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Young Africans to face Uganda’s Express FC in CECAFA Kagame Cup

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Tanzanian giants Young Africans SC will face 2020/2021 Uganda Premier League champions Express FC in the group stage of the CECAFA Kagame Cup.

Young Africans SC have been placed in Pool C alongside Express FC and guest side Nyasa Big Bullets FC (Malawi) for the regional tournament slated for August 1-15th in the Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

In the draw conducted on Tuesday by the CECAFA Executive Director, Auka Gecheo, the defending champions from Uganda KCCA FC were placed in Pool A to face Le Messager Ngozi (Burundi) and Zanzibar’s KMKM SC. Tanzania’s second team Azam FC will battle South Sudan’s Altabara FC and Tusker FC (Kenya).

“After the group stage matches the team that is placed 9th will head home, while the others play in the quarter finals stage,” said Gecheo. He said the best ranked team will face the 8th ranked, while the 2nd ranked team takes on the 7th ranked team. The 3rd ranked team will play the 6th tanked and the 4th ranked battles the 5th ranked.

The tournament will be played at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium (Taifa) and Azam FC’s Chamazi Stadium. Defending champions KCCA FC will kick off the tournament with a game against KMKM SC on August 1st.

Pool A: KCCA FC, Le Messager Ngozi, KMKM SC
Pool B: Azam FC, Altabara FC, Tusker FC
Pool C: Young Africans SC, Nyasa Big Bullets, Express FC

Group stage Fixture

August 1: KCCA FC v KMKM SC (Chamazi Stadium)
August 2: Azam FC v Tusker FC (Chamazi Stadium)
Young Africans v Express FC (Taifa Stadium)
August 3: Le Messager Ngozi v KCCA FC (Chamazi Stadium)
August 4: Altabara v Azam FC (Chamazi Stadium)
Nyasa Big Bullets v Young Africans (Taifa Stadium)
August 5: KMKM SC v Le Messager Ngozi (Chamazi Stadium)
August 6: Tusker v Altabara (Chamazi Stadium)
Express FC v Nyasa Big Bullets (Taifa Stadium)

Kenya Premier League

Gor Mahia FC crowned Kenya Premier League champions

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Gor Mahia FC have been crowned 2025/2026 FKF Premier League champions.

Handled by coach Charles Akonnor, the Gor Mahia side lost their last match 1-0 to Nairobi United at the Nyayo National Stadium on Sunday.

The defeat did not spoil the party as the giants lifted their 22nd League title and were crowned at the same Stadium. “We are vey happy that after a tough season we emerged champions. I thank the team and management for the efforts,” added coach Akonnor.

Gor Mahia FC completed the League with 69 points from 34 matches played, while second placed AFC Leopards collected 64 points, and Kenya Police FC in third place with 55 points.

K’Ogalo will receive KSh15 million (approximately $116,000) in prize money and return to the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League next season.

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Football in Sudan

Football development Workshops return to Sudan’s capital Khartoum

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The Sudan Football Association (SFA) has organized two Football development workshops in the capital Khartoum.

The development comes after over two years of non activity because of the civil war that started in 2023.

Besides the referees and assessors workshop taking place, the Elite League is also on-going.

Ali Ahmed, the Head of Referees at the Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) is conducting the two week workshop for referees and assessors at the Sudan Football Association (SFA) Technical Centre.

“We are very happy to have these workshops back in Sudan because Football contributes a big role in peace and integration here. CECAFA is also proud to support Sudan in Football development,” added Ahmed.

Osama Atta Elmanan Hassan, the SFA Vice President says they are glad to have Football back to Khartoum and also organize Football development workshops.

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Vipers SC retain StarTimes Uganda Premier League title

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Vipers Sports Club are champions of the 2025/2026 StarTimes Uganda Premier League.

The Kitende based side defeated Maroons FC 3-0 in a match played at the Wankulukuku Stadium on Tuesday to clinch their eighth Premier League title.

Veteran Yunus Sentamu gave Vipers SC the lead, before Usama Arafat and Karim Watambala added to more goals to ensure Vipers SC clinched the title with one more match to be played.

The win and a goalless draw by closest challengers KCCA FC against URA FC ensured Vipers bagged yet another trophy as they now have 64 points from 29 matches.

In the other matches played on Tuesday army side UPDF settled for a goalless draw against Calvary FC, while Police FC and Entebbe UPPC also drew 1-1, Bidco FC and Kitara FC drew 1-1, while Express FC and Lugazi FC also ended 0-0

Vipers SC handled by Belgian Van Jacky Minnaert will now represent Uganda in the 2025/2026 TotalEnergies CAF Champions League.

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2026 AFCON U-17

Sudan draw Ethiopia in 2027 TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers

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CECAFA teams Sudan and Ethiopia have been placed in Group J 2027 TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) PAMOJA qualifiers.

In the draw conducted at the Egyptian Football Association headquarters in Cairo, Egypt on Tuesday, the two CECAFA teams were placed alongside Senegal and Mozambique.

The draw was conducted by former African football stars Max-Alain Gradel (Cote d’Ivoire), William Troost-Ekong (Nigeria), Essam El Hadary (Egypt) and Trésor Mputu (DR Congo).

Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania will co-host the tournament from June 19 June to July 17, 2027. Co-hosts will take part in qualifiers but have secured their places as co-hosts, so one team from their pool will join them.

The first matches of the group qualifiers will kick-off in September, 2026.

Group D also has two CECAFA teams Kenya and Eritrea together with South Africa and Guinea. Somalia who are making a return to the group stage of the qualifiers after several years are placed alongside Ivory Coast, Ghana and The Gambia.

The 48 teams that will play in the qualifiers have been placed into 12 groups, with the top two in each pool advancing to the continental finals.

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