Football
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Fabrizio Romano fronts Yanga’s Champions League kit in global branding push
Young Africans have found another way of putting their identity before a global football audience, this time through renowned transfer journalist Fabrizio Romano. The Tanzanian champions sent Romano a collection of club…
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Ghana retain Carlos Queiroz for Black Stars’ AFCON 2027 qualification bid
Ghana have turned to Carlos Queiroz to complete the rebuilding of the Black Stars, handing the experienced Portuguese coach a fresh mandate that begins with qualification for the 2027 Africa Cup of…
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From lobbying to Shs5.5bn: Inside UPL’s government funding journey
The Uganda Premier League’s push for government support was already gathering momentum by July 2025, long before the current Shs5.5 billion breakthrough. A letter dated July 23, 2025, shows the UPL Board…
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Amus carry Uganda’s growing CAF Schools pedigree into Kigali
Uganda will head into the 2026 CAF African Schools Football Championship CECAFA qualifiers carrying considerably more expectation than when the competition was launched four years ago. Amus College will represent the country…
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Kawempe Muslim make history with Uganda’s first CAF Women’s Champions League ticket
Kawempe Muslim have become the first Ugandan club to qualify for the CAF Women’s Champions League finals after defeating Kenya Police Bullets 1-0 after extra time in Monday’s CECAFA qualifier final at…
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Court ruling deepens Kenya Premier League crisis as season remains in limbo
The start of Kenya’s 2026/27 Premier League season has been plunged into deeper uncertainty after the High Court clarified that the position which existed before the Sports Disputes Tribunal ruling in the…
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Talanta breaks East Africa’s multipurpose stadium tradition
Kenya’s new Talanta Sports City is taking a different approach to stadium construction in a region where many of the biggest football venues have traditionally doubled as athletics arenas. The 60,000-seat stadium…
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Mariga calls for constitutional order as Kenyan football crisis deepens
Football Kenya Federation vice-president McDonald Mariga has called for constitutional order and dialogue as uncertainty over the start of Kenya’s 2026/27 Premier League season deepens amid court intervention and disagreements over competition…
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FUFA faces opening-day crisis as UPL clubs risk forfeitures over youth rule
Several Uganda Premier League clubs could face questions over their opening-day team selections after match reports suggested widespread non-compliance with FUFA’s new requirement to keep at least two eligible youth players on…