{"id":8627,"date":"2023-04-01T16:10:47","date_gmt":"2023-04-01T16:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=8627"},"modified":"2023-04-01T16:11:09","modified_gmt":"2023-04-01T16:11:09","slug":"minister-nabakooba-flags-off-royal-giant-high-school-football-team-for-durban-south-africa-caf-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/minister-nabakooba-flags-off-royal-giant-high-school-football-team-for-durban-south-africa-caf-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Nabakooba flags- off Royal Giant High School football team for Durban South Africa CAF Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By Sports Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lands minister Judith Nabakooba, has flagged off The Giant Stars, a school football team affiliated to Royal Giant High School, Mityana to Durban, South Africa.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Giant Stars will compete in&nbsp; the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Schools Championship to be held in Durban South Africa from 5th to 8th April this year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the flag off, Nabakooba urged the players to put God first in the competitions and work towards winning the competitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese competitions are not only about Royal Giant High School, but Uganda as a whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI thank the school administration for prioritising sports. Government is putting a lot of emphasis in promoting sports to harness talent especially among the youth ,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI urge the players to have discipline, consistence and hard work. This will take you far. Those values are key in anyone\u2019s success.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Benon Ntambi, the school&#8217;s director, commended the football players for working hard, saying that they have not qualified for the competitions by mistake. Ntambi however said the school still has some challenges such as lack of enough sportswear and other tools such as shin guards.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI commend the team for the putting in the work to make sure that we reach this far as a team. It\u2019s not easy but we managed to make it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Frank Mulindwa, the team\u2019s coach, said the team has been prepared enough to compete at continental level. He said the players are now more confident than in the past, something he said has come as a result of playing tough games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have tried out best to build this team and now it is paying off. This team is more than ready to face off with continental giants. They are confident because they have faced tough teams in the past, and I believe we shall triumph,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Giant Stars competed in the National Schools Competitions where they emerged victorious after beating some &nbsp;top sides &nbsp;such as St\u2019 Mary\u2019s Kitende, King\u2019s College Buddo, Kibuli SS, among others.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They went on to compete in the regional school\u2019s tournament (CECAFA Schools Championship) where they also emerged champions in &nbsp;East and Central Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Editor:msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sports Reporter Lands minister Judith Nabakooba, has flagged off The Giant Stars, a school football team affiliated to Royal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[137,72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer","category-sports-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/nab1.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10008,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/afcon-2027-awarded-to-uganda-kenya-tanzania-as-nigeria-benin-republic-bid-fails\/","url_meta":{"origin":8627,"position":0},"title":"AFCON 2027 awarded to Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania as Nigeria-Benin Republic bid fails","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"September 27, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has awarded the rights to co-host the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations\u00a0 to three East African countries Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. 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