VIDEO: Mujib Kasule issues statement on FUFA elections Former footballer Mujib Kasule has explained the circumstances under which soccer governing body FUFA disqualified him from the race to challenge Moses Magogo for the presidency of the association in August’s elections. Kasule said the FUFA Electoral Commission came up with many new …
Read More »THIS WEEK: FUFA’s Magogo cited in World Cup tickets scam
THIS WEEK: FUFA’s Magogo cited in World Cup tickets scam Federation of Uganda Football Association (FUFA) President Moses Magogo is facing a new storm of controversy ahead of his bid for a second term as head of FUFA in elections slated for August. Magogo has been accused of re-selling 177 …
Read More »FUFA ELECTIONS: It is Moses Magogo vs Mujib Kasule
Incumbent Eng. Moses Magogo and international footballer Mujib Kasule have confirmed their interest in vying for top job in Ugandan soccer by picking nomination forms on Wednesday. Chairperson of the Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) Electoral Committee Sam Bakiika officially handed over the nomination forms that are expected back by …
Read More »LIVE: Sserunkuma comes on to put Uganda Cranes ahead
80: Cape Verde ?? 0 Uganda ?? 1 Geoffrey Serunkuma fires Uganda ahead against Cape Verde in Praia. Huge goal! #AFCON2019Q — Robert Madoi (@robertmadoi) June 11, 2017 LINE UP Goalkeeper Denis Onyango will captain a new-look Uganda Cranes in their opening African Nations Cup match against Cape Verde. (Watch live here) KCC’s …
Read More »FUFA’s Magogo explains Cape Verde match postponment
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has postponed by 24 hours the Group L Day One clash between Cape Verde and Uganda, originally scheduled for Saturday, 10 June 2017 in Praia . The decision was taken by the Organising Committee for the Total Africa Cup of Nations due to the …
Read More »Uganda’s Moses Magogo gets top CAF ExCom job
Uganda’s top football official Eng. Moses Magogo has been appointed to the powerful Executive Committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Magogo becomes the first Ugandan onto the executive committee. In wide ranging changes, Zambian legend Kalusha Bwalya was named Chairman of the CAF Technical and Development committee, while the …
Read More »Mulindwa eyes return at FUFA?
Former Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) President Lawrence Mulindwa could be eyeing a return to the position he left in 2013. While at a graduation ceremony for his daughters held at the newly built St Mary’s Stadium Kitende, Mulindwa reacted to comments made by FUFA Vice President Dennis Mbidde …
Read More »FIFA president Infantino to visit Uganda, Rwanda
The President of world soccer governing body FIFA, Gianni Infantino, will visit Uganda next week. “I am very pleased to confirm my visit. I will be arriving in Entebbe on 25th February 2017,” Infantino said in a letter to Uganda’s soccer governing body FUFA “I have no doubt that this …
Read More »What does Uganda Cranes need more of in Gabon?
Luck, love, prayers or immaculate planning? Whereas the Uganda Cranes will begin their 2017 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) campaign in Gabon with some stature as the Confederation of African Football (CAF) National Team of the Year, this hardly masks the fact that they are the underdogs in their group …
Read More »MAGOGO: Despite challenges, Uganda’s football set to take off
The Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) has said continued peripheral resource allocation to the game by Ugandans remains one of its biggest challenges. “Sports will always be the last page, low quality and quantity. For example 0.06% of the national budget was allocated to all sports inclusive of salaries …
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