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Michael Olunga has tweeted that it was an ‘honor’ to skipper senior men’s national football team, the Harambee Stars, for the first time. The Japan-based striker wore the armband as he led his troops in a friendly match against Uganda at the Kasarani Stadium on Sunday. Olunga, 25, stepped in for Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Victor Wanyama,who missed the build up match. Read: SOYA Awards – Harambee Stars Pip Gor Mahia To Team of The Year Accolade “It was an honour to captain the Kenya national team (Harambee Stars) for the first time in my career,” the Kashiwa Reysol forward tweeted.…

Gor Mahia will hold an Harambee on Tuesday to fund their Champions League trip to Algeria. The fundraiser will take place at Charter Hall with Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko as the chief guest. Other invited guests include the Head of State Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto and club patron Raila Odinga. K’Ogalo, who recently lost their shirt sponsorship deal with betting firm, SportPesa, take on USM Alger in the African Champions League first round first leg match in Blida, Algeria on Sunday. To make the trip, the Kenyan champions need roughly Ksh5 million, money they currently don’t have,…

Kenya’s Harambee Stars rallied to settle for a 1-1 draw against Uganda Cranes in an international friendly match played at the Kasarani Stadium on Sunday. The game of two halves saw the visitors dictate the first half with Stars coming back strong to rule the second stanza. Cranes, after showing brilliance in the opening exchanges, went ahead through Emmanuel Okwi, who scored from inside the box after leaving defender Joash Onyango for the dead. Read: Michael Olunga Rallies Fans Behind Harambee Stars, Promises Good Show Against Uganda More scoring chances went begging for Cranes as they failed to capitalize on…

Dennis Oliech has placed a compensation demand of Ksh 6.2 million on Gor Mahia for wrongful dismissal. Gor Mahia summary dismissed the former Kenyan international for alleged gross misconduct. Through his legal team, the 33-year-old now wants to be compensated within seven days or else he moves to sue. Oliech signed a two-year-deal in January this year for Ksh 2.8 million and was to earn Ksh 220,000 per month. Part of the sign on fee was paid with the remainder still to be cleared. Read: Gor Mahia Terminates Dennis Oliech Contract Over Serious Misconduct Gor Mahia has been given seven…

Former Barcelona, Chelsea and Real Madrid forward Samuel Eto’o has announced retirement from football after a 22-year long glittering career. The 38-year-old’s last club was Qatar Star League side Qatar SC, which he joined in the summer of 2018 from Turkey’s Konyaspor. In a career spanning 22 years, the former Cameroon international played for the likes of Real Madrid, Barcelona, Inter, Chelsea and Everton. Eto’o announced his retirement through an Instagram post with the caption, “The End. Towards a new challenge. Thank you all, big love.” Eto’o joined Real Madrid as a youth player in 1997 and went on to…

Immediate former Harambee Stars coach Sebastien Migné wants to settle in Kenya. The Frenchman is back after resigning last month and declared his love for the country. “I have also fallen in with the country (Kenya) and I’m thinking of investing here as well,” Migné said. He regretted that he could not continue to coach Stars. Read: Michael Olunga Rallies Fans Behind Harambee Stars, Promises Good Show Against Uganda “It is unfortunate that I could not continue to work as the national team coach but even if I get a coaching job elsewhere I will still come be back here,”…

Two-time Olympic 800m gold medalist Caster Semenya has joined a South African women’s football team. The 28-year-old is unable to compete without taking testosterone-reducing drugs following a rule change by the IAAF, athletics’ governing body. It means she cannot defend her 800m World Championship title in Doha this month – though she is fighting the rule change through the courts. She is now training with Gauteng-based women’s football club JVW. Read: ‘I Am Never Going Anywhere,’ Defiant Semenya Says After Big Win In Doha The three-time world champion, who announced in July that she would not be defending her 800m…

Uganda Cranes jetted into the country on Friday morning ahead of their scheduled friendly match against Kenya’s Harambee Stars on Sunday. The contingent comprised of the Cranes’ local-based players, with their foreign-based quintet of Luwagga Kizito, Khalid Aucho, Allan Kyambadde, Emmanuel Okwi, and Taddeo Lwanga having jetted in earlier in the night. “Their (Harambee Stars) performance has been good in recent times. We are likewise, performing better. It is a high profile friendly match and I am looking forward to it,” said coach Abdallah Mubiru. Read: Michael Olunga Rallies Fans Behind Harambee Stars, Promises Good Show Against Uganda “They (Kenya)…

