By Antonio Kisembo At first glance, the Federation of Uganda Football Association’s(FUFA) decision to sack national team coach Robert ‘Bobby’ Williamson on March 8,2013 appeared to be smart. Little wonder therefore that it won gushing support from many soccer fans. In their statement, FUFA said the federation’s emergency committee had taken the decision in compliance with the terms […]
George Abege has undergone an operation on a fractured collar bone in his right shoulder. The forward sustained the injury during Victoria university sports club’s goalless draw with Proline last Friday at Namboole Stadium. Abege was assessed by the club’s medical team and a decision to go under the knife was made for the 21-year-old. […]
Hosts Uganda have been drawn against Ethiopia, Kenya and South Sudan in group A in the just concluded Cecafa draws this morning at Serena hotel. Sudan, Tanzania, Burundi and Somalia complete group B while Rwanda, Malawi, Zanzibar and Eritrea have been drawn in group C. The top two teams in each group will qualify for […]
Almost three weeks since Uganda crushed out of next year’s Nations Cup qualifiers at the hands of champions, Zambia, the nation is yet to know how much revenue was accrued from gate collections. As a norm after a major international game, Fufa usually announce earnings and expenditure from gate collections, which they did not do […]
Uganda Cranes’ preparations for the Nations Cup qualifier against Zambia have suffered a set-back after Sudan pulled out of a friendly scheduled for this weekend in Kampala. Unconfirmed reports indicate the Sudanese have instead opted for a friendly against a West African country. This once again leaves Cranes to face Zambia in the Nations Cup […]
The tickets for the Uganda-Zambia game that were meant to go on sale this starting this morning have not. According to the Federation of Uganda Football Associations, unforeseen circumstances have forced the Gold and VIP class tickets not to go on sale. FUFA will instead have all the three ticket categories 40,000 Uganda shillings, 75,000 […]
Ultimate Media Uganda Cranes survived a defeat against Senegal with a late penalty to keep alive the country’s hopes of Qualifying for the African Cup of Nations finals. Uganda drew 1-1 in Saturday’s game against Senegal. The Cranes playing at their home in Mandela National Stadium Namboole went behind to veteran Sulaiman Kamara’s strike which […]
Uganda Cranes failed to fly today as they fell to Congo Brazzaville in their first leg match of the Africa Cup of Nations Qualifier march. Although Bobby Williamson put up what was believed to be the best line up for the Afcon engagement against Congo Brazzaville, the Uganda Cranes lost 3-1. Fabris Odama put Congo’s […]
Crested Cranes, Uganda’s female national football team has vowed to beat their counterparts of the Democratic Republic of Congo when they meet up in Kinshasha on January 28. The team manager of Crested Cranes, Mariam Kaliga says that they have started preparations for their 2nd leg meet with the Democratic Republic of Congo at Njeru […]
The Kenyans have applied the proverbial saying of ‘a burnt child dreads fire’ after communicating that they are unable to turn up for the second leg match in the U-23 tournament in Kampala according to the Kenya Football Limited Chief Executive, Joseph Agola. The Uganda Kobs younger-stars were in high gear preparing to humiliate the […]