Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The newly appointed Head Coach of the Uganda Cranes, Milutin Sredojević Micho, has committed to push the Uganda National football team to the top five in Africa. Micho, 51, was reappointed by the Federation of Uganda Football Association on a comeback mission to Uganda, to …
Read More »FUFA recalls Micho for Uganda Cranes
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Soccer governing body FUFA has named Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojevic head coach of Uganda Cranes. He will address the media on Tuesday 3rd August 2021. Micho led Cranes to their first appearance in the Nations Cup finals in 39 years, when they qualified for Ghana …
Read More »Express FC crowned champions of Uganda Premier League
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Express FC has officially received the trophy as the Champions of the 2020/21 Star Times Uganda Premier League, which ended prematurely because of the nationwide lockdown announced to contain the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Federation of Uganda Football Association-FUFA President Moses Magogo …
Read More »Twelve teams to compete in the 2021/22 FUFA Big League
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Federation of Uganda Football Association (FUFA) has confirmed that only 12 teams will feature in the 2021/2022 FUFA Big League season. The development was confirmed to Uganda Radio Network (URN) by FUFA competitions director, Aisha Nalule who said the reason for the changes was …
Read More »FUFA declares Express FC Uganda Premier League Champions
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Express FC are the champions of this year’s Star Times Uganda Premier League season. The Federation of Uganda Football Association declared the Eagles champions of the 2020/2021 Star Times Uganda Premier League season following their executive committee meeting held on Tuesday afternoon. The decision to …
Read More »COVID-19: FUFA postpones Uganda Premier League, Express top of table
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Federation of Uganda Football Association has postponed all planned fixtures of Star Times Uganda Premier league following the Presidential directive suspending sports activities in the country. Express FC are the table leaders with 58 points, URA second with 57 and Vipers is third …
Read More »Football experts predict bright future in new Cranes team
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Football experts have predicted a bright future in the new transformed Uganda Cranes squad. The new squad is comprised of players from different clubs in the Uganda Premier League and a few players from Uganda Hippos who recently played the U-20 Afcon finals. The experts …
Read More »Uganda Premier League warns clubs against violating Covid-19 SOPs
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Premier League (UPL) body has warned clubs that participate in the league over violating the Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs) in the remaining matches. The development comes after President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni okayed sports to remain operating even after closing some schools and …
Read More »FUFA confirms Magogo is unopposed
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Federation of Uganda Football Association (FUFA) Electoral Committee has today declared Moses Hassim Magogo as the only duly nominated candidate for the position of FUFA President. The other members who picked forms from the Electoral Committee and did not return them include Mujib …
Read More »FUFA bans fans in stadiums
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Federation of Uganda Football Association-FUFA has directed clubs not to admit fans to the stadiums until further notice. According to FUFA’s Deputy CEO in charge of Football, Decolus Kiiza, the directive follows the increasing number of Covid-19 cases in the country. “As you are …
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