In the same way that they say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, please don’t for one moment read too much into this headline.
I might have stated that URA’s winning of the 2009 Super League was a good thing, but I actually subscribe to the school of thought that says it is better for Ugandan football in its current state if one of the Big Three is instead crowned champion.
The disinterest with which many Ugandans treated the African Champions League when URA and Police competed in it recently was akin to that of the average American when the World Cup hit US shores in 1994.
The difference of course is that while America is such a diversely populous and rich country that their ethnic minorities still filled stadiums from Los Angeles to Chicago, the Ugandan football fraternity is a relatively small, never-changing group that URA and Police played to virtually empty stands. read more »
There are similarities between Phillip Omondi and Pele, none more so than the fact that many of those living didn’t quite see their genius first hand, and that available video footage just doesn’t come anywhere near the colourful stories told by eye witnesses.
Having been provoked by a listener on the Touchdown radio show on Power FM that inspired the birth of this website, I have decided to put on record what I said on air.
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Malawi were the latest visitors to the slaughter house, and like many before them they went under the knife.
Last Saturday the Uganda Cranes further stretched the impressive unbeaten run at Namboole that dates way back to 2004 when a Benni McCarthy-inspired South Africa just about escaped to victory.
Even when Malawi took a lead gifted them by some terrible defending and goalkeeping, those nearest to me were unanimous in agreement that The Cranes would still go on to win, and they duly did thanks to serial scorer Brian Umony and the much improved Patrick Ochan.
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The crowds at KCC’s football matches begun to grow towards the end of last season, swelled significantly as the club picked up a first ever league trophy in a televised double header on the last day, and threatened to spill over at Nakivubo last Friday when Supersport came to town. read more »
At a time when the greedy and shameless are grabbing Nakivubo Stadium, I would like to salute Godfrey Nyakaana as a good thief.
You see, the boxer-turned-politician-and-businessman stole my dream!
Nyakaana has started construction on a multi-million dollar, multi-discipline sports complex in Luzira, and hopes to open the gates in 2011 or thereabouts.
Like I have told his close buddy David Kyambadde, I have had a dream to construct that kind of sports facility since I was in high school, and I have got the vivid vision of what I want it to look like down to the most minute detail.
Basketball courts, football pitches, swimming pools, badminton, volleyball and tennis courts, running track, boxing arena, multi-pronged gym, indoor sports and more, all in the same complex!
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