Author: Bonface Osano

Cameroonian referee Sidi Alioum, who officiated the final match of this year’s Africa Cup of Nations will oversee the Champions League match between Gor Mahia and USM Alger on Sunday. The highly experienced referee was at the centre when Algeria pipped Senegal 1-0 to be crowned African champions in Egypt this year. Apart from officiating the final tie in Egypt, the 37-year-old Air Force officer also took charge of other high profile fixtures during the Nations Cup. Read: Slippery Ground Conspires To Deny Fan Lifetime Moment With Zlatan Ibrahimovíc (Video) He was at the center when hosts Egypt were bundled…

Real Madrid continued their unbeaten start to the La Liga season by beating Osasuna 2-0 to return to the top of the table. Manager Zinedine Zidane rested several of his first-team players, including Gareth Bale, before the Madrid derby with Atletico on Saturday. Despite a strong start by the visitors, Real took the lead when Vinicius Junior curled in his first goal of the season. Read: Madrid Boss Zidane Declares He Likes Man United’s Pogba A Lot Rodrygo added a second with a clinical low strike soon after coming on. Real, who have won four and drawn two of their…

Gor Mahia chairman Ambrose Rachier has stressed that the club will not revert to manual ticketing but instead work to better e-ticketing which they recently rolled out. The new mode of buying match day tickets encountered resistance and thuggery in Kisumu late last month when Gor Mahia played Tusker FC in a league match at the Moi Stadium, but Rachier offers that despite the setback they are not giving up. “Let me make it clear that we are not giving up on e-ticketing, instead we will work to improve on it,” Rachier told Kahawa Tungu. Read: Desperate Oliech Looking For…

The Kenya U20 National Team, the Rising Stars, was held to a 2-2 draw by Tanzania in their second match of the ongoing CECAFA U20 Championship in Jinja, Uganda on Tuesday. AFC Leopards’ forward Austine Odhiambo put Kenya in the lead in 26th minute, but Tanzania levelled through Andrew Simchimba in the 37th minute to complete a 1-1 first-half result. Upon resumption, Patrick Otieno restored Kenya’s lead in the 53rd minute, but their glory was short-lived as Tanzanian forward Abdul Hamis shot an equalizing goal in the 56th minute. Read: Kenya U20 Team Leaves For Uganda By Bus Ahead Of…

Liverpool are closing in on a club record kit deal with shirt manufacturers Nike, effective from the start of next season. The European champions have been in talks with the suppliers since last year as they look to significantly improve the distribution of their replica jerseys across the world, meeting the demands of a vast fan-base. That has been the cornerstone of negotiations as much as the immediate annual value of the arrangement. Liverpool have offered no guidance as to how much the next deal will be worth beyond confirmation it will be one of the most lucrative in world…

For the umpteenth time, Harambee Stars skipper Victor Wanyama did not vote in the FIFA Best Awards. Argentine great Lionel Messi emerged the men’s best player for the sixth time ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo and Virgil Van Dijk. The winner is picked through a voting process involving national team coaches and captains and a selected media personalities. Read: Victor Wanyama Doubtful For Kenya Friendly Against Uganda Kenya’s sole voter was Standard Newspaper sports editor Robin Toskin, who voted for Ronaldo. For the second straight year Wanyama did not vote so was Harambee Stars coach Francis Kimanzi. Email your news TIPS…

Samuel Eto’o remarked that Egypt’s Mohamed Salah and Senegal forward Sadio Mané are the best players in the world. The legendary Cameroonian striker spoke ahead of the FIFA BEST AWARDS on Monday night in Milan, Italy. When probed who among Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronald and Virgin Van Dijk deserved the men’s best play award, the former Barcelona striker said: “The best one for me is Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mané, but they’re not here.” https://twitter.com/bonfaceosano/status/1176221861732069377?s=19 Read: Mo Salah Wins Second BBC African Player Of The Year Gong Despite a successful season which saw them win the UEFA Champions League with…

