{"id":68755,"date":"2024-03-13T19:11:56","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T19:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=68755"},"modified":"2024-03-13T17:55:14","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T17:55:14","slug":"byekwaso-marks-progress-after-hippos-advance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/byekwaso-marks-progress-after-hippos-advance","title":{"rendered":"Byekwaso marks progress after Hippos advance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span><b>Morley Byekwaso is on cloud nine after his Uganda Hippos troops tamed African champions Senegal 1-0 on Monday night to book a semifinal berth in the ongoing 2023 Africa Games in Ghana.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Allan Oyirwoth lived his hype once more by grabbing the lone goal for Uganda midway through the first half from the penalty spot.<\/p>\n<p>Senegalese defender Pape Diouf shoved down KCCA attacking forward Usama Arafat leaving the centre referee Aklesso Gnama with no option.<\/p>\n<p>Oyirwoth\u2019s embellished build-up almost backfired after the goalkeeper saved the initial attempt but the former Amus College striker saved his face with quick reaction for the rebounder.<\/p>\n<p>The win takes Uganda on top of Group B with six points as Nigeria and Senegal tie on second with a win each over South Sudan. With both West African giants set to meet in the final group game, Uganda is all but through but may need a draw against South Sudan to guarantee top spot.<\/p>\n<p>This, coach Byekwaso counts as a mark of progress for a team he has been in charge on and off since 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were playing the best team in Africa and expected them to attack but we were very organized defensively,\u201d Byekwaso told the media after the win.<\/p>\n<p>Coincidentally, Byekwaso was part of the famous playing unit that achieved the same status in the 1999 edition where they finished fourth in Johannesburg, South Africa. Already, the soft-spoken coach has guided the Hippos to a silver medal at the Africa Cup of Nations but is gunning for more after putting Nigeria and Senegal down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince 2020, we\u2019ve been trying to build a strong team which we want to be one of the top ten teams in Africa so, these two games have helped us see where we are though there\u2019s a long way to go,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Uganda will complete their group assignment on Friday against neighbours South Sudan and then wait for outcomes from Group A to know their semifinal opponent.<\/p>\n<p><b>2023 African Games <\/b><br \/>\n<b>Results<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Senegal 0-1 Uganda<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria 1-0 South Sudan<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. Morley Byekwaso is on cloud nine after his Uganda Hippos troops tamed African champions Senegal 1-0 on Monday night to book a semifinal berth in the ongoing 2023 Africa Games in Ghana. Allan Oyirwoth lived his hype once more by grabbing the lone goal for Uganda midway through the first half from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":68753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[233,240,234],"class_list":["post-68755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Byekwaso marks progress after Hippos advance - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Morley Byekwaso is on cloud nine after his Uganda Hippos troops tamed African champions Senegal 1-0 on Monday night t ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/byekwaso-marks-progress-after-hippos-advance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Byekwaso marks progress after Hippos advance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Morley Byekwaso is on cloud nine after his Uganda Hippos troops tamed African champions Senegal 1-0 on Monday night t ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/byekwaso-marks-progress-after-hippos-advance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Uganda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-03-13T19:11:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/03\/sm_1710339552.521489.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1728\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1152\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/byekwaso-marks-progress-after-hippos-advance#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/byekwaso-marks-progress-after-hippos-advance\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Byekwaso marks progress after Hippos advance\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-13T19:11:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/byekwaso-marks-progress-after-hippos-advance\"},\"wordCount\":356,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/byekwaso-marks-progress-after-hippos-advance#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/03\/sm_1710339552.521489.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Uganda\",\"uganda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/byekwaso-marks-progress-after-hippos-advance#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/byekwaso-marks-progress-after-hippos-advance\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/byekwaso-marks-progress-after-hippos-advance\",\"name\":\"Byekwaso marks progress after Hippos advance - Uganda\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/byekwaso-marks-progress-after-hippos-advance#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/byekwaso-marks-progress-after-hippos-advance#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/03\/sm_1710339552.521489.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-13T19:11:56+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Morley Byekwaso is on cloud nine after his Uganda Hippos troops tamed African champions Senegal 1-0 on Monday night t ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/byekwaso-marks-progress-after-hippos-advance#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/byekwaso-marks-progress-after-hippos-advance\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/byekwaso-marks-progress-after-hippos-advance#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/03\/sm_1710339552.521489.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/03\/sm_1710339552.521489.jpg\",\"width\":1728,\"height\":1152,\"caption\":\"Byekwaso marks progress after Hippos advance\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/byekwaso-marks-progress-after-hippos-advance#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Byekwaso marks progress after Hippos advance\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/\",\"name\":\"Uganda\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Byekwaso marks progress after Hippos advance - Uganda","description":"Morley Byekwaso is on cloud nine after his Uganda Hippos troops tamed African champions Senegal 1-0 on Monday night t ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/byekwaso-marks-progress-after-hippos-advance","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Byekwaso marks progress after Hippos advance","og_description":"Morley Byekwaso is on cloud nine after his Uganda Hippos troops tamed African champions Senegal 1-0 on Monday night t ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/byekwaso-marks-progress-after-hippos-advance","og_site_name":"Uganda","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2024-03-13T19:11:56+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1728,"height":1152,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/03\/sm_1710339552.521489.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/byekwaso-marks-progress-after-hippos-advance#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/byekwaso-marks-progress-after-hippos-advance"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Byekwaso marks progress after Hippos advance","datePublished":"2024-03-13T19:11:56+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/byekwaso-marks-progress-after-hippos-advance"},"wordCount":356,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/byekwaso-marks-progress-after-hippos-advance#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/03\/sm_1710339552.521489.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Uganda","uganda"],"articleSection":["all news","sport"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/byekwaso-marks-progress-after-hippos-advance#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/byekwaso-marks-progress-after-hippos-advance","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/byekwaso-marks-progress-after-hippos-advance","name":"Byekwaso marks progress after Hippos advance - Uganda","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/byekwaso-marks-progress-after-hippos-advance#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/byekwaso-marks-progress-after-hippos-advance#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/03\/sm_1710339552.521489.jpg","datePublished":"2024-03-13T19:11:56+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Morley Byekwaso is on cloud nine after his Uganda Hippos troops tamed African champions Senegal 1-0 on Monday night t ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/byekwaso-marks-progress-after-hippos-advance#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/byekwaso-marks-progress-after-hippos-advance"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/byekwaso-marks-progress-after-hippos-advance#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/03\/sm_1710339552.521489.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/03\/sm_1710339552.521489.jpg","width":1728,"height":1152,"caption":"Byekwaso marks progress after Hippos advance"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/byekwaso-marks-progress-after-hippos-advance#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Byekwaso marks progress after Hippos advance"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/","name":"Uganda","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}