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Exactly 10 years ago, Ugandan football came face to face for the first time in a big way with the clause Force Majeure. The Uganda Cranes had arrived in full force in the South African state of Lesotho for a make-or-break match. Having beaten Lesotho 3-0 in Kampala on September 2, …

Cape Verde game postponed by 24 hours after Cranes players fail to connect from Dakar, Senegal in time Group L Verde vs Uganda  Sunday, 8.30pm Tanzania 1 Lesotho 1 Uganda Cranes face Cape Verde for the first time in over a decade, fortunes for both teams having changed a lot since …

  International friendly Uganda 0 Senegal 0 Saturday Cape Verde vs Uganda Group L Cape Verde, Uganda, Tanzania, Lesotho The Uganda Cranes concluded their build-up to the start of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying competition with a credible draw against Senegal enroute to Cape Verde. With no goal …

Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | South Sudan completed a double over Somalia by winning 2-0 in Juba through goals from Robert Wurube and James Moga for a 4-1 overall victory  in their African Nations Championship qualifier. South Sudan now face Uganda in the second round of a national team competition …

    Zurich, Switzerland | AFP | Brazil surged to the top of the FIFA world rankings for the first time in seven years on Thursday, made all the sweeter as it usurped great rivals Argentina. It caps a terrific week for forward Neymar and Brazil — last week they became …

Football proletariat’ brave Serbia’s crumbling, violent stadiums Belgrade, Serbia | AFP | Khalid Aucho and Takuto Yasuoka are two of hundreds of footballers from Africa, Asia and South America whose dream of stardom has brought them to Eastern Europe. Aucho, a 23-year-old from Uganda who has already tried Scotland, and …

Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | Kenya stretched an unbeaten run to nine matches by drawing 1-1 at home against Uganda on Thursday. Michael Olunga gave the “Harambee Stars” a 35th-minute lead in a friendly at Kenyatta Stadium in eastern town Machakos. Kenya retained the lead against their long-time east African …

  Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Zambia-based trio Jesse Were, David Owino and Anthony Okumu have been called up to the Kenyan squad for upcoming international friendlies against Uganda and DR Congo. Were and Owino were on target for Zesco United when they scored two vital second-half goals against Burundian …

Cranes coach Milutin Sredojevic ‘Micho’ has recalled striker Emmanuel Okwi as Uganda starts the post-Nations Cup era with an international friendly against Kenya in Nairobi on Thursday. Omitted from this friendly are South African based Denis Onyango, Geoffrey Massa and Belgium-based Farouk Miya as Micho named only six foreign based players. …

The Uganda national team – Cranes played its last game against Mali at the African Cup of Nations final in Gabon on Jan.25. But, this game had no consequence to the cranes as the team had already been beaten out of the competition first by Ghana and then Egypt both …