Gazelles Maintain Winning Run Before Australia Test at Glasgow 2026

What the report says

SoftPower News reported that Uganda’s women’s 3×3 basketball team, the Gazelles, made a strong start at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, winning four consecutive games before losing for the first time to Australia, described by the publisher as tournament favourites. The report identifies the Ugandan squad as Melissa Akullu, Jane Asinde, Jamila Nansikombi and Perus Nyamwenge.

According to the snippet available from the SoftPower News story, Uganda began its campaign with a commanding performance against Jamaica. The source material does not provide the final score, the full list of opponents in the four-match winning run, or details of the Australia game, so those specifics remain unconfirmed from the supplied evidence.

The result is significant because 3×3 basketball is a fast, condensed format in which early momentum can be important in group-stage qualification and knockout positioning. For Uganda, a run of wins at a Commonwealth Games event would also add visibility to the country’s women’s basketball programme and to players who have increasingly featured in regional and international competition.

Separately, the publicly accessible article text supplied alongside the URL appears to show a different headline about Gen Kainerugaba and NBA Africa CEO Clare Akamanzi discussing basketball growth in Uganda. Because that text does not match the Gazelles match report, this digest relies on the provided SoftPower News headline and snippet for the competition details, pending editorial verification of the full article.