Category: UBSA News
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FUFA Beach Soccer League: Final Four Known, Dates And Fixtures For The Play Offs Confirmed
The end of this campaign sees the country’s best four teams do battle with the play offs line up completed at the conclusion of the regular season. There have been some unbelievable performances from ‘underdogs’ already and it’s expected to be a throbbing ending as there will be no holding back in the last four…
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MS Sand Lions Book Final Play-off Spot With 6-2 Win Over Grace Church
MS Sand Lions progressed into the championship playoffs of the 2022/23 FUFA beach soccer league after defeating Grace Church 6-2 in their final league game of the regular season on Sunday. The win took their points count to 28, six better than Buganda Royal who failed to win all their remaining games to allow the…
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Reason Why Every Club Has 16 Games Instead of 14 Despite The League Having Eight Teams
The fact is that the current FUFA beach soccer league campaign is apparently consisting of eight teams competing. With the league running on a double round robin format, that would make a total of 14 games for each club after playing against each other twice across two legs. But by the end of the regular…
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Race For The Title; Mutoola, St. Lawrence And Jinja Lions Qualify For Play Offs
When the curtains fall on the regular season this Sunday, the FUFA beach soccer league will head into the championship play-offs come 18th June, 2023 to determine the champion, and three teams have already booked their places with three games to spare. Defending champions – St. Lawrence University who currently top the eight team pile…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…