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TEARS & JOY: Vipers CAF Win Earns TP Mazembe Coach The Sack

TEARS & JOY: Vipers CAF Win Earns TP Mazembe Coach The Sack

By OKELLO ALLAN CONGO KINSHASA [SHIFTMEDIA] It didn’t come as a surprise, the writing was on the wall, that the TP Mazambe coach was headed home after the Uganda’s Vipers Sports Club ejected them out…

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WARNING: FIFA President Gianni Says Joining Super League Is Dangerous

WARNING: FIFA President Gianni Says Joining Super League Is Dangerous

GENEVA-SHIFTMEDIA- FIFA president Gianni Infantino has warned clubs that broke away from the Champions League to join the newly formed Superleague of “dire consequences”. In an interview with talksport, Infantino described the breakaway as embarrassing.…

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EYES ON: Benni McCarthy Wants To Coach Bafana Bafana

EYES ON: Benni McCarthy Wants To Coach Bafana Bafana

‘Nothing would make me prouder than to manage my country and qualify us to a World Cup tournament,’ McCarthy told BBC Sport. By Our Reporter JOHANNESBURG-SHIFTMEDIA- Benni McCarthy says he would definitely consider taking over…

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SPORTS BOOST: Plascon Signs Partnership With Vipers Soccer Club

SPORTS BOOST: Plascon Signs Partnership With Vipers Soccer Club

By OKELLO ALLAN KITENDA- SHIFTMEDIA- Vipers Football Club has got yet another boost after signing a partnership deal with Plascon paints. The contract signing event was held at the 25,000 capacity St Mary’s Stadium in…

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TRICKY START: Cranes Held By Rwanda In CAF Champions Opener

TRICKY START: Cranes Held By Rwanda In CAF Champions Opener

By OKELLO ALLAN Uganda Cranes Team Charles Lukwago (GK), Paul Willa, Aziz Kayondo, Paul Mbowa, Musitafa Mujjuzi ©, Shafik Kagimu, Bright Anukani (Tonny Mawejje), Abdu-Karim Watambala, Viane Ssekajugo (Ben Ocen), Milton Karisa (Brian Aheebwa), Joackim…

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FINED: CAF orders Gambia To Pay Gabon $100k For Unfair Treatment

FINED: CAF orders Gambia To Pay Gabon $100k For Unfair Treatment

By OKELLO ALLAN GAMBIA|SHIFTMEDIA| The Gambia will have to cough a whopping $ 100,000 (Ugx370m) for the unwelcoming reception it offered its neighbour Gabon. Gabon national team had travelled to the Gambia for the AFCON…

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MOURNING: Argentina Declares Three Days Of Mourning For Diego Maradona

MOURNING: Argentina Declares Three Days Of Mourning For Diego Maradona

By SMN Reporter ARGENTINA|SHIFTMEDIA| Argentina has declared three days of mourning for fallen soccer legend Diego Almando Maradona. The legend died of a heart attack aged 60 on Wednesday as he recovered from surgery for…

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GRAFT: Fifa Slaps CAF President Ahmad Ahmad With 5 Year Ban

GRAFT: Fifa Slaps CAF President Ahmad Ahmad With 5 Year Ban

By OKELLO ALLAN GENEVA|SHIFTMEDIA|Confederation Of Africa Football (CAF) president will have five years out of any football activity, FIFA has announced. The Madagascar born Ahmad Ahmad was slapped with a five-year ban from all football…

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CANCELLED: FIFA’s Under 17 And Under 20 Women World Cup Called Off

CANCELLED: FIFA’s Under 17 And Under 20 Women World Cup Called Off

By AWORI ESTHER LUCY KAMPALA, Uganda|SHIFTMEDIA| The 2020 FIFA U17 and U20 Women’s World Cup tournaments have been called off due to the impact of COVID-19 on football events. Federation of International Football Association (FIFA)…

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MIRACLE: Soccer Legend Diego Maradona Leaves Hospital After Brain Surgery

MIRACLE: Soccer Legend Diego Maradona Leaves Hospital After Brain Surgery

ARGENTINA|SHIFTMEDIA| Soccer Legend and record World cup winner DIEGO MARADONA’ has been discharged from hospital after a successful brain surgery that his lawyer described as a “miracle. The former footballer was pictured being driven away…

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