With its distinctive golden crown, red throat pouch and slender black legs, the crested crane is beloved in Uganda - featuring on the East African nation's flag and coat of arms. All the country's ...

The sides meet again on Wednesday at the Abebe Bikila Stadium in Addis Ababa with Uganda leading 2-0 after a late show of intent in the first leg held last week at Hamz Stadium, Nakivubo.

But Uganda walked away 2-1 winners in the shootouts. Only the U-17 national team has won comfortably there. In 2019, the Teen Cranes beat Ethiopia’s U-17s 3-1 in their 2020 Women World Cup (WWC ...

The Uganda Women’s National Football Team, the Crested Cranes, has not qualified for a major tournament since their appearance at the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco.

Two late goals from Fazila Ikwaput and Zaina Namuleme in the 89th and 93rd minutes secured a 2-0 victory for Uganda’s Crested Cranes over Ethiopia’s Lucy in the first leg of the Women’s ...