Browsing Month November, 2003
SC Villa protests FUFA’s double standards
By Online Reporter at November 27, 2003 | 9:26 am | 0 Comment
The SC Villa Executive has vehemently protested a backdoor deal apparently in the works between FUFA and the National Council of Sports (NCS) following a larger meeting with the Minister of State for Sports Henry Okello Oryem on Wednesday, November 26, 2003. Reliable information available to SC Villa indicates that some FUFA officials – in an application of their more...
Cranes for Germany
By Online Reporter at November 19, 2003 | 3:36 pm | 0 Comment
By Muhammad M. Dhakaba The Germany football federation (DFB) body has offered Uganda an opportunity to camp in Germany ahead of the 2006 Africa Nations Cup/World Cup group qualifying ties. The qualifiers are planned to start in June next year and the Cranes will be spending two months in German for training, Fufa assistant general secretary Hajj Zubair Galiwango more...
Cranes for Germany
By Online Reporter at November 19, 2003 | 3:35 pm | 0 Comment
By Muhammad M. Dhakaba The Germany football federation (DFB) body has offered Uganda an opportunity to camp in Germany ahead of the 2006 Africa Nations Cup/World Cup group qualifying ties. The qualifiers are planned to start in June next year and the Cranes will be spending two months in German for training, Fufa assistant general secretary Hajj Zubair Galiwango more...
Great escape
By Online Reporter at November 17, 2003 | 3:36 pm | 0 Comment
By Muhammad M. Dhakaba Golden goal saves Cranes in Mauritius; Kenya, Rwanda, Zambia also through David Obua scored a face-saving as well as heartbreaking golden goal to squeeze Uganda past Mauritius in a 2006 Africa Nations/ World Cup qualifier. The match played under a heavy down pour at the King George V Stadium, Curepine Mauritius saw Uganda surrender the 3-0 more...
Cranes warned
By Online Reporter at November 15, 2003 | 3:33 pm | 0 Comment
By Andrew Jackson Oryada & Agencies Mauritius coach Akbar Patel has warned the Uganda Cranes ahead of tomorrow's 2006 Africa nations Cup/World Cup qualifier. " We are going to massacre the Ugandan team in our own back yard. If they could score three goals in Kampala, we can also score more than that here," said Patel who will be boosted by his three professional more...
Tenywa ‘boycott’
By Online Reporter at November 14, 2003 | 3:32 pm | 0 Comment
By Muhammad M. Dhakaba US based professional Sulaiman Tenywa almost pulled out of the Mauritius trip at the last hour. He was furious to learn that the Cranes will not return to Uganda on Sunday as earlier planned. Sources told The Monitor that Tenywa put the leader of delegation, Mr Kigongo Bukenya, and Fufa technical committee boss, Mr John Baptist Ssemanobe under more...
SC Villa fans threaten Mango boycott
By Online Reporter at November 14, 2003 | 9:26 am | 0 Comment
Officials call for patience VILLA PARK, The Management and Executive of Sports Club Villa would like to issue this press statement following a decision to seek legal redress against wrongs that, we believe, have been committed against the club. Following intensive and extensive consultations, SC Villa has decided to seek legal redress against The New Vision more...
Mubiru dropped from Cranes
By Online Reporter at November 12, 2003 | 3:32 pm | 0 Comment
By Muhammad M. Dhakaba Mawejje, Kabanda, Lubega on team Cranes 2 Taifa Stars 1 Today: Express v Taifa Stars Unpredictable Express and Cranes lead striker Hassan Mubiru was yesterday surprisingly dropped from the Mauritius bound Cranes. As has become his normal practice, Mubiru failed to report for training and "could therefore not measure to the required more...
Cranes face Taifa Stars
By Online Reporter at November 11, 2003 | 3:35 pm | 0 Comment
By Muhammad M. Dhakaba Prospective Fifa referee Ali Kalyango has been handed the task of handling today's international game between the Cranes and Tanzania's Taifa Stars. Kalyango will be assisted by Roberto Bukenya and Sam Kayondo. Both assistants are also in line for Fifa accreditations. It will be the trio's first international match since their names were more...
SC Villa suing New Vision, Aldrine Nsubuga
By Online Reporter at November 5, 2003 | 3:31 pm | 0 Comment
SC Villa officials have finally broken their silence and through their lawyers M/s Tumusiime, Kabega & Co. Advocates issued a notice to sue KCC cracker, Aldrine Nsubuga, who has persistently abused his column in The Sunday Vision newspaper to roll the CECAFA and national champions in the mud. Also listed as intending defendants are The Editor in Chief of the New more...
