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CAF
12-03-2025
- Sport
- CAF
Uganda name squad for Mozambique, Guinea ties
Uganda have reshuffled their squad and made seven changes to a 25-man squad for this month's FIFA World Cup qualifiers, recalling six players and handing uncapped midfielder Enock Ssebagala a chance for an international debut. The British-based duo of centre backs Elvis Bwomono and Tobby Sibbick are back along with striker Muhammad Shaban, who missed out on the last four TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers last October and November because of injury. Back-up goalkeeper Joel Mutakubwa, who has two caps, also returns to the squad selected by coach Paul Put, as does the attacking midfielder Abdu Karim Watambala and left wing Patrick Kakande. Uganda are up against Mozambique in Cairo on March 20 and then host Guinea in Kampala five days later. Dropping out of the squad from the Cranes' last outings in the Cup of Nations qualifiers are goalkeepers Charles Lukwago and Mutwalibu Mugolofa; defenders Halidi Lwaliwa and Geoffrey Wasswa; midfielders Bobosi Byaruhanga, Taddeo Lwanga and Saidi Mayanja and the strikers John Paul Dembe, Shafik Nana Kwikiriza and Derrick Nsibambi. Uganda are on six points in Group G of the qualifiers with two victories and two defeats, and three points off the top of the table. Squad: Goalkeepers: Nafian Alionzi (Defence Forces, Ethiopia), Joel Mutakubwa (BUL FC), Isima Watenga (Lamontville Golden Arrows, South Africa), Defenders: Timothy Awany (Ashdod, Israel), Elvis Bwomono (St Mirren, Scotland), Aziz Abdu Kayondo (Slovan Liberec, Czech Republic), Gavin Kizito (Kampala Capital City Authority), Bevis Mugabi (Famagusta Anorthosis, Cyprus), Isaac Muleme (Viktoria Zizkov, Czech Republic), Toby Sibbick (Wigan Athletic, England) Midfielders: Khalid Aucho (Young Africans, Tanzania), Travis Mutyaba (Girondins Bordeaux, France), Allan Okello (Vipers), Kenneth Semakula (Club Africain, Tunisia), Enock Ssebagala (National Enterprise Corporation), Ronald Ssekiganda (SC Villa), Abdu Karim Watambala (Vipers) Forwards: Calvin Kabuye (Mjallby, Sweden), Patrick Kakande (SC Villa), Hakim Kiwanuka (APR FC, Rwanda), Rogers Mato (FK Vardar, North Macedonia), Steven Mukwala (Simba, Tanzania), Denis Omedi (APR FC, Rwanda), Muhammad Shaban (Al Anwar Al Abyar, Libya), Jude Ssemugabi (Kitara).
BBC News
06-02-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
'A no-brainer' - Robinson calls for full-time officials
St Mirren manager Stephen Robinson has called for Scottish officials to become full-time because they "need all the help they can get" to make correct Paisley club this week cited "an accumulation of errors" against them as they sought clarity from the Scottish FA referee's department over the failure to award a penalty for a challenge on Elvis Bwomono in last Saturday's defeat by St whose side host Hearts in the Scottish Cup fifth round on Monday night - live on BBC Scotland - said: "Referees need help. Everybody needs help. We're human. Everybody makes mistakes. That has always been the case in football."VAR is meant to help those mistakes but, first and foremost, we need full-time referees."We're trying to help these guys. And I think they need all the help they can get in terms of getting the correct decisions, because they're so big and the game's so quick now."We want help for referees, they do the very, very best with what they can, and making them full-time, giving them more help with VAR, putting more money into that area is a no-brainer for me."In the current format, everybody wants it improved. Every club's had decisions go for them, go against them."We just have to have that consistency, especially with VAR. You're never going to change referees making mistakes."The game's so quick as such, split-second decisions, but that back-up decision has to be better."How do you do that? People doing that on a full-time basis, exposing themselves to decisions every minute of every day in referee training."
