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Before the commencement of every football game, a lot of norms stand out with the way teams and their fans practice them with vigor, making it tough to imagine one of the two teams losing in the end. While making football chants, like singing anthems, players and fans open their mouths widely, look into the sky and some touch their chest close to the heart as a sign of love for their country and commitment to earn victory and glory...

This year’s edition of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar that kicked off on 20th November has so far had its fair share of dazzling controversies and unique events ranging from banning LGBTQ flags and alcohol in the stadiums, players waving wrong flags, sex scandals, and disposable stadiums among others. This article will highlight some of the very unique happenings at this tournament so far; Brazil’s Richarlison scoring twice with the least touches on the ball Having the least touches of the...

It was on Friday 2nd December 2022 that history was rewritten when an African football team (Cameroon) choked one the most cherished football teams in the world, Brazil in front of 85,986 fans in Lusail stadium in Qatar. My reader, history was neither rewritten by ink nor by paint but by the Cameroonian bald headed black horse called Vincent Aboubaker who stopped a fire moving ball which with his head directed it to Brazil’s goal in the dying minute of...

We often hear stories of former star footballers in dire financial conditions when they retire. It is common knowledge that most soccer players in Uganda become broke when they retire from soccer. This not only happens in Uganda, it is worldwide but hits harder home. It raises eyebrows when you hear of the huge amounts of money most football players earn during their active careers. Such a king’s ransom becomes a sharp hook to many young men who end up...

The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) President Gianni Infantino slammed the western countries for their double standards and moral hypocrisy towards other parts of the world. Infantino, while speaking at the opening press conference on the eve of the on-going World cup tournament in Qatar lashed out at those criticizing the country’s human rights record saying the moral lessons and one sided stories are just hypocritical. “I don't want to give you any lessons of life, but what is going...

Lango and Tooro provinces have drawn 2:2 in the first leg of the FUFA Drum semi-final which was played on Sunday 20th November. The match was played at St. Paul’s Seminary grounds in Fort Portal. Passionate fans from Lango province came in a convoy to the playing grounds singing and celebrating their ancestries which is the theme of the FUFA Drum tournament. The teams were levelled at first half. In the second, around the 57th minute of the game Marvin Youngman...