Uganda: Cranes Promises Result Against Benin

Posted to the web 6 June 2008 Fred Kaweesi Kampala IF the character of team leaders is supposed to offer a true reflection of the team's entire aspirations, then the Cranes could be good for a result in Benin. Cranes stand-in captain Timothy Batabaire is resolute in his belief that his teammates would fast-recover from the trauma of having to live like paupers and deliver when the two nations face-off in their World/Nations Cup qualifier on Sunday. The odds are firmly-placed against the Ugandan side, whose stay in the slums of Port Novo, has since their arrival on Tuesday been punctuated with a catalogue of problems. Chiefs among the hitches, has been the failure to afford both decent accommodation and meals. "We can not say life is ok here when it isn't. The situation isn't good. But we are trying to ignore everything... [read full story]