I am 19, with 31 years' experience!

Well, I thought I would keep it a secret. We planned a small family do Saturday – a day after D-Day August 25……but family and friends had other ideas. From a family photo-shoot at John Lubia’s I-Love studio, it was supposed to be a one or two hour drink and an early return home….…..well it started that way, until I was told we change tables from inside Royal Suites to outside…….And there they were waiting to burst me….. I was caught flatfooted so to say! And the conspirators? Mbidde, Kulubya, Kaggwa, Walter, Odedo; My Bako – Ronnie, Daudi and Nakke, Sylvia and Joan; My siblings - Wilbrod and Liz, John-Mary and Freda, Big Mark and Esther, Small Mark and Annette;….. and the three (5) musketeers Love Lydia, Dr Liliane, Betty as well as Judith & Allan …….mwebale nnyo for the friendship. #LouisAT50

Zurich Diamond League: Live Updates!

Highlight today will be the race between Mo Farah (left) and Muktar

THURSDAY 10.14pm: It's Diamond League Final Day! 16 Diamond Trophies are up for grabs in Zurich this evening as the world's best athletes go head to head at Weltklasse. Keep up with all the build-up, action and reaction here.

The highlight of the day will be the 5000m, where British athletics legend Mo Farah takes on his IAAF World Championship conquerer Ethiopian Muktar Edris. It is Farah's final track race before moving on to the roads and longer distances. 

The finalists will be competing for a share of $100,000 in prize money in each of the 16 events held in Zurich, with the winners of each final awarded $50,000.

Qualification for the Zurich final was according to the series’ new system through which the best competitors of the IAAF Diamond League season qualify for the event finals.  

How they finished in London:

1. Mukhtar Edris (ETH) 13min 32.79sec

2. Mohamed Farah (GBR) 13:33.22

3. Paul Chelimo (USA) 13:33.30

4. Yomif Kejelcha (ETH) 13:33.51

5. Selemon Barega (ETH) 13:35.34

6. Mohammed Ahmed (CAN) 13:35.43

7. Aron Kifle (ERI) 13:36.91

8. Andrew Butchart (GBR) 13:38.73

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Cheptegei out of Thursday's Zurich IAAF Diamond League athletics final https://t.co/CkJgf8N68O pic.twitter.com/xk3LppnoLr

— Louis Jadwong (@Jadwong) August 22, 2017

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Zurich Final 5000m Final August 2017 by The Independent Magazine on Scribd

Egypt-Uganda AFCON repeat, minus Micho, Mawejje and Massa

Uganda's squad (back L-R) Wasswa, Kizito, Juuko, Aucho, Ochaya, Massa,
(L-R) Mawejje, Miya, Onyango,  Walusimbi and Iguma ahead of the 2017
Africa Cup of Nations group D football match between Egypt
and Uganda in Port-Gentil on January 21, 2017.  AFP PHOTO 

2018 FIFA World Cup Russia
Thursday, 31st August 2017
Uganda  vs Egypt 

Cranes interim coach Moses Basena has named nine of the 11 players that started against Egypt in their January AFCON encounter, on a team of 27 to prepare for a make or break double header against the same side August 31 and September 5.

Other than Geofrey Massa, who has since retired, and Tonny Mawejje, who has not played in a while, the rest of the team that started in January and most of the substitutes are on a list of 27 that Basena named in Kampala on Wednesday to prepare for their World Cup qualifier against Egypt.

At their last encounter at the African Cup of Nations in Gabon in January, Egypt’s Pharoahs piped Uganda Cranes 1-0 with a late goal.

In that game, Massa was out of sorts and was replaced by Muhammed Shaban while Mawejje dominated the midfield.

Uganda has had a good start to their World Cup qualification campaign, drawing away in Ghana and beating Congo. They will however start a game for the first time in 4 years minus coach Milutin 'Micho' Sredojevich who moved to Orlando Pirates

It will be coach Moses Basena’s 3rd game in charge, having led the Uganda Cranes to CHAN qualification.

Basena names his team . PHOTO FUFA MEDIA

‘I wish to thank the players, media and all the Ugandans for the support during the recently concluded successful CHAN qualification campaign. It is great that we qualified, a process that we shall build on for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Egypt’ Basena said.

On Tony Mawejje's absence, he said: " Tony is one of those very important players, but he has been out (of action) for long."

