Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Cranes start their 2019 Total Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) campaign against a tricky Democratic Republic of Congo side in a Group A match at the Cairo International Stadium on Saturday. Coach Sebastien Desabre’s side will be cheered on by a couple of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Cranes skipper Denis Onyango has said the team has the quality to get to the later stages of the 2019 Total Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon). Onyango, one of the experienced players on the Ugandan team said their target is to make it …
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Cairo, Egypt | THE INDEPENDENT | A penalty converted by Farouk Miya was enough to give Uganda Cranes a morale boosting 1-0 win over Ivory Coast in pre-Africa Cup of Nations Cup build-up match played in the UAE on Saturday. Miya struck the ball past Ivory Coast goalkeeper Guelassiognon Sylvain Gbohouo …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The President of the Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA), Moses Hassim Magogo has said if the Cranes don’t make it out of the group stages at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), it will be termed a failure. Speaking to URN in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Cranes will face Ivory Coast in an International friendly match in the United Arab Emirates on June 15th. The two teams will use the match to prepare for the 2019 Total Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon). Head coach Sebastien Desabre made the announcement …
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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 …
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JANUARY: WHEN MUSEVENI MARKED 30 YEARS IN POWER Jan.1: Police stakes Shs 20m on Aine’s head The year started with the campaigns for the 2016 Presidential and Parliamentary elections in full-gear. The head of security for one of the candidates, former Prime Minister, Amama Mbabazi, had gone missing. Christopher Aine …
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RwandAir unveils inflight duty free services Following the arrival of ‘Kalisimbi‘, RwandAir’s third Boeing B737-800NG and first – also in Africa – with inflight WiFi connectivity on Nov 16, has the airline’s CEO John Mirenge announced the launch of inflight duty free sales over the coming days. Once in place …
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Uganda Cranes wasted several chances as their home African Cup of Nations qualifying match against Burkina Faso ended in a goalless draw on Tuesday. The result left Burkina Faso top of Group D on head-to-head records with two games to go. Uganda, who last featured in the 1978 edition, must …
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(updates via @Airtel_Ug #MujjeTulumbe) FULL TIME: Uganda 0 Burkina Faso 0 90’+3 Moses Oloya misses another. He connects inches wide off Massa’s header. Still goalless. 90’+1 Burkina’s captain Kabore sent off for second bookable offense. 90′ Masses misses as header hits post, but he was offside. FIVE minutes of added …
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