Uganda, March 11 -- Uganda Cranes coach Paul Put has a timely opportunity to assess his team's standing ahead of the resumption of the Fifa 2026 World Cup qualifiers in under three months time.

The Cranes have an intensive second part of the year in which they hope to qualify for Morocco Afcon 2025, as well as improve in their 2026 World Cup fortunes.

In an attempt to return to Afcon finals for the first time since 2019, Put and his team will play six back-to-back matches between September and November this year.

But before that, the Cranes - whose first two World Cup qualification games have returned a loss and win - face Botswana and Algeria in June.

To prepare for that, the Cranes have secured two credible friendly matches against ...