Uganda coach: Cranes undone by AFCON stage fright against giants Ghana

Uganda coach Milutin Sredojevic admitted that the occasion got to his players as they succumbed to a 1-0 defeat to Ghana in their first match back at the Africa Cup of Nations on Tuesday. Thirty-nine years after losing to Ghana in the 1978 final, the Cranes made their comeback in the tournament in Port-Gentil but lost their Group D opener to a first-half Andre Ayew penalty. "In 39 years we have not been there and in the first half we had an element of stage fright," admitted Serbian coach Sredojevic after defender Isaac Isinde's foul on Asamoah Gyan for the penalty proved... Read Full Story