Category: Sand cranes

  • FIFA Names Ugandan Among Refereeing Instructors For 2023

    World football governing body, FIFA, on Friday named Uganda’s Ali Mwebe as one of the eleven beach soccer refereeing instructors for 2023. He was named alongside Al Mansory Ebrahim (UAE), Moosavi Seyed (Iran) and Namazov Bakhtiyor (Uzbekistan) – all from the Asian Football Confederation. FIFA also listed Da Costa Wilson (Bahamas) and Rodriguez Victorino (El…

  • Outing Eleven Comes With Intriguing Duels As Fufa Beach Soccer League Continues

    It has been a very interesting and competitive FUFA beach soccer league campaign so far, and no sooner are we over the shocks of last weekend than we are into another with eight intriguing matches scheduled to take place on Sunday. MS Sand Lions surprised almost everyone by beating St. Lawrence University and Buganda Royal…

  • MS Sand Lions Defeat Short Handed St. Lawrence On Second Round Kick Off

    Thrills and distress rocked FUFA technical centre in equal proportions as the FUFA beach soccer league second round kicked off on Sunday. As MS Sand Lions and their coach Jamil Ssemwogerere Mukiibi found themselves over the moon following a feat of two wins in as many games of the outing, defending champions St. Lawrence who…

  • Rip Roaring Battles Highlight Second Round Kick Off

    The FUFA beach soccer league resumes this weekend after a break of more than a month, and there is everything still to play for as the second round of the season begins. This Sunday will have eight games played with huge stakes at the top side of the table. Pacesetters – St. Lawrence University will look to…

  • Three Weeks Ban For Lukooya, Rica Byaruhanga And Jinja Lions Chairman

    St. Lawrence University’s Baker Lukooya and compatriot Rica Byaruhanga have been suspended from the game of beach soccer for three solid weeks because of misconduct. They were found in breach of Article 31(2) of the FUFA competitions rules and regulations together with Andrew Talenga, the chairman of Jinja Lions BSC, who has also been suspended…

  • Tough Battles Await MUBS As First Round Enters Final Bend

    As we come to the tip of the first round of the FUFA beach soccer league, two time champions MUBS will have to feature in three fixtures this Sunday to catch up with the rest of the teams in terms of games played. In their quest to cement a fine position heading into the last…

  • Top Performers In The Beach Soccer Leagues To Be Recognized

    Standout performers in the FUFA men and women’s beach soccer leagues are to be recognized from this time forward by UBSA technical officials. The technical observers at each beach soccer league game will decide who deserves the player of the match after full-time in recognition of their star performances. Kiringente’s Derrick Ssekulima was the first…

  • Kiringente Shut Out Mutoola, Jinja Lions Showcase Strong Showing In Throbbing Draw

    The FUFA beach soccer league always provides thrilling games characterized by exciting goals, however, the eighth outing served us a compulsive viewing in the two games played at FUFA technical centre beach soccer arena on Sunday. Both matches produced truly jaw dropping results, with Kiringente – sitting eighth before the clash comfortably beating title challengers…

  • End Of The Road For Salim Muwonge’s Reign At The Sand Cranes

    Coach Salim Jamal Muwonge’s eight year spell in charge of the Sand Cranes has come to an end following a new development from the Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA). FUFA revealed on Thursday that all the coaching positions of its national teams, except for the Uganda Cranes, were vacant – meaning the Sand Cranes,…

  • Disciplinary Action: Grace Church Sanctioned.

    Grace Church has been fined a sum of five hundred thousand shillings (500,000/=) by FUFA for failing to raise a minimum number of players required for a match to continue. It has been established that on march 12, 2023, Grace Church fielded three players in a FUFA beach soccer league game against Jinja Lions BSC…