Mayiga: rename national team ‘Spears’, drop docile ‘Cranes’

Uganda’s National Football Team may have exited AFCON 2025 at the group stage, but Kabaka’s Prime Minister, Charles Peter Mayiga, says the problem isn’t talent—it’s inspiration. Mayiga took to Twitter on January 9 to propose bold changes to lift the Cranes’ identity and morale: Rename the team “Spears”: Move away from the “docile” Cranes to…

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Cranes boycott training over unpaid AFCON bonuses

RABAT, Morocco — Uganda Cranes players boycotted a scheduled training session on Saturday after a dispute over unpaid bonuses from the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2025 qualification campaign, briefly disrupting the team’s preparations ahead of the continental tournament. According to details shared by Kawowo Sports, the players were promised qualification bonuses of about USD…

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