The Oxford English Dictionary defines Sport as an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for leisure, entertainment, recreation etc. By this definition, any two persons that argue over who is faster may decide to compete and this is a Sport. It is therefore implicative [...]

I will continue to shout until I lose my voice. We either go professional or we remain amateur. We cannot be both. There are continued acts of not understanding a very simple basic of professional football by many key players. I don’t want to believe Mr. Kanaba said the comments I read in the papers [...]

FIFA referee Ronnie Kalema will be in charge of an international friendly match between the Uganda Hippos and the Junior Wasps from Rwanda on Wednesday March 21. The visitors jet into the country on Tuesday night, 11:30pm aboard Rwanda Air. Kalema will have Kanakulya Khalifan and Okello Lee as his first and second assistants respectively. [...]

In what can be termed as real drama of events, the banned former Uganda Super League (USL) board chairperson, Kavuma Kabenge now denies knowledge of any disciplinary actions ever taken against him by FUFA or its judicial bodies! Kabenge has also down played all the past efforts showed by the world football governing body, FIFA [...]

Uganda Super Division Clubs have this Thursday morning landed ‘favourable’ fixtures in the round of 16 draws democratically conducted at Ivys Hotel here in Kamapala City. At this colourful function, the tournament sponsors, East African Breweries Limited (EABL) Uganda were represented by their Brand Manager, Dianah Nsubuga. FUFA Vice President in charge of Technical matters [...]

The players’ strike is another testimony that a lot is yet to be done to get a full professional football industry in Uganda. Education and sensitization of how the industry should operate needs to be more explicit as the fans, the players, the media, the administrators, the regulators and government are yet to understand the [...]

Bell-Uganda Cup sponsors in conjunction with FUFA will have this year’s finals held upcountry in Pece Stadium, Gulu district on May 12. This will be the first time in the near history to have this function out of Kampala City. The sponsors and the organizers have already inspected the facilities in Gulu that will host [...]

The Uganda U20 team, the Hippos will have a second test of the Rwanda’s Junior Wasps in another international friendly match on Wednesday March 21. The two youthful sides settled for a 1-all draw in Kigali on February 28 and will now meet in Kampala for the return leg of their international friendly. Both nations [...]

St Juliana High school-Gayaza emerged Champions of the schools’ category FUFA organized Women’s day Football Tournament that ran for three days and concluded yesterday at Old Kampala Secondary School. St. Juliana beat traditional Kawempe Muslim secondary school 8-7 in spot kicks after playing to a goalless draw in the mandatory 90 minutes. The winners walked [...]

3 to sit player agents’ exams The Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) has short listed three applicants for the player Agents examinations scheduled for March 29. The successful candidates are John Nsambu Chrysostom, James Ofong and Musa Kizito. The trio will have to answer 20 questions, five of which will be locally set and [...]

The long awaited Ugandan – Sweden based player Kayongo Mutumba Martin is in the country to boost up the Cranes’ preparations ahead of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Congo Brazzaville next week. On arrival at Entebbe International Airport aboard Ethiopian airlines on Saturday afternoon, Mutumba was received by FUFA Spokesperson, Rogers Mulindwa. [...]