Overview
- Three members of Uganda’s six-person boxing team did not rejoin their delegation for a scheduled return home on Tuesday, August 4, and were reported unaccounted for in Glasgow.
- The missing athletes are named in media reports as Angel Katushabe, Nuhu Batte, Ibrahim Khemis and Emily Nakalema, three of whom lost in the quarter-finals and one in earlier rounds.
- Ugandan outlet NBS Sport published an anonymous claim that the four intend to seek asylum in the UK to continue their boxing careers, a claim not confirmed by Ugandan or UK authorities in the cited coverage.
- Officials are attempting to locate the athletes, Police Scotland says inquiries are under way, and Uganda’s Ministry of Education and Sports is reported to be preparing an official response.
- The case echoes past Commonwealth Games incidents in 2014 and 2018 when some Ugandan competitors did not return and later sought asylum, raising questions about athlete support and the role of immigration authorities.