🇬 vs 8 🇰🇪.

It's time for UNEB! Uganda's club rugby steps on the weighing scale of the Enterprise Cup. Shall we be declared underweight and ordered to scale down or will be big enough for a fight? monitor.co.ug/uganda/sports/…

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@ErnestAkor James Odong - Nondescripts Pius Ogena - Kabras Ivan Kirabo - Kabras Musajjagulanyago Ronald -Harlequins Ivan Odihambo - Kabras

I have attempted, unsuccessfully, to list all Ugandans who have played club rugby in Kenya. From as far back as the late 1990s to even this season, every generation has its names on the list. Please read through 🗞️ and help me add more names. nbssport.co.ug/2026/03/19/whi…

I recently spoke at the annual Financial Times Business of Football Summit, looking at whether the multi-club ownership model is viable. As always on such occasions, there is not enough time to discuss all the issues, so today’s article will look at this topic in more depth.

SA Rugby and the CANAL+ Group have discussed and planned a continued partnership with SuperSport, Africa’s leading sports broadcaster, following fruitful and productive engagements in Johannesburg this week. 🔗 Full story: tinyurl.com/3y3ahr6z

Rugby | Heathens crush Sharks as Enterprise Cup beckons monitor.co.ug/uganda/sports/… | @SportingFred

Football | Fufa’s busy boardroom bans Mutyaba, Villa earn from chaos monitor.co.ug/uganda/sports/… | @SportingFred

"It is chaos. It is also working." Very interesting read from NYT on how @piersmorgan is building a new kind of media empire - and what it means for the future of news nytimes.com/2026/03/15/bus…

Rugby | Quartet in dress-rehearsal for Enterprise Cup monitor.co.ug/uganda/sports/… | @SportingFred

Ain't supporting this but Mbarara City are the biggest culprits in this. They've been doing that to teams especially from Jinja for a very long time.

How will stadium design balance identity, innovation and long term adaptability? Mark Fenwick of @FIArchitects shares his thoughts on the future of venues, fan experience and sustainable design. fcbusiness.co.uk/news/fia-innov…

Uganda Cubs reload for Morocco Africa Cup of Nations challenge monitor.co.ug/uganda/sports/… | @SportingFred

Valverde, Real’s ever versatile Little Bird, goes on a flight of pure fantasy | Champions League | The Guardian theguardian.com/football/2026/…

All English sides, except Arsenal and Liverpool, experimented or tried something unusual this week: City with two wingers and less midfielders than Real Madrid (corrected at HT), Newcastle without Gordon in line up, Spurs and Chelsea with goalkeepers (both to blame for goals). In England, the Premier League and Champions League are given equal billing (sometimes PL get more respect). In Spain, the Champions League is always the clear priority — and you can see it in the line-ups and the attitude. So here’s the question: if English clubs want to win the Champions League more often, do they actually need to treat it as more important than the Premier League, even if fans won't agree with the idea? I know you can't take big conclusions of a game, but as success for English sides in CL is not coming as regular as the financial dominance, I wonder.

Nearly 70 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have sent a letter to FIFA imploring the governing body to do more to alleviate World Cup stressors, with one underlying theme: "Everyone is pissed." 📝 @HenryBushnell 🔗 nytimes.com/athletic/71067…

Victories in the first six rounds of this season's Champions League: Premier League clubs 22-0 Bodo/Glimt Victories in the Champions League knockout round: Premier League clubs 0-1 Bodo/Glimt

➟ 2022: Cesc Fàbregas signs as a new player for Como. ➟ 2023: Cesc Fàbregas becomes captain of Como. ➟ 2024: Becomes assistant coach of Como's first team. ➟ 2024: Reaches Serie A after 21 years away from the club. ➟ 2025: Ends his first season with Como as head coach in Serie A by saving the club from relegation. ➟ 2026: Has Como in fourth place in Serie A, with a chance to play in the Champions League. And is in the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia. ➟ Retired as a player for Como, became a shareholder, and is leading the club to glory as a coach. RESPECT TO CESC FÀBREGAS. 🧠👔

Pure gold from @sidlowe “On the tunnel wall is a slogan from Alfredo Di Stéfano: it says that no player is as good as all the players put together. That is true of course, but it had been tested here, and not just because Valverde sometimes seems to be all the players put together, a man with four lungs and three first-half goals, all of them brilliant.” theguardian.com/football/2026/…

Igor Tudor took a page out of the books of Jose Mourinho and Jurgen Klopp with his ruthless substitution of Antonin Kinsky against Atletico. football365.com/news/most-humi…

There's nothing like CL KO football but it can be better With six PL teams in last 16, and City-Madrid happening 5th time in a row, is this really what CL is supposed to look like? But: how many in Uefa are thinking about what it SHOULD look like independent.co.uk/sport/football…