Uganda/November 9, 2018/@xtraconfl/253 views /Uganda Cranes Start Training Ahead of AFCON Game Against Cape Verdeshare on:FacebookTwitter Google +Pinterest Tumblr Linked InEmailSend to Email Address:Your NameYour Email AddressEmail check failed, please try againCancel Facebook Twitter Share on WhatsApp 15Shares Uganda Cranes has Friday started training in preparation for the forthcoming 2019 AFCON qualifiers game against Cape Verde. Uganda will host the Atlantic Ocean Islanders on November 17 in Group L in a game the East Africans only need a point to qualify for their second successive AFCON tourney since ending the nearly 40 year jinx last year in Gabon, without qualifying since 1978. ALSO READ Lake Victoria Accident: MPs Want Strigent Safety Measures for Water TransportAccording to FUFA communications officer, Ahmed Hussein Marsha, local players have started training today from the StarTimes stadium awaiting being joined by the foreign based players. “Uganda Cranes training starts today Friday 9th November 2018 at the StarTimes Stadium Lugogo starting 11am,” Hussein said in a statement. “The training is for local based players as foreign based players will jet in on Sunday and then join residential camp on Monday 12th November,” he added. ALSO READ Kanungu Woman MP Dragged to Court for 'Poisoning' Parliament StafferCape Verde lost to Uganda 1-0 at the start of the campaign in June last year, thanks to Geoffrey Sserunkuma’s 83rd minute goal. Sebastian Desabre’s team are Group L leaders with 10 points ahead of Tanzania which is in the second position with 5 points. Cape Verde is third with 4 points with Lesotho sitting bottom with only 2 points. ALSO READ AFCON QUALIFIERS: Lesotho to Face Off With Uganda in Maseru Facebook Twitter Share on WhatsApp 15Shares Post Views: 188 Leave A Comment Below Related Tags:Uganda share on: FacebookTwitter Google +Pinterest Tumblr Linked InEmailSend to Email Address:Your NameYour Email AddressEmail check failed, please try againCancel previous articleHouse Grants Cecilia Ogwal Leave to Introduce Bill on Institute of Parliamentary Studiesnext articleSaka Says He won’t Quit Teaching For ActingRelated Posts8 shares Uganda/December 4, 2018 Finance Minister Announces New NSSF Board, Kaberenge Reappointed Chair17 shares Uganda/December 3, 2018 Bagyenda Apologizes for Delaying Committee Work, Put Under OathNWSC Donates Supplies to Nsambya Babies Home Ahead of ChristmasBOU Probe: Bagyenda’s Bodyguard Forced to Take Oath Despite ResistanceBagyenda Accused of Smuggling Confidential Documents Out of BOULake Victoria Accident: MPs Want Strigent Safety Measures for Water TransportSinger Bebe Cool Dedicates AFRIMA Award to ‘Silent Majority’ and ‘Haters’Museveni Terms Progress in Ethiopia-Somalia-Eritrea Deal “Step in Right Direction” for StabilityMPs Question Irregular Appointment of BOU Director Benedict SekabiraMPs Advise BOU Officials, Bagyenda to Respond to Queries as a Team