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Uganda Peoples Defence Forces has been ranked second in the cross country at the ongoing EAC Military Games at Kahaw Military barracks in Nairobi. Uganda’s Doreen Chesang came third in a 10KM women race after Magdelena Chrispin of Tanzania and Perine Nenkampi of Kenya. Chesang who won in a period of 33:23.2 and Uganda’s park…
John Orenia Revita has inked a two-year deal with two times CECAFA Clubs Cup Champions KCCA FC. The former Express FC Captain’s sign on fee is undisclosed but his contract runs from August 2019 to August 2021. The ponytail Uganda Cranes defender arguably one of the best passers of the ball in the local league…
Simon Peter Serunkuma has signed for KCCA FC on a two-year deal from August 2019 to August 2021 on an undisclosed fee. Serunkuma’s joins the 13 times Uganda premier League Champions from Tooro United FC where he played for a year. He has previously played for Victors FC, SC Villa, Express, Bunamwaya and Vipers.…
Argentina’s Lionel Messi was banned for three months from international matches and fined $50,000 on Friday after accusing South America’s governing body for football of “corruption” during the Copa America. Messi criticised the officiating and members of CONMEBOL last month following Argentina’s semifinal loss to Brazil and after the third-place match against Chile but later apologized. CONMEBOL…
Uganda People’s Defence Forces [UPDF] soldiers are in the Russian capital Moscow to participate in the 2019 Fifth Anniversary International Army Games. The event has been happening every year since 2015 with over 30 countries taking part in a number of games. UPDF spokesperson, Brig Richard Karemire, said the games aim at strengthening friendship, fellowship…
The Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) Super League members held a successful extra ordinary General Assembly at Mandela National Stadium . The well attended assembly saw 15 out of the 16 members convene. Only newly promoted Kyetume FC missed with an apology. The well attended assembly saw 15 out of the 16 members convene.…
Uganda Cranes take a 3-1 lead ahead of the return leg for the CHAN 2020 Qualifiers next weekend in Kampala. During the first leg played at the Al Haji Hussein Guled Stadium in Djibouti, Uganda Cranes carried the day 3-1. Striker Patrick Henry Kaddu, left back Mustafa Kizza and holding midfielder Taddeo Lwanga scored the goals…
Uganda Cranes Head coach of the local based team Abdallah Mubiru has named the 18 man Squad that will travel on Thursday morning for the trip to Djibouti ahead of the CHAN 2020 Qualifier against Somalia due this Saturday 27th July 2019 at Al Haji Hussein Guled Stadium, 6pm The Squad was trimmed to 18 players…
Arsenal stars Mesut Ozil and Sead Kolasinac were chased for a mile by knife-wielding motorbike riders in an attempted daylight car-jacking in north London yesterday. Ozil, a £350,000-a-week midfielder, was ambushed by the robbers as he drove his black Mercedes G-Class through leafy Childs Hill at around 5pm on Thursday. But as the thugs surrounded the…
Uganda Cranes has been drawn in Group B for the qualification stages of the Total Africa Cup of Nations 2021 to be hosted by Cameroon. Familiar foes Burkina Faso and Malawi are Uganda’s opponents, They will also be joined by either South Sudan or Seychelles who have to negotiate their way to the group…
