CECAFA U15: Kenya advances to the finals in post-match penalties (4-2) after a 1-1 draw in regular time against Rwanda.
BY NATNAEL YEBIO
We are into the business end of the CECAFA U-15 as the semi-finals kick-off. This tournament has been explosive, in the group stages, as we saw host nation Eritrea succumb to a shock defeat to surprise packages of the tournament Burundi, before the hosts went on to play some exhibition football against Sudan and Kenya, while resoundingly beating the former, it wasn’t enough to beat Kenya in a packed and noisy atmosphere at Stadium Asmara. Continue reading CECAFA U-15 Semi-finals: Kenya Beat Rwanda on Penalties, Uganda Humbles Burundi→
CECAFA U-15: A resounding victory for Eritrea against Sudan (6-0).
BY NATNAEL YEBIO
Match day five of the CECAFA under-15 boys challenge cup began with the early kick off between Burundi and Kenya. Both teams, confident from their previous two wins, were looking to record their third and put one foot in the semi-finals. Continue reading CECAFA U15: Match Day 5 Recap→
A brace from Mutyaba Travis in each half of the match sees Uganda beat Tanzania 2-0, making it two out of two for the Cranes.
BY NATNAEL YEBIO
The CECAFA under-15 tournament currently underway in Asmara, Eritrea is beginning to take shape with the boy’s competition heading into its fourth day of matches. Monday saw Uganda take on Tanzania.
Uganda had won their opening match against Ethiopia on Saturday, a match that witnessed the stark difference in physic between both sets of players. Continue reading CECAFA U15: Match Day 4 Recap→
This will be the second time Eritrea hosting CECAFA competitions.
The Council for East and Central Africa Football Association (CECAFA) has handed Eritrea the rights to host CECAFA’s first-ever U-17 tournament from August 17 to September 1.
Eritrea will host CECAFA U-15 football competition, the first of its kind, this summer. CECAFA (the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations) General Secretary Mr. Nicholas Musonye was in Asmara this past week to hold discussion with the Eritrean National Football Federation. Continue reading Eritrea to Host CECAFA’s First Ever U-15 Football Competition→
It is so disgusting to see certain media outlets and news services like AP so obsessed with why Eritrea is not attending the 2015 CECAFA (Central and Eastern Confederation of African Football) tournament being held in Ethiopia. Al Jazeera’s football section and Fox sports, both opposite side of the American political arena, when it comes to politics write “Ethiopia bars Eritrea from African football tournament” or “Host Ethiopia won’t allow Eritrea at East African tournament.”
Has it ever occurred to them that Ethiopia is currently occupying sovereign Eritrean territories? Are they that crazy to think that Eritrea, even if its players were to leave, would send its team into Ethiopian territory with a regime in place that has abused the power of its own people and still occupies an internationally arbitrated border town? Continue reading CECAFA in Ethiopia and Why Eritrea is not Participating→
