Uganda

By Olad Hassan

The Cranes of Uganda, defending Cecafa Champions, have again retained their regional tittle and 11th cecafa Senior challenge after beating Rwanda in the final of the tournament on sunday.

Dam Wagaluka opened the scoring deadlock of the final for Uganda 4 minuts before the half time and Emmanuel Okwi scored an other fantastic goal for uganda in the 73rd minuts, to give the win of cecafa in their consecutive two years.

Less than 5,000 fans have attended to watch the regional final, that looked poor attendence of a such high profile game of the region,this came after the hosts Harambee stars eleminated from the competition in the quarter final stage.

Uganda are considered to be the best team in the region, cranes have reached 15 finals of the Cecafa cup winning 11 of them.

Ugandan Scotish coach Bobby Williamson told the media after the game, that his player played their best and he that he was already expecting to win the cup.

Earlier Zanzibar defeated mainland Tanzania 1-nil to finish third in the regional competition.

Uganda scored in each half to beat Eritrea 2-0 in the final of the Cecafa Under-17 Youth Championship, at the Stade Khartoum late Monday night. Ceaser Mulumba netted in the 26 minute and Andrew Waswa sealed the victory in added time.

Earlier, both Tanzania strikers scored late in the match to give their team the bronze medal after a 2-0 win over hosts Sudan. Thomas Emmanuel (84′) and Simon Msuva (89′) closed the domination by the Tanzanians, in the third place play-off which preceded the final under the floodlights of the stadium.

Eleven countries took part in the championship and the only Cecafa absentee was Djibouti. Malawi, a guest team that is headed for the Fifa Under-17 World Cup in Nigeria was eliminated 2-0 by Uganda in the quarter-finals.

In the semi-finals, Uganda edged Tanzania 5-3 on post-match penalties after a 1-1 score in normal time. Eritrea knocked out Sudan 2-0 in extra time at the same stage. Cecafa secretary general Nicholas Musonye confirmed that henceforth the championship will be an annual event.

“Because of its importance in shaping the future of our national teams, sponsors have understood the worth of this competition and we are not likely to lack money to stage it in the future. The Government of Sudan financed this edition and they did a fantastic job,” Musonye was quoted as saying on Kenyapremierleague.com. Source: (Goal)

Eritrea to play Monday night against Uganda in the under 17 Cecafa finals of the regional soccer tournament in Khartoum sponsored by President Omar al-Bashir.

Sports authorities in Kampala said on Monday that Uganda’s Hippos edged Tanzania in a penalty shoot out on Sunday to qualify for the final match of the Confederation of Eastern and Central Africa Football Association (CECAFA) second edition in Sudan.

In 2007, the Uganda team lost to Burundi in the finals by two to nil.

The tackle minded Eritreans are said to have ejected the host country Sudan in another semi final. The final will be preceded by Sudan playing against Tanzania to decide the third position. The Uganda national team, the Cranes are the current champions of the senior CECAFA challenge cup.