| Archived 29th December
2005 |
| New wine at FUFA |
| The road from the city centre to Didi’s
World (Kansanga), where last Saturday’s FUFA elective
assembly was held was long and dusty for Yusuf ‘Chuni’
Kyeyune. |
| Uganda’s
U-19 cricketers in slow spin |
| As people make their festive shopping at nearby
Game store, off-spinner Davis Arinaitwe is sipping on a glass
of water at the Lugogo Oval. |
| Lessons from
Musisi death |
View from the Press Box
A lot has been said about Uganda’s lethal striker
Magid Musisi since his passing last week. Musisi was a rare
breed in the pedigree of net-busters. |
| Untold
story: When Magid Musisi mesmerised the French |
| Former Cranes and SC Villa striker Magid Musisi
passed away December 13 after a long illness. The once lethal
striker will be remembered as one of Uganda’s leading
marksmen of all time. sional soccer in Europe. |
| Majid Musisi: a
legend gone |
| The name Musisi means earthquake in Luganda and
it was quite fitting for Majid to be called that. His runs towards
goal shook the earth and in turn a sight of him made opponents
shudder because of his proficiency in front of goal. |
| Return of the Tiger |
| If golf were a Christian creed, then Stephen
‘Tiger Woods’ Birungi and Amos Kamya’s pairing
at last month’s East African Challenge in Rwanda would
have hit the rocks. |
| Archived 15th December
2005 |
| Mulindwa uncovered |
| A calculatedly cold response is what Lawrence
Mulindwa gave when The Weekly Observer told him last Friday
that his rival Chris Rwanika wanted a merger. |
| MTN colours varsity
games |
| MTN has made it a fashion colouring sports in
Uganda yellow; right from the Uganda Athletics Federation all-year-round
trials, the marathon and basketball. |
| Moment of
truth for Mulindwa |
| View from the Press Box Ugandans
have had it with aspiring FUFA bosses who promise to develop
the game by winning corporate sponsorship, streamlining the
running of the league, and put a comprehensive youth programme
in place. |
| Lady Cranes:
zero to heroes |
| It was raining tries and conversions at the Kyadondo
RFC ground as the Lady Cranes (national women’s rugby
team) put their Rwandan counterparts to the dagger last weekend.
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| Youth soccer
clinics galore |
The emergence of youth football academies is
becoming trendy.
Soccer academies like Edgars’ Limited at Aga Khan primary
school field, All Stars football academy at Kitante primary
school field and City Boys football academy at Old Kampala primary
school field have sprouted. |
| A fundamental
change |
| LAWRENCE MULINDWA, 41, was
set to become FUFA president according to The Weekly Observer’s
phone-call survey, even before his challenger Chris Rwanika
quit the race. He talked to ROBERT MADOI and CHARLES
SEBUGWAWO: |
| Archived 15th December
2005 |
| Express dreams |
“Express Oyee! Express Oye!
We have a new leadership!”
As Express Trustees Board President Vincent Bbale Mugera made
this announcement, a tense silence befell a hitherto noisy Wankulukuku
Stadium. |
| Mulindwa out of
reach |
| St Mary’s S.S. Kitende director Lawrence
Mulindwa must already be feeling like FUFA president, barely
ten days before the elections. |
| Baptism of fire
for rugby team |
| Before the Uganda national Sevens team departed
for the Dubai Sevens, they had a ceremonial send-off at the
Kampala Rugby Club. |
| Tennis juniors
in brave fight |
| Uganda’s junior tennis aces huffed and
puffed but couldn’t kill a fly as they failed to make
an impression in the ITF/East Africa Junior U-18 circuit. |
| Basketball comes
home |
| The chant by Uganda’s victorious men’s
team was ‘Ekikopo kili mu nnyumba’ (the cup is in
the house) after they nicked their nemesis Kenya 70-69 in the
East, Central and Southern nation’s basketball tournament.
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| Bika football in
classic end |
| The frantic movement of the Kabaka from the pavilion
together with his bodyguards and cars streaming out of the gates
like they were pursuing a thief just before halftime indeed
stirred bits of unrest. |
| Archived 8th December
2005 |
| Rwanika struggles
|
| We live in unpredictable times. What
chance that anyone with the name Obua would throw his weight
behind Lawrence Mulindwa in the FUFA presidential race? |
| Rugby Cranes
ambush Dubai |
| The Rugby Cranes will be hoping to go places
when the Dubai Sevens get underway today. |
| FUFA polls:
which way? |
View from the Press Box
The heat is upping in the run up for the December 17 FUFA polls
that pit St. Mary’s Kitende S.S. proprietor Lawrence Mulindwa
against Kabale delegate Chris Rwanika. |
| Uganda brace
for tennis do |
| A probing serve and volley into Ugandan tennis
evokes enormous bitterness and anger. |
| Express FC assembly
on |
| Express FC last held a general meeting in 1998,
and Godfrey Kirumira was handed the mantle of club chairman
then. |
| FUBA awards |
| The basketball league ended with A1 Challenge
(women) and Nkumba Marines (men) taking the league’s top
honours. |
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