Villa link in Kenya

By Daniel SaireDEFENDERS Timothy Batabaire, Robert Tumusiime and David Iga yesterday linked with their SC Villa teammates in Nairobi, and headed straight to Sudan for this weekend’s continental game.Club chairman Franco Mugabe said seven injured players who took part in the CECAFA tournament in Zanzibar were excluded from the trip and are back in Kampala. Team captain Edgar Watson, Alimansi Kadogo, Nestroy Kizito, James Mukubya, Gerald Nsubuga and Morley Byekwaso returned to Kampala. Villa play El-Merreikh in the Champions League on Saturday night.r It will all be fanfare at Nakivubo on Saturday during the Express-El-Mehalla game with fans and players winning lots of prizes. Egyptian companies Cairo International Bank, Egypt Air and Arab Contractors plus Petro Uganda have staked prizes including cash, a mobile phone and TV set for lucky fans who buy winning tickets.The bank has promised sh500,000 and $300 to the player of the day during the first and second leg in Kampala and Mehalla respectively.The Egyptians arrive today.ends