Uganda’s Museveni Wins Re-election As Opposition Cries Foul

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has been declared the winner of Friday’s presidential poll. Mr. Museveni’s win gives him another five year elective term, setting the incumbent on course to lead Uganda for a cumulative 30 years since 1986.

The Electoral Commission said Museveni won with 68.38% of the vote.

But the main opposition candidate Dr. Kiiza Besigye has rejected the results and described the elections as a sham.

“Well, no surprises at all. We have just concluded what we always knew was a sham election,” said Dr Besigye, the flag bearer for the Inter Party Cooperation (IPC) a four-party coalition, and the president of the Forum for Democratic Change party (FDC).

He said IPC made all arrangements to safeguard the opposition votes but the kind of electoral abuses and malpractices were of such a nature that “our protective mechanisms were simply rendered useless.”

“We completely reject the outcome of the elections and any government that will be formed out of this election,” said Besigye.

He noted that many of the declaration of results forms could not be retrieved by agents of the opposition as they were denied access making it difficult to tally the votes at the IPC tally center.

US top military officer arrives in Saudi Arabia

Admiral Mike Mullen's visit to the Gulf comes
amid an unprecedented wave of revolts in the region

Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived in Saudi Arabia on Sunday for the first stage of a Gulf tour to boost US relations with its allies in the region.

"Part of what I want to accomplish is to reassure our friends and also just listen to what's on their mind," Mullen told journalists.

The highest ranking US military officer's visit comes as an unprecedented wave of revolts challenges Arab authoritarian regimes, notably in Bahrain and Yemen, after uprisings toppled rulers in Tunisia and Egypt.

The purpose of his mission is to "reassure, discuss and understand what is going on," Mullen said, adding the "trip was scheduled for other reasons but as it turns out the context has changed."

In his two-day stay in Saudi Arabia, US President Barack Obama's top military adviser will meet high-ranking Saudi military officials.

The Chicago Bears sign punter Richmond McGee to a two-year agreement

LAKE FOREST, Ill. — The Chicago Bears have signed punter Richmond McGee to a two-year contract.

McGee spent parts of last season on Chicago's practice squad, and he was with the Bears during the off-season and 2009 preseason, averaging 36.3 yards on four punts while landing two inside the 20.

The Bears announced the move Friday.

A member of Texas' 2005 NCAA championship team, McGee entered the league as an undrafted free agent with Philadelphia in 2008. He could be in line to replace veteran Brad Maynard, who is due to become an unrestricted free agent.

Ex-Chicago Bears Safety Dave Duerson Commits Suicide

Late Thursday evening, former Chicago Bears safety Dave Duerson was discovered dead in his home, killed instantly by a fatal gunshot wound to the chest that has been ruled a suicide by Miami-Dade Police Department.

At the wishes of Duerson, his family has made the decision to donate his brain for trauma research. It was Duerson's personal wish to aid in making football a safer sport for children in the future and his brain has

since been turned over to a research facility. It has been concluded the suicide was not connected with any foul play. According to witnesses, there were no other visitors to enter nor exit the home of Duerson for at least two days prior to the shooting.

At 50 years old, Duerson's football career landed him at the Super Bowl in January 1986. That was also the year the Chicago Bears took home the title. Just a few short years later, Duerson also successfully began a youth football group geared toward spreading knowledge and preventative measures against drug and alcohol abuse. In 1987 the former Bears safety even received an outstanding Walter Payton Award as the NFL Man of the Year.

Though Duerson retired from football in 1993, his kindness and efforts within the community did not end there. To family, friends and anyone who had the privilege of knowing him.

Clubs await FA Cup quarter-finals draw

The draw for the FA Cup quarter-finals takes place on Sunday at about 1600 GMT, with clubs potentially one win away from a semi-final date at Wembley.

Everton knocked out holders Chelsea on Saturday, while Premier League leaders Manchester United scraped into the hat by edging past non-league Crawley 1-0.

The lowest ranked side, League One's Notts County, will be in the draw if they avoid defeat at Manchester City.

The 130th FA Cup final takes place at Wembley on Saturday, 14 May.

Other teams definitely in the draw include West Ham United and Burnley, whose fifth round tie takes place on Monday.

Stoke and Birmingham are two Premier League sides definitely in the last eight, while Everton now face Championship club Reading in the fifth round, where Fulham and Bolton will also do battle for a quarter-final berth.

The draw - which you can watch live online, on ITV1, or follow on the BBC Sport website - will take place at 1600 GMT dependant on there being no extra time or penalties in the tie between Manchester City and Notts County, which kicks off at Eastlands at 1400 GMT.