John Vianney Nsimbe

Catholic, witness to Jesus Christ, Journalist, husband and father. Sports writer and commentator on TV and Radio.

[John Vianney Nsimbe @NsimbeJV]

@vonderleyen Ursula, words alone will not change the situation for the people of #Palestine. That is mere posturing. It is what you have done for eons of years. Actions from you is what is needed to tame this cruelty and criminality that has gone on since 1948.

[John Vianney Nsimbe @NsimbeJV]

@KawowoSports @UPL @ExpressFCUganda @KCCAFC What drama! It just doesn't stop in Ugandan football. I never thought it was a good decision for him to leave Express when he did.

[John Vianney Nsimbe @NsimbeJV]

@africatodayMG Biya was away, thinking for the country. Now, he is back. 😬

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@UniversoACMilan Dejan Savicevic, what a goal. Phew!😆

[John Vianney Nsimbe @NsimbeJV]

@orlandoguerreir But why didn't the Mexico President mention #Uganda as a place for arguably the best game drives? In Uganda, you will see Lions, Elephants, Giraffes, Cheetahs, Silverbacks, and the Warthogs. The weather also, is the best 👌. The best places to have a holiday. 😆

[John Vianney Nsimbe @NsimbeJV]

@NBSportUg Paul Hasule V8. What a player!

[John Vianney Nsimbe @NsimbeJV]

The suffering of #Palestinians must end. If the super powers will not ensure that there is human dignity for all, then the lay people can do something, as the Archbishop here has said. 😒

[Abier @abierkhatib]

I’m in love with this archbishop, jonathanblake

[John Vianney Nsimbe @NsimbeJV]

@DailyMonitor 😲 Goodness me...

[John Vianney Nsimbe @NsimbeJV]

Oh ☹️ my...

[Earth Hippy 🌎🕊️💚 @hippyygoat]

Have we all become so desensitised that we scroll past images of babies whose bodies have been ripped apart.

[John Vianney Nsimbe @NsimbeJV]

A very good summary about why our domestic sport lags behind. It is not just about the @UPL, but even in the @NblFuba, @UgandaNetball among others, getting an interview is a struggle. You have to beg to promote these institutions.

[OMUTEGEKE | 🇺🇬🎙️ @CliveKyazze]

The ongoing exchange between Moses Magogo and Asan Kasingye on who is not doing their job to promote Ugandan football comes against a familiar background.

In the past, Ugandan sports journalists have repeatedly been criticised for giving more attention to the English Premier League and European football than to the local game.

That criticism, however, often ignores how aggressively foreign football sells itself.

Every single day, I receive emails from the Premier League, UEFA and FIFA, alongside newsletters and updates from different clubs across Europe and beyond.

They are constantly feeding journalists with fixtures, statistics, interviews, photographs, videos, milestones, historical records and potential storylines.

They deliberately make their competitions difficult to ignore. You cannot say the same about the local game.

How many Ugandan clubs regularly send journalists newsletters?

How often does the league proactively distribute player statistics, injury updates, historical records, quality photographs, interviews or interesting numbers ahead of a weekend of fixtures?

Sometimes journalists have to chase basic information that should already be readily available.

That matters because sports coverage does not begin when the referee blows the whistle. The biggest leagues understand that the conversation must continue every day between matches.

They create stories around players, rivalries, records, anniversaries, transfers and personalities, then put that information directly into the hands of journalists.

Our local football administrators cannot remain quiet for most of the week and then complain that Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool or Real Madrid are dominating the sports pages and airwaves.

Journalists certainly have a responsibility to tell Ugandan stories, and we should always challenge ourselves to do more.

But the media cannot become the marketing and communications department of the league.

If you want journalists to talk about your product, give them something to talk about CONSISTENTLY.

Foreign football is not necessarily receiving more coverage because Ugandan journalists love it more.

It is receiving more coverage because those running it have mastered the art of keeping their product permanently in our faces.

The local game must learn to do the same.

#CKSports

[John Vianney Nsimbe @NsimbeJV]

Hey, @fobita, Fabio Cannavaro doesn't agree with you. He instantly dismisses your apprehension...😅

[LAJA @madridlatest91]

🚨🗣️Fabio cannavaro talk about Italian football and the team that he feel will be a team to beat this season.

Reporter🗣️: which team to you think will win the seria A league this season.

Fabio🗣️: The team I love what they are doing and how they play now is Milan, we can all see the way they play under Amorim this season is different. They look so exciting and they club is also backing the coach with some good signings, I think they will win the league this season.

Reporter🗣️: They only won just one match, why did you say that?

Fabio🗣️: This is preseason winning is not what you look for, what is important is how they play, the movements, hunger. I tip them to win the league this season.

[John Vianney Nsimbe @NsimbeJV]

Oh wow!😆

[Micky Jnr @MickyJnr__]

🚨 𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐋:

CAF Referee of the Year Omar Artan has been invited by UEFA to attend the UEFA Men’s Summer Course 2026 in Geneva, Switzerland. 🇨🇭

The course will take place from 31st August to 2nd September 2026.

UEFA has also indicated that they want Omar Artan to officiate football matches in Europe.

UEFA has sent an official letter to CAF and the Somalia FA to inform them about the invitation.

#CAF
#UEFA
#AfricanFootball

[John Vianney Nsimbe @NsimbeJV]

@georgegalloway Aushwitz🤕

[John Vianney Nsimbe @NsimbeJV]

It was quite sentimental to have you, Ivan Enabu on #InsideSport tonight. It felt like the best one and two combination in basketball, having the honour of Interviewing you about your basketball career in the @NblFuba. Players of your ilk are not born these days. @NBSportUg

[John Vianney Nsimbe @NsimbeJV]

@Vintage77Ball One of the best goals you will ever see, for sure. This goal is the one long standing football memory I have for the last 30 years. I never imagined that this was humanly possible when I first watched it during the Euros then. Van Basten was simply an incredible striker. @UEFA

[John Vianney Nsimbe @NsimbeJV]

@georgegalloway They are going to tell us that it was a Hamas base they bombed right there.

[John Vianney Nsimbe @NsimbeJV]

His basketball skills were a thrill. His game IQ, possibly second to none. Let us welcome Ivan Enabu on #InsideSport, as he unpacks a basketball career that got us off our seats with his sensational displays, whenever he had the ball in hand. Join us at 10pm tonight on @NBSportUg

[John Vianney Nsimbe @NsimbeJV]

@MosesMagogo @AKasingye @mmpangire @SCVillaJogoo @OfficialFUFA @AFCONpamoja2027 @UPL A similar debate was hosted by me on #InsideSport last year, after Liverpool won the league and held a march near parliament avenue. I liked the punches between Dennis Mbidde and Robert Jjagwe on @NBSportUg.

[John Vianney Nsimbe @NsimbeJV]

Jose Mourinho at his best...

[Professor Hamza Ballon Dor @mancityhardcore]

Man United slandered Ruben Amorim after 13 years of failure

Ruben Amorim went to AC Milan and played Man United

AC Milan 4 Man United 2

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Mourinho told us about Man United

[John Vianney Nsimbe @NsimbeJV]

@sid_lambert Chile's golden football generation had Salas and Zamorano as its Royals! @FIFAcom