The last 2019 Victoria Cup fixture pitting The Kenya Simbas against the Zimbabwe Sables will be held at the Nakuru Athletic Club Grounds on Saturday September 21. In a statement to the media, the Kenya Rugby Union (KRU) said that the move was part of the body’s strategic plan to popularize the sport outside Nairobi. “This is part of KRU’s strategic Plan to decentralize the sport and ensure it reaches those that live outside Nairobi.” Read: Uganda Upset Kenya Simbas In First Elgon Cup Played In Kisumu In June, the Elgon Cup fixture took place at the Kisumu Mamboleo Showgrounds…

Madagascar has declined to play South Africa over the recent xenophobic attacks in a friendly scheduled for this Saturday in South Africa. South Africa FA confirmed the cancellation of their participation in the match. In a statement, the association noted: “SAFA regrets to inform the public that the match between Bafana Bafana and Madagascar scheduled for this coming Saturday (7 September) has been called off after the visitors (Madagascar) decided to withdraw from the encounter.” Madagascar was to step in for Zambia who took a similar decision on Tuesday. “The Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) regrets to inform members of…

Michael Olunga has urged fans to rally behind the Harambee Stars as they play Uganda in a friendly match at the Kasarani Stadium on Sunday. The Japan-based striker promised that the players will give their best in the encounter. “We just pray that they (fans) may come in large numbers to suppprt us and us as players we are promising to give our level best come on Sunday,” the Kashiwa Reysol player said. Read: Harambee Starlets Thump Malawi’s She Flames 3-0 To Progress Through 2020 Tokyo Olympics Qualifiers The former Gor Mahia player has enjoyed a good season in Japan…

A group of Inter Milan fans claim Cagliari supporters were showing Romelu Lukaku a form of “respect” when they aimed monkey chants at him on Sunday. Lukaku, who moved from Manchester United to Inter in the summer, was subjected to the discrimination after scoring the winner in a 2-1 victory. A statement from Inter fan group Curva Nord said “Italian fans are not racist” and the abuse was gamesmanship. Read: Kalidou Koulibaly Suffers Racist Chanting At Inter Milan, Ancelotti Promises Walk Off Next Time It added: “We are sorry you thought what happened in Cagliari was racist.” Twitter defends policy…

Rae Green Stars FC player, Moses Ayoo Awuoth, collapsed during a football match and died while being taken to hospital last evening. The 16-year-old is a student at Kisumu Day High School. Rae FC coordinator Hesborn Ochieng told Citizen Digital that the Form Two student at Kisumu Boys High School suddenly fell and was rushed out of the pitch and first aid administered. Read: KPL Transfer: Gor Mahia Sign Rwandan Midfielder Djabel Imanishimwe Ochieng’ however, says they made a quick decision to rush him to the hospital where he, unfortunately, died on a motorbike and was pronounced dead on arrival…

For the first time you will be able to stream live on FIFA YouTube channel and website selected matches for the CAF qualifiers for the 2022 Qatar World Cup. FIFA, the game’s world governing body made the groundbreaking announcement on Tuesday barely a month after centralizing media rights for the qualifiers for Africa. “FIFA is unveiling a landmark initiative by investing in the production of the broadcasting feed, thus giving fans in Africa and around the world unprecedented access to the African qualifiers. Read: AFCON 2019 – Defending Champions Cameroon, Ghana Set For Battle In Ismailia The live streams and…

AFC Leopards begun their 2019/20 Kenyan Premier League season campaign with a 1-0 loss to Kakamega Homeboyz at the Bukhungu Stadium, Kakamega on Sunday – putting pressure on Rwandan coach Andre Cassa Mbungu. In preparation for the new season, Ingwe, as Leopards are nicknamed, played a series of friendlies, which all ended in loses for them, this despite recruiting heavily during the off the season. The 12-time Kenyan champions lost 1-0 to Yanga SC of Tanzania in Mwanza before falling to KCB (2-0), Mathare United (4-1) and Wazito (1-0) in a four-team pre-season tournament held in Nairobi. Read: AFC Leopards’…