By Own Correspondent with support from GFA – The Black Satellites, the reigning champions are housed in Group B alongside Cameroon, Nigeria and Gambia.The Black Satellites open their campaign against Nigeria on April 18 and then play against Gambia three days later before wrapping their campaign against Cameroon on April 24. The semi-finalists of the championship will represent the continent at the FIFA U-20 World Cup scheduled for 29 July 96 20 August, 2011 in Colombia.Ghana’s Black Satellites have named the final 21-man squad for the African Youth Championship scheduled for South Africa from 17 April 96 1 May, 2011.... Continue Reading
By Own Correspondent with support from FIFA – Ghana’s Black Stars have moved a place up to the 15th position according to the latest rankings released by world soccer governing body, Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA). The Stars lost 13 points and are on 918 points, but maintain their position as the best ranked team on the continent. According to the rankings released by FIFA on Wednesday, the Black Stars are also the only African team in the top 20, with Cote d’Ivoire closest on the 21st position. The latest rankings is still one place shy of the Stars... Continue Reading
By Katongole Kiwanuka – Austria based professional, Ibrahim Sekagya is Uganda’s most expensive player at the moment with a market value tag of €2.2m (Shs7,492,720,350) according to agencies which monitors players’ current monetary values. Sekagya, 30, has played with a host of clubs in Argentina before settling in Europe with Red Bull Salzburg. Sekagya is followed by left fullback Nestroy Kizito of Partizan Belgrade with a distant €0.66m (Shs2,247,816,100) money tag. Scotland based winger David Obua who plays with Hearts of Midlothian is tagged at €0.48m (1,634,775,350) among the eleven highly sought after Ugandan internationals. The other players are Hassan... Continue Reading
By Dorothy Nekesa Weekend Results Heathens 23 Kobs 6 Mongers 0 Pirates 15 Rhinos 22 Buffaloes 11 Impis 17 Nile 3 MTN Heathens were declared champions over the weekend, after completing a double against archrivals UTL Kobs at Kyadondo Rugby Club on Saturday. The fiercely contested game ended 23-6 in favour of the MTN sponsored side. Kobs were only successful at one front where they denied the champions-elect bonus points, the first time this season, Heathens have failed to secure both the win and bonuses. With both sides fielding all their top guns, Jude Kerimundu put through two penalty kicks... Continue Reading
By Own Correspondent with Support from New Dawn Newspaper-Liberia – The football arena of Liberia is increasingly producing talented player and over years despite the inability of many of them to get the chance to play in the Enlgish Premiership ,their hope is still high to make it in other leagues around the world . Two talented and daring players from Liberia have finally settled in the Swedish league and are expected to perform well to attract more scouts to the country . According to the New Dawn Newspaper, one of the leading local newspapers a Swedish 2nd division side,... Continue Reading
