Sports briefs

Oct 12, 2004

<b>Cranes miss</b><br><i><b>soccer</b></i><br>THE Uganda Cranes have lost sh7.6m in bonus for the players and their three coaches after 0-1 loss to Bafana Bafana of South Africa at Namboole stadium on Sunday.

Cranes miss
soccer
THE Uganda Cranes have lost sh7.6m in bonus for the players and their three coaches after 0-1 loss to Bafana Bafana of South Africa at Namboole stadium on Sunday. Cranes committee had offered sh7.2m for the 18 players and sh0.4m for the coaches for a win over the South Africans but withdrew after Uganda succumbed to the penalty defeat.

Poor results
UGANDAN swimmers failed to make it past the preliminaries at the 7th FINA World championships in Indianapolis, USA. Aya Nakitanda and her sister Nana Nakiddu failed to make it to the next round on Sunday. Nakitanda swam in the same heat with her sister in the 50-meter freestyle.

Kiprop run
BONIFACE Kiprop will grace, what should be an exciting 10km race with 12-year-old Ibrahim Bamutulaki, at Kabubbu, November 4. Kiprop, the 10km junior world champion, double world junior X-country silver medallist and Olympian, will be part of high profile athletes at the event. “We invited him, he accepted,” events organiser Isabelle Gravenstein said.

Varsities Cup
THIRTEEN Universities have confirmed presence in the universities exclusive Coca Cola football cup October 18-21. The event’s coordinator Charles Masembe said Makerere, Nkumba, Bugema, MUBS, Ndejje, KIU, Kyambogo, MUST, Nkozi, Gulu, IUIU and Bishop Braham, Kabale had confirmed.

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