Medi in for injured Batabaire, DRC’s Louis picks team

By Norman Katende and Reuters DEFENDER Timothy Batabaire got injured in Villa’s league match against Chicago on Tuesday and Medi Nsubuga is on standby for the Castle Cup next week. “He (Nsubuga) is fast and I think he can make the replacement,” said an official at Cranes camp. Batabaire did not survive a tackle by Chicago’s Walter Ochaya in the match Villa won 2-1 to close in on a record 13th league title. Assistant national coach Charles Namakoola could only say: “ The official list will be out on Friday after the morning training.” Cranes are defending champions of the lucrative Castle Cup, having edged Ghana, Kenya and Tanzania for the title last year in Nairobi. r Congolese coach Louis Watunda has included just two players from champions TP Mazembe in his 16-man squad named for next week's four-nations tournament in Tanzania. The Lubumbashi-based club, which completes its African Champions League commitments this weekend, provided the bulk of the Democratic Republic of Congo's squad in recent World Cup and Nations Cup qualifiers. Goalkeepers: Kalemba (TP Mazembe), Sukani (Style Congo) Defenders: Bageta (TP Mazembe), Bukasa (Vita Club), Kisombe (InterClube, Angola), Makenga (Sodigraf), Kabongo (FC Lupopo Saint Eloi) Midfielders: Banzamba (Dragons), Inunu (Inter), Loweya (Style), Momikia (DC Motema Pembe), Mungunu (Sodigraf) Strikers: Betu (Vita Club), Kibondo (Lubumbashi), Makondela (Kin City), Nkuwa (Style). ends