and colleges around the globe is netball. although it s not played at the olympics, it has a high profile at the commonwealth games. 12 teams will compete in birmingham, with the england side looking to successfully defend their title. the bbc has been to meet one netball player who has become a role model for young girls across africa. the uganda team, called the she cranes, is preparing for it s second tournament, as parisa qurban reports. whistle blows. athletes around the world have spent months repairing spent months preparing for the 2022 commonwealth games. 0ne team determined to put on a fair show is uganda s netball team. among them isjoan nampungu. joan is a defender. she started playing netball when she was only eight years old, eventually reaching her potential ofjoining the national team. netball has also given her the chance to empower children in uganda. whilst training for the upcoming
games, joan and her team have been teaching girls how to play whilst visiting different villages in uganda. joan grew up in a village in natete, in uganda s capital city, kampala. that s over 10,000 kilometres away from birmingham,