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Cecafa U17: Uganda and Tanzania reach finals of annual competition

Uganda U17 have qualified for the U17 Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (Cecafa) championship after defeating Djibouti by a solitary goal in the semi-finals played on Sunday.

Oscar Mawa scored the only goal for the Cubs to break the hearts of their opponents.

Uganda came into the match as favourites owing to their good run in the annual competition.

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Djibouti were the surprising semi-finalists given they had been ranked outside the favourite teams who were tipped to progress in the junior tournament.

A 1-1 draw against Tanzania which is their second such result in Group B was enough to seal their place.