Ugandans can go Pro, says Kuffour

Bayern Munich’s dependable stopper and Ghanaian international, Samuel Osei Kuffour, has said Uganda has the potential to have many players in the paid ranks.

Cranes suffer on military plane

The talk yesterday morning at the Georgia Hotel in Kumasi where Cranes are residing, was the team’s bad experience on a military plane from Accra to Kumasi.

Fufa searches for new coach

The Federation of Uganda Football Associations (Fufa) Technical Committee is to search for a new head coach for the Cranes. Argentine tactician Pablo Pedro Pasculli signed a one and a half-month contract worth $ 10,000 with Fufa to guide the Cranes to the 2004 African Nations Cup finals.

3 hour nightmare

The Uganda Cranes’ dreams of making it to Tunisia 2004 were last evening severely dented when the Amavubi of Rwanda emerged 1-0 victors in a highly dramatic and bizarre encounter in which 90 minutes were played over 3 hours.

Cranes tie for Kumasi

The Uganda Cranes play the crucial group 13 Africa Nations Cup qualifier against Ghana’s Black Stars in Kumasi on Sunday, 22 June 2003.

What a tragic comedy

Did you ever ask yourself why the 1994 genocide took place in Rwanda? Did you ever think Rwanda could beat the Cranes on our own turf ? Have you ever seen a referee as incompetent as Alemu Gizate, the Ethiopian who handled the Cranes versus Amavubi game on Saturday?

‘Juju or not, a record Shs 247m was collected

History was made on Saturday when over 47,000 people paid close to Shs 247million to watch Uganda Cranes go down 1-0 to Amavubi of Rwanda at Namboole.

The gods must be crazy

Football kicked us in the teeth on Saturday night when Uganda lost 0-1 to Rwanda in an African Cup of Nations Qualifier at Namboole Stadium.

Lutaya resigns

According to sources at Lugogo, Lutaya’s resignation letter was accepted on Friday (6 June), by the council’s Finance and Administration Committee headed by the NCS Chairman Wilson Tumwine.

A Cranes must-win

Off the pitch, the atmosphere between the two nations has been tense on the political front, but today’s 2004 Africa Nations Cup qualifying ‘war’ between perennial arch-rivals Uganda and Rwanda is likely to be hotter.

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