Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbale Heroes football club has terminated the contract of its coach Bobic Odowa and his entire coaching staff. This follows after a disappointing start of four games without victory. The decision to sack Odowa was reached during a team management meeting on Wednesday. “We …
Read More »Uganda Rugby Cranes face Kenya, Spain and Canada in Emirates invitational 7s
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Rugby 7s team have been placed in Pool B with Kenya, Canada and Spain for round two of the Emirates Invitational 7s that starts today and ends tomorrow at the Sevens Stadium in Dubai. The two rounds tournament started last week with …
Read More »FUFA indefinitely suspends Kigezi home boyz, Kitara FC game
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Federation of Uganda Football Association (FUFA) has indefinitely suspended a football game between Kigezi Home Boyz and Kitara Football Club in the ongoing Stanbic Bank Uganda cup. The first leg of the game had initially been scheduled to be played on Tuesday at …
Read More »Arsene Wenger urges FIFA to go for the spectacular
London, UK | FIFA.COM | Legendary former Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger has said he will push for football to be more spectacular on the world stage. He said this in the latest episode of ‘Living Football’, FIFA’s football magazine show. Wenger joined FIFA as Chief of Global Football Development in …
Read More »Sergio Ramos to miss Liverpool, Barcelona games with calf injury
Madrid, Spain | Xinhua | Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos has been ruled out of both of his side’s Champions League quarterfinal ties against Liverpool, as well as the La Liga ‘Clasico’ against FC Barcelona on April 10. Real Madrid confirmed on Thursday that “our captain, Sergio Ramos, has been diagnosed …
Read More »Byekwaso vows to push KCCA FC to the top
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | KCCA FC interim head coach, Morley Byekwaso has vowed to put KCCA FC at the top of the table. He replaces Mike Hilary Mutebi whose contract was terminated. Byekwaso was Mutebi’s assistant coach at the club. Byekwaso believes that he will use his experience of …
Read More »End of the Mike Mutebi era at KCCA FC
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | KCCA FC have today ended the contract of one of their most successful managers, Mike Hillary Mutebi. In a brief statement, KCCA described Mutebi as the most successful manager they have had, and said his long time assistant Morley Byekwaso would take over. JUST …
Read More »Malawi secure AFCON ticket, Uganda heads home
⚽ AFCON 2021 QUALIFIERS Malawi 🇲🇼 1 Uganda 🇺🇬 0 Burkina Faso 🇧🇫 1 South Sudan 🇸🇸 0 ✳ PAST AFCON MEETS ▪ July 1, 2000 – Uganda 3 Malawi 1 AFCON qualifier ▪ July 15, 2000 – Malawi 1 Uganda 2 AFCON qualifier ▪ November 17, 2019 – Uganda 2 …
Read More »History says Uganda Cranes can finish the job in Malawi
⚽ TODAY 4pm ⚽ Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre ⚽ Live on 102.1 FUFA fm ✳ AFCON 2021 QUALIFIER 🇺🇬 Uganda vs 🇲🇼 Malawi ✳ PAST AFCON MEETS ▪ July 1, 2000 – Uganda 3 Malawi 1 AFCON qualifier ▪ July 15, 2000 – Malawi 1 Uganda 2 AFCON qualifier ▪ November 17, 2019 – …
Read More »Uganda Cup back after year of silence
The winner of the competition will pocket over sh50 million. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The 2021 Uganda Cup competition is set to kick off on April 4 with a new format, after a year of inactivity. The competition played annually by all member clubs of the Federation of …
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