Barcelona’s Lionel Messi won the best men’s player at the Best Fifa Football Awards in Milan as Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo and Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk missed out on the top prize. It is the sixth time Messi has been voted the world’s best, after wins in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2015. The 32-year-old Argentine helped Barcelona win La Liga and reach the semi-finals of the Champions League. Read: Klopp Reveals Why He Substituted Sadio Mané United States forward Megan Rapinoe won the best women’s player award. Lionel Messi scored 54 goals in 58 games for club and country in…

Sadio Mane’s substitution against Chelsea was the result of a knock and dead leg, Jürgen Klopp confirmed. The Senegalese was replaced by James Milner in the second half of Liverpool’s 2-1 victory at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. Asked post-match about Mane’s condition, Klopp said: “It was a knock on the bone, around the knee, and a dead leg – that’s an awful combination. Read: Gambian Top Ref Assigned USM Alger, Gor Mahia Champions League Clash “He tried everything but I think you saw, there was one counter situation when he really tried and I would say on a non-dead-leg day…

A Kenyan Premier League (KPL) player was early last month arrested and arraigned in court in Nairobi for allegedly attempting to acquire a Kenyan passport illegally. He was later released on bond, after spending a night in police cell, pending hearing of the case. The player, who is a defender, signed for a Nairobi-based club from a sugar belt team in the just ended KPL transfer window. He holds a Kenyan Identity Card, which he acquired recently, and which he was trying to use to get the passport, however, his nationality remains a mystery as he’s believed to be either…

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes Manchester United were left to rue missed opportunities, as the Reds endured a 2-0 defeat to West Ham United at the London Stadium. Andriy Yarmolenko curled in the opener for the Hammers on the stroke of half-time, before Aaron Cresswell’s free-kick secured all three points for the Hammers with six minutes to spare. United had two great opportunities to draw level in the second half, as Juan Mata put the ball wide from close range, while Harry Maguire had a powerful strike parried away by Lukasz Fabianski. Read: Ex-Man United Striker Romelu Lukaku Begins Serie A…

Two top athletes from the Kenyan national team for Doha have been treated with the drug Erythropoietin (Epo) shortly before the World Championships. German television organization, ZDF, reported on Sunday, the two are a male a female athletes, who were filmed with a hidden camera as they were injected Epo directly into the vein. A physician who wanted to remain anonymous confirmed to the ZDF: “No dope just before the race or an important competition, here they use the Epo in training. From the current national team I had 8 runners with me alone, 8 in number.” Read: Another Kenyan…

Kenya’s U20 national side, the Rising Stars, thumped Zanzibar to begin the 2019 CECAFA U20 championship on a high on Sunday in Jinja, Uganda. Kariobangi Sharks forward Sydney Lokale starred in the game – scoring four times with Austin Odhiambo completing the convincing win with the fifth. Lokale put the Rising Stars in the lead from the spot in the 32nd before doubling the lead six minutes later for a 2-0 half time lead. Read: Former Harambee Stars Coach Sebastien Migné Plans To Settle In Kenya Lokale continued to torment the Islanders in the second half, grabbing a hat-trick in…

Kenya Simbas beat visiting Zimbabwe Sables 36-14 to finish the 2019 Victoria Cup on a high at the Nakuru Athletics Club on Saturday. The Simbas crossed the whitewash five times, converted four times and scored a penalty, while the Southern Africans managed two converted tries. Despite the loss in Nakuru, Zimbabwe Sables had already won the Victoria Cup. Kenya 7s international Vincent Onyala, who was voted man of the match, was the first to go over for Simbas as he sliced through the opposition to score within the posts. An infringement by Zimbabwe saw Simbas add a penalty to make…

Harambee Stars players are yet to be rewarded for the win against Tanzania in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations four months ago. Stars players were promised Kshs 250,000 each as a winning bonus but to date the ministry of sports is yet to release the money. The Football Kenya Federation (FKF) president told Kahawa Tungu that there’s nothing much they can do but hope the ministry will honor the pledge. “The playing unit and the technical bench are supposed to get Kshs 10million for the win from the ministry, but the money is yet to be released by the…