September 8
Uganda v Niger

THE national football team - the Cranes will today resume non residential training ahead of the crunch African Nations Cup tie against the Mena du Niger. The tie is slated for September 8 at Namboole.

Local football governing body, Fufa, pushed forward the training from Monday due to lack of funds. The team that mainly comprises locally based players will undergo double training sessions under coach Laszlo Csaba, before starting residential training on August 27 at Jokas Hotel in Bweyogerere.

The Cranes suffered mal-treatment from Niger when the teams met last year in Niger and could only garner one point from a goalless draw.
Csaba's charges need to score at least thrice to make sure of a place at next year's finals in Ghana.

Fufa vice president (technical affairs) Asuman Lubowa said the foreign based played will join camp on August 27.
“The team assembles tomorrow (today) at Namboole. They will be training twice a day and later the final team will enter residential training at Jokas Hotel on August 27,” Lubowa said.

Fufa is yet to get a response from the countries they wrote to requesting for build up matches ahead of the Niger fixture.
Libya, Angola, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Sudan are some of the countries that Fufa wrote to requesting for build up matches.

Foreign based players invited to play are: Hannington Kalyesubula (Ethiopia), Ibrahim Sekagya (Salzburg, Austria), Posnet Omwony, Timothy Batabaire ( both Celtics, S.Africa), Nestroy Kizito (Vodjina, Serbia), Geoffrey Massa (El Shams, Egypt) and Andy Mwesigwa (IBV, Iceland).

Others are Abubaker Tabula (Denmark), Vincent Kayizi (APR, Rwanda), David Obua (Kaizer Chiefs, S.Africa), Hassan Wasswa, Geoffrey Sserunkuma (both Benoni Utd, S. Africa) and Assan Bajope (Ethiopia).

Bloemfontein Celtics keeper Omwony has been invited for the first time in almost a year as cover for the injured Denis Onyango.