Uganda Cranes midfielder Baba Al-Hassan has joined Turkish entity Madrin 1969 Spor Club on a two-year deal.

Al Hassan, 26, joins the Turkish side from FCSB in Romania where he spent two seasons, scoring twice in 72 appearances.

We wish Baba Alhassan, who we believe will make significant contributions to our goals with his experience, character and quality, a career full of success under our red-navy blue jersey and hope that he will be beneficial to our community

Mardin 1969 Spor statement

Born in Accra, Ghana; the holding midfielder commenced his career at African Talent Football Academy before joining Real Valladolid in 2019.

He played for Real Valladolid B between 2018 and 2019 before crossed to Romania’s Hermannstadt as a free agent in 2020.

Al Hassan is capped five times for Uganda Cranes. He was part of the 25-man final squad that represented Uganda at the 2025 AFCON in Morocco.

For starters, Mardin Sports Club was founded in 1969 after a merger of Kalespor, Timurspor, Mezopotamyaspor and Genclikspor teams.

The Red and Navy blue colour themed entity hosts their home games at the 5700 seater 21 Kasim Stadium in Mardin.

They won the league title in the 2003/04 season.

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 Uganda Cranes international Kenneth Semakula has completed a move to Al Ittihad Alexandria.

The defender-cum-midfielder has been a free agent since leaving Saudi Arabian side Al-Adalah earlier this year.

The former Sports Club Villa player now begins a new chapter in Egypt.

He comes along to Al Ittihad Alexandria with valuable experience from spells in Uganda, Tunisia, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia.

After a youthful career at Vipers Sports Club, Semakula has since featured for Busoga United, BUL and Sports Club in Uganda.

He then crossed to Club Africain in Tunisia and played for Al-Arabi (Kuwait) and lately Al-Adalah in Saudi Arabia.

Semakula is capped 23 times for the Uganda Cranes since 2021.

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Friday July 24, 2026 – Amahoro stadium, Kigali

• Vipers vs Garde Republicaine 4pm
• APR vs Gor Mahia 8pm

Liban Mohamed has stoked the fire ahead of Garde Republicaine Cecafa Kagame Cup clash with Uganda’s Vipers revealing it is the first time he has heard about the club.

The two sides are in Group A alongside former winners APR of Rwanda and Kenya’s Gor Mahia in the 2026 tournament with the group winners assured of a semi-final berth.

Speaking to the press on pre-match, Liban said; “I am not going to tell you what will happen tomorrow because we are all footballers but we shall try to play and win.

“Maybe they are a big team (Vipers) but I have never heard about them (Vipers) but we are respecting the team.”

Garde Republicaine finished third in the Djibouti league and only got to know of their participation in the Kagame Cup just a fortnight ago and the coach Sahal Ahmed reveals that he had to call players from their vacations to prepare for the tournament.

“Most of our players were on vacation before we learned that we would participate in this tournament. We have only had two weeks to prepare but I can guarantee that we will be here to compete and give our opponents a tough challenge,” said Ahmed.

Garde Republicaine have won only the league in Djibouti twice (2020 & 2023) while Vipers have eight titles and they are the third most successful side in Uganda Premier League only behind SC Villa and KCCA who are on 17 and 13 titles respectively.

The Venoms have also played in the group stages of the Caf Champions League but have never won the Kagame Cup with Villa (3), KCCA (2), Express and Police with one title each the other Ugandan club winners.

Besides the two sides in Group A, Rwanda’s APR and Kenya’s Gor Mahia will battle for top spot.

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