Burundi – Sandals For Goalposts

Micho’s Mind: Burundi, Kenya and Tanzania have paid an expensive scholarship and now it is time to heal their wounds

Coming into the tournament, a key debate centred around the expansion of the tournament and what that would mean for the quality of the teams. I believe the expansion of [...]

July 5, 2019 // 0 Comments

Burundi AFCON 2019 team guide: the lowdown, tactics and key players

The biggest hope for East Africa in this AFCON is Uganda but just a step behind them is Burundi. The Swallows have qualified for the first time ever and they did it all by [...]

June 20, 2019 // 0 Comments

Exclusive Interview | Etienne Ndayiragije: “Any player you’ve seen in Europe with a lot of talent exists in Tanzania. I have seen them.”

“I’m like a constructor,” grins Etienne Ndayiragije, head coach of Tanzania’s Kinondoni Municipal Council FC. “If you give me a budget for a skyscraper I will build [...]

May 28, 2019 // 0 Comments

AFCON 2019 qualification – Matchday 6 preview

Group G promises drama Don’t listen to the people that tell you they watch football for the quality. These people are bores and not to be trusted. We all watch football [...]

March 21, 2019 // 0 Comments

2013 CECAFA Cup Preview

The 37th edition of the annual CECAFA Cup gets underway on November 27th as East Africa’s national teams do battle in Kenya. A predecessor to this competition was first [...]

November 24, 2013 // 0 Comments