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Uganda Women national football team (Crested Cranes) finished third at the 2019 Cecafa senior women challenge cup. Crested Cranes players celebrate one of their two goals on the evening This followed a 2-0 victory in the third place play off match over Burundi on Monday at the Chamazi stadium in Tanzania. Two second half substitutes Shamira…
Uganda and Kenya on Tuesday booked their place in the semifinals of the ongoing CECAFA Senior Women’s Challenge Cup in group B matches, held at the Azam Complex in Chamazi, Dar -es-Salaam, where Uganda and Kenya posted victories over Ethiopia and Djibouti respectively. Uganda’s Crested Cranes registered a 1-0 victory and got revenge over Ethiopia,…
Uganda Women’s national football team (Crested Cranes) beat Ethiopia 1-0 during a group B match of the 2019 CECAFA Women Challenge cup at the Chamazi Stadium in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on Tuesday. Fauzia Najjemba was the heroine on the evening, scoring in the 73rd minute of the well contested duel. Najjemba shot off her lethal left…
Jose Mourinho has been appointed as Tottenham’s new manager following the sacking of Mauricio Pochettino. Former Chelsea and Manchester United boss Mourinho has signed a contract until the end of the 2022-23 season. Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy, announcing Mourinho’s arrival, said: “In Jose we have one of the most successful managers in football. “He has…
Onduparaka fell to Sports Club Villa’s might after swallowing 3-1 in the Uganda Premier League at the Green Light Stadium on Monday. Goals from Emmanuel Kalyowa, Faizo Muwawu and substitute Fahad Badilo did the damage for the Jogoos while Julius Malingumu scored Onduparaka’s consolation. The Jogoos were rampant in the early exchanges taking the lead…
The Uganda Cranes team has secured a huge victory after thrashing the Malawi Flames 2-0 in the AFCON 2021 qualifiers game played at Namboole stadium on Sunday. Emmanuel Okwi handed the Cranes a first half lead before Fahad Bayo wrapped up the contest with a debut goal in the second period. The victory sees Uganda…
Preparations to host the 10th edition of the Inter Parliamentary Games (IPG) in Uganda are on course, Hon. Gideon Gatpan, the deputy chairperson of the IPG and also a member of the East African Legislative Assembly, has said. According to Gatpan, the 2019 edition of the regional games scheduled to take place from 7 to…
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has finally given IAAF World Athlete and Common Wealth Gold Medalist Joshua Cheptegei with a brand new pick up vehicle. Head of sports Statehouse desk MsNorah Nassimbwa handed over a Mitsubishi pick up double cabin at Statehouse Nakasero on behalf of President Museveni who is still on the way from a…
The Uganda Motocross Uganda (UMU) has awarded Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) One Hundred Million Shillings (Ug.shs 100,000,000) as a token of appreciation from the recently concluded Inaguaral Armed Forces Appreciation Motocross Championship. The event, a show piece between international riders and locals, at the Uganda Motocross Arena (UMA) Busiika on 6th October 2019 registered…
KCCA FC head coach Mike Hillary Mutebi has stated that there is hope for the team to qualify for the 2nd final qualifier round of the CAF Champions League. This came in after KCCA FC lost 3-2 to African Stars FC in the first leg held in Namibia and will be hoping to overturn the result…