Egypt top the group with two wins, against Congo and Ghana.

"I'm the Moses to lead @UgandaCranes to the promised land" Says Basena @Airtel_Ug @MosesMagogo @NileSpecial @EcobankUganda @NIC_Uganda pic.twitter.com/zPqs1R64Fo

— Uganda FA [FUFA] (@OfficialFUFA) August 30, 2017

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Cranes squad:

Goalkeepers: Dennis Onyango (Mamelodi Sundowns, South Africa), Robert Odongkara (St George, Ethiopia), Ismail Watenga (Vipers), Benjamin Ochan (KCCA)

Defenders: Nico Wakiro Wadada (Vipers), Isaac Muleme (KCCA), Timothy Dennis Awany (KCCA), Murushid Juuko (Simba, Tanzania), Bernard Muwanga (SC Villa Jogoo), Geofrey ‘Jajja Walu’ Walusimbi (Gor Mahia, Kenya), Dennis Iguma (Al Ahed, Lebanon), Paul Musamali (KCCA), Isaac Isinde (Buildcon, Zambia)

Midfielders: Aucho Khalid (Unattached), Geofrey ‘Baba’ Kizito (Than Quảng Ninh, Vietnam), Ivan ‘Kojja’ Ntege (Township Rollers, Botswana), Muzamiru Mutyaba (KCCA), Moses Waiswa (Vipers), Shafiq Kagimu (URA), William Luwagga Kizito (CSM Politehnica Iași, Romania), Wasswa Hassan Mawanda (Njimeh Lebanon), Joseph Ochaya (Lusaka Dynamos, Zambia)

Strikers: Derrick Nsibambi (KCCA), Geofrey Sserunkuma (Buildcon, Zambia), Emmanuel Okwi (Simba, Tanzania), Milton Karisa (Vipers), Faruku Miya (Standard Liege, Belgium).

Egypt squad

Goalkeepers:  Essam El-Hadary (Taawoun, KSA), Sherif Ekrami (Ahly), Ahmed El-Shennawy (Zamalek).

Defenders: Ahmed Elmohamady (Aston Villa, England), Mohamed Abdel-Shafi (Ahly Jeddah, KSA), Ahmed Hegazi (West Bromwich, England), Omar Gaber (Basel, Switzerland), Karim Hafiz (Lens, France), Saad Samir (Ahly), Rami Rabia (Ahly), Ahmed Fathi (Ahly), Mohamed Fathi (Ismaily).

Midfielders: Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal, England), Mahmoud "Trezeguet" Hassan (Kasimpasa, Turkey), Sam Morsi (Wigan, England), Ramadan Sobhi (Stoke City, England), Tarek Hamed (Zamalek), Hossam Ashour (Ahly), Abdallah El-Said (Ahly), Saleh Gomaa (Ahly).

Forwards: Mohamed Salah (Liverpool, England), Ahmed Koka (Sporting Braga, Portugal), Amr Gamal (Bivest Witts, South Africa), Mahmoud "Kahraba" Abdel-Moneim (Ittihad Jeddah, Saudi Arabia), Hossam Hassan (Smouha).

Group E

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Egypt	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6			—	5 Sep	2–0	8 Oct
2	Uganda	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4			31 Aug	—	7 Oct	1–0
3	Ghana	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1			6 Nov	0–0	—	1 Sep
4	Congo	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	0			1–2	6 Nov	5 Sep	—

Cheptegei out of Thursday's Zurich IAAF Diamond League final

Uganda’s World 10,000m silver medallist Joshua Cheptegei will not compete in Thursday’s IAAF Diamond League final in Zurich.

Cheptegei returned home from London last week, after pulling out of what would have been his second IAAF World Athletics Championships race, the 5000m. 

His managers said the decision to pull out of the second race was taken because he was feeling fatigued after stretching himself in the 10,000m, and that he had also not recovered from injuries suffered after being spiked in the race won by Mo Farah.

Indications are that Team-Cheptegei have now opted for a longer break from the track after his full recovery from March’s World Cross Country Championships collapse. Ugandan athletics official Godfrey Nuwagaba confirmed Cheptegei will not travel to Zurich.

Cheptegei, who had qualified for the Zurich race last month, is not on the entry list for Wednesday’s epic Diamond League final that will feature British athletics legend Mo Farah, and his 5000m conqueror Ethiopian Muktar Edris. 

