Former Uganda Cranes captain Ibrahim Sekagya has been promoted to the role of assistant coach of Major League Soccer side New York Red Bulls FC.

“Ibrahim Sekagya has been promoted to a full-time First Team Assistant Coach. Ibra will join the first team immediately and coach his final at New York Red Bulls II match will be on June 15 vs Chattanooga FC,” announced the Club on Tuesday.

Sekagya has been serving as the head coach for the reserve team (New York Red Bulls II) in the MLS Next Pro League since February 2023.

“We are pleased to add Ibra [Sekagya] to our first team coaching staff on a full-time basis,” said Head of Sport Jochen Schneider.

“He has led the development of many great players at NYRB II and have led the team to a great start to the 2025 MLS NEXT Pro season. He has earned this opportunity, and we are grateful to have him as a part of this organization.”

The former KCC FC defender in the Ugandan Premier League will have the opportunity to coach the New York Red Bulls FC team he featured for between 2013-2014 after moving from sister club New York Red Bulls Salzburg.

After the announcement made by the Major League Soccer side, Sekagya went to his X (former Twitter) handle and posted, “It’s with great pleasure!

Uganda Cranes settled for a 1-1 draw in international match played against The Gambia on Monday night at the Stade de Marrakech Annexe in Morocco.

Smarting form a 3-0 defeat to Cameroon few days ago, Coach Paul Put’s team came all out in search of early goals.

After 25 minutes Roger Mato put Uganda Cranes ahead, but The Gambia replied with a penalty converted by Alasana Manneh after 45 minutes.

In the second half the two teams made some changes and pushed forward to try and get more goals. Uganda’s goalkeeper Ismail Watenga was replaced by Joel Mutakubwa after sustaining an injury.

In another international match played by a team from the CECAFA Zone Rwanda suffered a 2-0 defeat away to Algeria. The Amavubi suffered defeat by a similar margin to the same team few days ago.

On Tuesday Kenya’s Harambee Stars will face Chad, while Burundi take on Mauritania.

Ethiopian Insurance FC are the champions of the 2024/2025 Ethiopian Premier League.

Under coach Gebremedhin Haile, Ethiopian Insurance FC clinched the title on Monday after rivals and second placed Ethiopia Bunna FC battled to a 1-all draw against Mekelle 70 Ederta FC on Monday morning.

The draw means Ethiopia Bunna who have played 32 matches remain at 56 points, while Ethiopian Insurance with four more matches to play have 64 points and win the title for the first time.

Haile’s team will now represent Ethiopia in the 2025/2026 TotalEnergies CAf Champions League.

Meanwhile, Sidama Coffee are also the winners of the Ethiopia Cup and will play in the 2025/2026 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup.

Tanzania’s Taifa Stars made a losing start in the on-going 2025 Hollywoodbets COSAFA Cup on Saturday.

Fresh from drawing goalless against South Africa on Friday, the Taifa Stars suffered a 1-0 defeat to Madagascar in a Group C match played in Bloemfontein, South Africa.

After the two teams had missed some decent scoring opportunities, it was Toky Niaina Rakotondraibe who gave Madagascar the lead after 29 minutes.

Lalaina Rafanomezantzoa’s well placed pass was enough for Rakotondraibe to finish past Tanzania’s goalkeeper Yakoub Suleiman Ali.

Tanzania will return to action against Eswatini on Tuesday in a match they must win if they are to have chances of making it to the later stages of the tournament.

Coach Coach Hemed Suleiman’s team are using the tournament to prepare for the TotalEnergies CAF African Nations Championship finals that they will co-host with Kenya and Uganda in August.

The competition organized by the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) has attracted 14 national teams.

Group A: South Africa, Mozambique, Mauritius, Zimbabwe

Group B: Angola, Namibia, Malawi, Lesotho

Group C: Tanzania, Madagascar, Eswatini