Browsing Month March, 2007
Nigeria can fall
By Online Reporter at March 31, 2007 | 5:05 pm | 0 Comment
MARK KIRUMIRA MIKE MUTEBI Former Cranes tactician previews the tactical framework of both teams. I don't remember a Cranes game that has been surrounded with a cloud of euphoria like this one. The current crop may not be as gifted as the squad that faced Nigeria in '93 when the league was more competitive and SC Villa had just reached the final of Africa's premier more...
FUFA must write to FIFA
By Online Reporter at March 26, 2007 | 2:48 pm | 0 Comment
CAN UPDATES | Mark Ssali * CAF are remotely interested, they will not help * Obafemi Martins, Nigerian press say goal was valid * Lesotho’s win over Niger leaves Uganda in second Group 3 results Nigeria 1 Uganda 0 Lesotho 3 Niger 1 Niccolo Machiavelli must be grinning in his grave with untold delight. The 16th century Italian political thinker and writer to more...
Cranes Attack
By Online Reporter at March 24, 2007 | 2:45 pm | 0 Comment
CAN UPDATES | Mark Ssali Laszlo Csaba has saved his boldest move for his biggest game as Uganda Cranes coach so far, going for an attacking line-up against Nigeria in today’s epic African Nations Cup qualifier. If ever there were any thoughts that Uganda would go timid and defensive, tails between legs against one of Africa’s best in their own backyard, they more...
Babayaro MIA
By Online Reporter at March 22, 2007 | 2:44 pm | 0 Comment
CAN UPDATES | Mark Ssali The FA here must believe strongly that Celestine Babayaro is up to his old tricks as they have demanded that the Newcastle defender flies out to Nigeria and gets the Super Eagles doctors to examine his supposed injury. Babayaro has been accused by the FA and Nigerian press of shunning Super Eagles summons several times in the past. After a more...
Babayaro MIA
By Online Reporter at March 22, 2007 | 2:43 pm | 0 Comment
CAN UPDATES | Mark Ssali The FA here must believe strongly that Celestine Babayaro is up to his old tricks as they have demanded that the Newcastle defender flies out to Nigeria and gets the Super Eagles doctors to examine his supposed injury. Babayaro has been accused by the FA and Nigerian press of shunning Super Eagles summons several times in the past. After a more...
Eagles land, Cranes next
By Online Reporter at March 21, 2007 | 2:53 pm | 0 Comment
CAN UPDATES | Mark Ssali Obafemi, Yobo and Kanu jet in as Kanu continues to play hide and seek Like a sniper for hire complete with rifle and telescopic sight zooming on his target, the Super Eagles will be watching with intent when the Uganda Cranes land in Abeokuta today. Kenya Airways is expected to fly the Cranes into Lagos this morning, and when they make more...
No reason why Uganda Cranes should not believe
By Online Reporter at March 20, 2007 | 2:54 pm | 0 Comment
MARK MY WORD | Mark Ssali When one of the several Nigerian fans I have chatted with since arriving in Lagos asked me how many pros Uganda had, my answer inevitably provoked a mocking laugh. Everyone knows that Nigeria would reproduce the number of Ugandan pros 20 fold, and then probably add several hundred if they could find all the men they have exported, some to more...
Kick-off time switched, Kanu lands
By Online Reporter at March 19, 2007 | 2:52 pm | 0 Comment
CAN UPDATES | Mark Ssali Berti Vogts is happy that the kick-off time for the Nigeria-Uganda Nations Cup final has been confirmed for 6pm (8pm Ugandan time). The veteran German, former coach of Germany and Scotland, prefers an evening kick-off after the sun has gone down, because the heat in Nigeria during the day is unbearable at the moment. The temperatures have more...
Abeokuta survives
By Online Reporter at March 19, 2007 | 2:50 pm | 0 Comment
CAN UPDATES | Mark Ssali On the surface of it, the fever for the Nigeria-Uganda African Nations Cup clash hasn’t caught on and spread yet. But don’t be fooled, the temperature certainly is rising. Nigeria’s Super Eagles players only begin arriving today and have a deadline of tomorrow to all have assembled under new coach Berti Vogts, and the Uganda Cranes more...
Mwesigwa tells clubs to cool down
By Online Reporter at March 19, 2007 | 2:50 pm | 0 Comment
EDEN KIRONDE & INNOCENT NDAWULA Cranes defensive pillar Andy Mwesigwa has sent a hands-off message to all local clubs that are chasing his signature. Mwesigwa, currently with IBV FC in Iceland, sent the clarification message to all his suitors after a national team training session ahead of the African Nations Cup qualifier against Nigeria on March 24. "Because more...
