Editing Uganda (section)

===Sports===
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[[File:Aerobics.jpg|thumb|Aerobics]]
[[Association football|Football]] is the national sport in Uganda. The [[Uganda national football team]], nicknamed "The Cranes", is controlled by the [[Federation of Uganda Football Associations]]. They have never qualified for the [[FIFA World Cup]] finals. Their best finish in the [[African Cup of Nations]] was second in [[1978 African Cup of Nations|1978]]. Among clubs, [[SC Villa]] are the most successful, having won the [[Uganda Premier League|national league]] 16 times and having reached the final of the [[CAF Champions League|African Cup of Champions Clubs]] in [[1991 African Cup of Champions Clubs|1991]], a feat also achieved by [[Simba SC]] in [[1972 African Cup of Champions Clubs|1972]]. [[Kampala Capital City Authority FC|KCCA]] are second in national league wins with 13.{{cn|date=February 2025}}

{{As of|2020}}, [[Uganda at the Olympics]] has won a total of two gold, three silver, and two bronze medals; four of which were in [[Boxing at the Summer Olympics|boxing]] and three in [[Sport of athletics|athletics]]. [[Uganda at the Commonwealth Games|At the Commonwealth Games]], Uganda has collected 13 gold medals and a total 49 medals, all in boxing and athletics.
[[File:Picture . Jpg besketboll.jpg|thumb|Basketball]]
The Uganda national boxing team is called The Bombers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/Sports/Boxing/Bombers-finally-begin-2018-Commonwealth-Games-training/690270-4311780-ku5humz/index.html|title=Bombers finally begin 2018 Commonwealth Games training|website=Daily Monitor|language=en|access-date=6 January 2019|archive-date=5 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405164104/https://www.monitor.co.ug/Sports/Boxing/Bombers-finally-begin-2018-Commonwealth-Games-training/690270-4311780-ku5humz/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> They have won four medals at the Summer Olympics from 1968 to 1980, as well as two medals the [[1974 World Amateur Boxing Championships]]. Notable boxers include [[Cornelius Boza-Edwards]], [[Justin Juuko]], [[Ayub Kalule]], [[John Mugabi]], [[Eridadi Mukwanga]], [[Joseph Nsubuga]], [[Kassim Ouma]], [[Sam Rukundo]] and [[Leo Rwabwogo]]. 
[[File:Football Match in Uganda.jpg|thumb|Football match in Uganda]]
In athletics, [[John Akii-Bua]] won the first Olympic gold medal for Uganda. At the [[1972 Summer Olympics]] in Munich, he won the [[400 metres hurdles|400m hurdles]] race with a world record time of 47.82 seconds.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/news/uganda-to-remember-olympic-hurdler-john-akii|title=Uganda to remember Olympic hurdler John Akii Bua|website=www.iaaf.org|language=en|access-date=1 May 2019|archive-date=1 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501084027/https://www.iaaf.org/news/news/uganda-to-remember-olympic-hurdler-john-akii|url-status=live}}</ref> 400 metres runner [[Davis Kamoga]] earned the bronze medal at [[1996 Summer Olympics]] in Atlanta and the silver medal at the [[1997 World Championships in Athletics|1997 World Championships]]. [[Dorcus Inzikuru]] won the 3000 m steeplechase at the [[2005 World Championships in Athletics|2005 World Championships]] and the [[2006 Commonwealth Games]].

[[Stephen Kiprotich]] has won the marathon at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in London and the [[2013 World Championships in Athletics|2013 World Championships]], and finished second at the 2015 [[Tokyo Marathon]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/news/toronto-marathon-2018-stephen-kiprotich|title=Kiprotich targets fast time in Toronto|website=www.iaaf.org|language=en|access-date=1 May 2019|archive-date=1 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501084034/https://www.iaaf.org/news/news/toronto-marathon-2018-stephen-kiprotich|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Joshua Cheptegei]] has won 10&nbsp;km races at the World Championships, [[World Athletics Cross Country Championships]] and [[Commonwealth Games]], and has set world records in 5&nbsp;km and 15&nbsp;km. [[Halimah Nakaayi]] won the 800 meters race at the 2019 World Championships.

In [[cricket]], Uganda was part of the [[East African cricket team|East Africa team]] that qualified for the [[Cricket World Cup]] in [[1975 Cricket World Cup|1975]]. Recently [[Uganda national cricket team]] qualified for [[2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup|2024 ICC T20 World Cup]].

The country has an increasingly successful [[Uganda national basketball team|national basketball team]]. It is nicknamed "The Silverbacks",<ref>Kaweru, Franklin, [http://www.kawowo.com/index.php/basketball/item/23580-uganda-s-silverbacks-ranked-89th-in-latest-fiba-rankings.html "Uganda's Silverbacks ranked 89th in latest FIBA rankings"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151012184634/http://www.kawowo.com/index.php/basketball/item/23580-uganda-s-silverbacks-ranked-89th-in-latest-fiba-rankings.html |date=12 October 2015 }}, ''KAWOWO Sports'', 9 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.</ref> and made its debut at the [[2015 FIBA Africa Championship]].

In July 2011, Kampala, Uganda qualified for the [[2011 Little League World Series]] in [[Williamsport, Pennsylvania|Williamsport]], Pennsylvania for the first time, beating Saudi Arabian baseball team Dharan LL, although visa complications prevented them from attending the series.<ref>{{cite news | access-date=29 September 2011 | title=Frustrating View of Game Day | work=The New York Times | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/20/sports/baseball/ugandans-watch-little-league-world-series-from-home.html | first=Bandele | last=Adeyemi | date=19 August 2011 | archive-date=20 June 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620071211/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/20/sports/baseball/ugandans-watch-little-league-world-series-from-home.html | url-status=live }}</ref> Little League teams from Uganda qualified for and attended the [[2012 Little League World Series]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/baseball/major-league-baseball-seeks-its-next-top-players-in-the-sports-next-frontierafrica/article33408352/|title=Major League Baseball seeks its next top players in the sport's 'next frontier': Africa|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=21 December 2016|last1=York|first1=Geoffrey|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-date=28 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628223524/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/baseball/major-league-baseball-seeks-its-next-top-players-in-the-sports-next-frontierafrica/article33408352/|url-status=live}}</ref>