African SportOct 10, 2020

Did Derrick Nsibambi Fake his Injury?

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Nsereko Musoke Isa

Oct 10, 20202 min readOct 10, 2020

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After missing a Uganda Cranes camp in Dubai due to claimed hamstring injury, Derrick Nsibambi started and lasted for 89 minutes as his Smouha SC claimed a 2-1 win over Emma Okwi’s Alexandria Ittihad in Egyptian Premier League today. Nsibambi posted the claims of his hamstring injury on his official social media accounts at the […]

Nsibambi posted the claims of his hamstring injury on his official social media accounts at the beginning of this week and was immediately dropped by Jonathan Mckinstry from the travelling squad to Dubai.

“Am to miss Cranes Dubai camp due to harmstring injury wic i got in yesterdays game against Zamalek bt hope to bounce bck soon and for God and mi country”, reads the post.

Uganda Cranes squad in camp has this evening been boosted with the arrival of forward Edrisa Lubega ahead of the Sunday’s friendly match encounter with Al Nasr FC.

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