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PGladys ZAWEDDE Masaza Cup Organising Committee (MCOC) has released the roster for match officials of the first leg quarter finals of the Masaza Cup tournament to be played on Sunday 13th-September. Henry Musisi will be the center referee at Kabulasoke as the record champions Gomba hosts Buddu. Musisi will be assisted by Samuel Mbabali and Hakim Lubwama as his first and second assistants respectively. The fourth official will be Frank Kakuddu while Issa Masembe will assess the set. Bikeka Francis is the General Match Coordinator and Ssejjemba Ssonko the assistant General Coordinator. Last year’s semi finalists Kyaggwe will play Mawokota…
David GOMBE Uganda Premier League entity Police FC has completed the signing of former Vipers defender Nicholas Wadada, Swift Sports Uganda understands. Wadada has signed a two year employment contract with the Cops this website can reliably confirm. Wadada brings leadership and experience in the team as well as explosive pace and tenacious defending in the team’s right back position. He is arguably the most experienced player in the UPL having rose to the scene in 2010 with Vipers (Bunamwaya) a side he had a lengthy spell with but also captained to league triumph in 2015 and 2018. He had…
David GOMBE Uganda Cranes head coach Paul Put has named a 28-man squad for the upcoming AFCON 2027 Qualifiers and International friendlies. Uganda will open their qualifying campaign away to Tunisia on 24th September, before hosting Libya on 29th September 2026. The Cranes will then face DR Congo in two international friendlies on 2nd October (away) and 5th October (home). Put has recalled veteran goalkeeper Denis Onyango who features alongside SC Villa’s David Lukwago and NEC FC’s Hannington Ssebwalunyo in the goalkeeping department. In defence, foreign-based stars Toby Sibbick (Burton Albion, England), Rogers Torach (CS Constantine, Algeria), Aziizi Kayondo (FC…
David GOMBE SC Villa silenced their rivals Express FC with a 2-0 victory at Muteesa II Stadium in Wankulukuku on Wednesday. Patrick Jonah Kakande and Andrew Otim scored in either half as the Jogoos secured back-to-back wins. Kakande gave Villa an early lead in the fourth minute when he finished off a brilliant Ibrahim Kasinde cross. Reagan Mpande also had a golden opportunity to double Villa’s lead, but his effort went inches wide. In the second half, Shafik Batambuze twice fed Isaac Wagoina, who failed to hit the target for the Red Eagles. Second-half substitute Otim, who came on for…
David GOMBE NEC FC are set to complete the signing of Maroons FC forward Marvin Oshaba, Swift Sports Uganda can reliably confirm. This website has established that Oshaba is close to signing a two-year employment contract with the Badru Kaddu-coached side. Oshaba is a former Tooro United player, where he was named the Most Valuable Player during the 2020/21 FUFA Big League season. He also featured for Police FC before joining seven-time Uganda Premier League champions Express FC and later Maroons FC. He joins other players who have left the Luzira-based side. These include Ivan Mayanja and Rogers Kiwanuka, who…
David GOMBE Police Football Club has strengthened its squad ahead of Thursday’s Uganda Premier League clash against UPDF FC at Kira Road Police Arena, with the Cops seeking to return to winning ways. Police opened their campaign with a narrow 1-0 victory over Mbarara City before suffering a 1-0 defeat to Blacks Power on Matchday Two. Ahead of the highly anticipated ‘Battle of Forces’, the Cops have added striker Sam Ssekamatte and defender Najib Fesali to their star-studded squad. Ssekamatte joins from NEC FC on a three-year contract, while Fesali, who has been playing in India, has also committed his…
David GOMBE Uganda’s CAF Confederation Cup representatives Kitara FC have confirmed the ticket prices for their return leg fixture against Mogadishu City slated for Saturday, 12th September 2026 at Hoima City Stadium. Club president Deo Kasozi launched ticket sales on Tuesday afternoon at the press briefing held at Grand Imperial Hotel in Kampala. Ordinary tickets are for Shs20,000 and Shs50,000 for VIP tickets. “The club is on track to qualify for the second preliminary stage of the CAF Confederation Cup. We have invited you today to ask for your support in rallying fans across the country to be part of…
David GOMBE Morley Byekwaso will be in the spotlight when rivals SC Villa and Express FC face off in the Kampala derby on Wednesday at the Muteesa II Stadium, Wankulukuku. SC Villa got their first win of the campaign with a narrow 1-0 victory over URA at Hamz Stadium, Nakivubo, while Express cruised to a 2-0 win against KCCA FC at the same venue last week. Byekwaso, a former Villa player and coach, will be taking on his former paymasters, while John Asiimwe, formerly at Express, will lock horns with his former side. What the two coaches say SC Villa…
David GOMBE KCCA FC played out a frustrating 0-0 draw away to newly promoted Kigezi Homeboyz at Rwamwanja Stadium in Kamwenge on Tuesday. The stalemate mounts pressure on Brian Ssenyondo, with the run now extending to three matches without a win, including the woeful 2-0 defeat to rivals Express FC last week. KCCA also suffered a 2-0 home defeat in their opening game of the campaign last month. “We created the chances but we were not clinical. We need to be very clinical. The good thing is that we are playing well, much as we are not winning games, but…
David GOMBE Vipers SC head coach Denis Lavagne has confirmed the travelling squad to face FC Nouadhibou in the return fixture of their CAF Champions League Preliminary round due on Sunday in Mauritania. The squad includes two goalkeepers, Loyce Mbaba and Dennis Kiggundu, while six defenders have been selected for the return fixture against the Mauritanian champions. Following their final training session at St. Mary’s Stadium in Kitende, the Venoms will depart for Mauritania on Tuesday evening aboard Qatar Airways. The defenders are Hillary Mukundane, Bady Dasylva, Ashiraf Mandela, Jacques Mangoba, Nicholas Mwere and Princewill Biweribo Tarabina. Seven midfielders have…