New York, U.S. | Xinhua | The United States will have 11 of the 16 hosts cities at the 2026 World Cup, which will also feature matches in Mexico and Canada, world football governing body FIFA said on Thursday. Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Kansas City, Dallas, Atlanta, Houston, Boston, Philadelphia, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sports federations have welcomed additional funding to the sports sector. According to the 2022/23 financial year budget figures read by the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Matia Kasaija on Tuesday, the sports sector will receive Shillings 47.81 billion up from Shillings 17billion provided …
Read More »Crested Cranes are CECAFA senior women’s champs
Uganda 3 Burundi 1 Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s National Women’s Football team has won the CECAFA Senior Championship after defeating Burundi 3-1 in the final of the tournament staged at FUFA Technical Center, Njeru. In front of thousands of fans who gathered in Njeru to cheer the …
Read More »Match Report: Uganda Cranes hold out for Kitende point
FULLTIME ⚽ ✳ Uganda 1 Niger 1 Kitende, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A passionate and tense match at St Mary’s stadium saw Niger fight back brilliantly from one goal down to draw with Uganda Cranes, but weren’t quite able to find the winner. Milton Karisa scored two minutes to the break to …
Read More »Uganda 1 Niger 1 – AFCON qualifier
FULLTIME ⚽ ✳ Uganda 1 Niger 1 Kitende, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A passionate and tense match at St Mary’s stadium saw Niger fight back brilliantly from one goal down to draw with Uganda Cranes, but weren’t quite able to find the winner. Milton Karisa scored two minutes to the break to …
Read More »Coach Micho hopes to make amends against Niger after stressful opener
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Cranes Head Coach, Milutin Sredojevic Micho is hopeful that his side picked lessons from their loss against Algeria and will make amends when they host Niger in their second game of the Total Energies African Cup of Nations-AFCON qualifiers on June 8th, 2022 …
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🔵 AFCON QUALIFIERS ✳ Algeria 2 Uganda 0 ✳ Niger 1 Tanzania 1 Algiers, Algeria | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Cranes started its Total Energies African Cup of Nations- AFCON Qualifiers campaign on a low note, falling to Algeria 2-0 in Algiers on Saturday night. It was a frustrating night for …
Read More »Burundi women stun Rwanda to seal CECAFA semi slot
Group A Uganda 5-0 Djibouti Rwanda 1-2 Burundi Buikwe, Ugnada | THE INDEPENDENT | Burundi put up a stunning performance Friday to defeat Rwanda in a closely contested Group A encounter at the ongoing CECAFA Senior Women’s Championship. Both teams came out blazing and treated the fans to a …
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Read More »Roma win Europa Conference League title!
London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | Roma saw off Feyenoord in the inaugural UEFA Europa Conference League final at Tirana’s National Arena. The first ever UEFA Europa Conference League final brought together Roma and Feyenoord with the Italian side making history thanks to a 1-0 victory. Tweets by europacnfleague José Mourinho …
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