Mo Farah narrowly failed to complete a fifth successive global double in London but will get a chance to get his revenge in his final track race.

Cheptegei is one of 12 athletes that had qualified for the final in Zurich according to the series’ new system through which the best competitors of the IAAF Diamond League season qualify for the event finals.  He had made his start to the track season by finishing 4th in the 5000m in Ougene in May, before a 4th place finish (3000m) in Paris July 1 and 3rd place finish at the Lausanne Diamond League July 7.

The finalists will be competing for a share of $100,000 in prize money in each of the 16 events held in Zurich, with the winners of each final awarded $50,000.

In Zurich, Farah will run his final track race before moving on to the roads and longer distances.

Letzigrund Stadium is a worthy arena for Farah's final bow to cap an impressive track career. Zurich is where Farah broke the 13-minute barrier for the first time in 2010, and it is where he was crowned double European champion in 2014. 

His final track appearance, over the 5000m distance, could quite possibly come with an IAAF Diamond League title.

The London 5000m final:

1. Mukhtar Edris (ETH) 13min 32.79sec

2. Mohamed Farah (GBR) 13:33.22

3. Paul Chelimo (USA) 13:33.30

4. Yomif Kejelcha (ETH) 13:33.51

5. Selemon Barega (ETH) 13:35.34

6. Mohammed Ahmed (CAN) 13:35.43

7. Aron Kifle (ERI) 13:36.91

8. Andrew Butchart (GBR) 13:38.73

ENTRY LIST FOR ZURICH

24.08.2017

21:14

5000m Men

ENTRY LIST

SB

PB

CAN

AHMED, Mohammed

13:08.16

13:01.74

ETH

ALAMIREW, Yenew

13:06.81

12:48.77

ETH

BAREGA, Selemon

12:55.58

12:55.58

KEN

CHEBOI, Collins

USA

CHELIMO, Paul

13:08.62

13:03.90

ETH

EDRIS, Muktar

12:55.23

12:54.83

GBR

FARAH, Mo

13:00.70

12:53.11

KEN

KANGOGO, Cornelius

13:21.26

13:10.80

ETH

KEJELCHA, Yomif

13:01.21

12:53.98

KEN

KWEMOI, Ronald

13:24.42

13:16.14

ETH

LEGESE, Birhanu

13:26.40

13:08.88

ESP

MECHAAL, Adel

14:07.93

13:15.40

BRN

ROP, Albert

13:04.82

12:51.96

USA

TRUE, Ben

13:10.83

13:02.74

Additional reporting IAAF.ORG

"Rodents force Nigerian president Buhari to work from home"

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will work from home after rodents damaged his official office during a more thaan 100-day overseas medical absence, a presidential spokesman told AFP Tuesday.

The animals damaged furniture and air conditioning fittings in the president's official Abuja office while he was in London receiving treatment, his media adviser Garba Shehu confirmed.

AUGUST 8: Araptany, Chemutai seek elusive 3000m SC glory

TUESDAY RACE RESULT:

Kenya's Conseslus KIPRUTO WINS in 8:14.12 

 ▶️ Chemutai 10th 8:25.94
 ▶️ Araptany 14th 8:49.18

WEDNESDAY

 ▶️ 3000mSC Peruth Chemutai at 9pm
 ▶️ Cheptegei, Kiplimo, Kissa 5000m semis at 10pm 


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STEEPLECAHSE RACE PREVIEW
Steeplechasers Jacob Araptany and Albert Chemutai will carry the Ugandan flag in today's World Athletics Championship 3000m SC final (11.00pm).

It will be the fourth time Ugandan men are in a World Championship Steeplechase final, with Jacob Araptany having featured in three of them, in 2011, 2013 and now 2017.

The two will however be outsiders in the final, having only qualified as the fastest losers in the heats.

Uganda's greatest steeplechase moment came 12 years ago, when Dorcus 'Inzzi' Inzikuru stunned the world to win the Helsinki 2005 women's steeplechase final.

The date? By some coincidence, August 8. August 8, 2015 was the day Inzikuru did it!

TWELVE years on, #Uganda still searching for a new Inzzi! #London2017 🇺🇬 #Steeplechase https://t.co/t5lN3y6za9 pic.twitter.com/70vMslqHUS

— Louis Jadwong (@Jadwong) August 8, 2017

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