Author: Bonface Osano

Gor Mahia FC has terminated the contract of striker Dennis Oliech over serious and persistent cases of misconduct. The player’s poor performance on the pitch and serial absence from training without permission from the club have led to his premature ouster from the record Kenyan champions, just months into his two-year deal. The aggrieved club has previously reached out to Oliech without success and resorted to termination of his contract. Read: Dennis Oliech Recovers To Make Gor Mahia’s Continental Squad The club officially wrote to the player informing him of the step to end his contract and promised to settle…

Dennis Oliech has unleashed a campaign banner for the Kibra Constituency parliamentary seat. The Gor Mahia striker shared the banner in WhatsApp group for the club’s players on Tuesday morning. The seat fell vacant following the death of Hon. Ken Okoth last month. Oliech did not add a word after sharing the banner. It is unclear whether he will formally disclose his intention to challenge for the seat under the ODM party. Read: Dennis Oliech Recovers To Make Gor Mahia’s Continental Squad Nominations for the ODM Party ticket for the elections are set for Friday. Oliech signed for Gor Mahia…

Togo’s Emmanuel Adebayor has joined Turkish club Kayserispor on a one-year deal. The former Arsenal, Manchester City and Tottenham striker, 35, had been a free agent since leaving rivals Istanbul Basaksehir in the summer. “This is a league I know very well and I feel happy to be here,” said Adebayor, who scored 28 goals in 76 appearances for Basaksehir. Read: Real Madrid Dismiss Coach Julen Lopetegui With Antonio Conte Poised To Takeover “We can only do something great together and I want to make positive contribution to the great quality already here at the club.” It is his ninth…

Romelu Lukaku scored on his Serie A debut for Inter Milan as they convincingly beat 10-man Lecce. The Belgian striker, signed by Inter for a club record 80m euros (£74m) from Manchester United on 8 August, tapped in the third goal in the 60th minute. Marcelo Brozovic curled Inter’s opener and Stefano Sensi’s drive made it 2-0. Read: Francis Kimanzi Unveiled As New Harambee Stars Coach (Photos) Antonio Candreva’s 30-yard drive completed the victory after Leece’s Diego farias had been sent off for a nasty looking challenge. Lukaku, who hit 42 goals in 96 games for United after joining from…

Michael Olunga continued with his impressive scoring form on Sunday, netting a brace as Kashiwa Reysol thumped Gifu 4-0 in the Japanese League two. The Harambee Stars striker is enjoying a form of his life currently in Japan and has scored seven goals in the last three outings. In total, the former Tusker FC, Thika United and Gor Mahia player has scored 14 goals this season. Read: Vincent Kompany Ends Glittering Man City Career https://twitter.com/bonfaceosano/status/1165849205241470976 In the Sunday’s encounter staged at Nagaragawa Stadium, Brazilian international Christiano Silva was the first to open the scoring for Kashiwa Reysol in the seventh…

Gor Mahia thumped Aigle Noir of Burundi 5-1 on Sunday to progress to the first round of the 2019/20 Champions League. K’Ogalo started the match with a clear intention of going for goals, a strategy which paid off with only eight minutes played as the visitors scored into their own net under pressure. Nicholas Kipkirui doubled the lead in the 16th minute before grabbing his brace 20 minutes later as the Kenyan champions ended the first interval 3-0 up. Sensational new acquisition Dickson Ambudo made it 4-0 in the 63rd before setting up Boniface Omondi for the fifth five minutes…

Gor Mahia will come all out for a win when they face Aigle Noir in the second leg of their CAF Champions League preliminary round tie on Sunday, August 25, 2019, at the MISC Kasarani starting 4 pm EAT. The Kenyan Premier League defending champions held the Burundian side to a 0-0 draw in the first leg played a fortnight ago, away, and there is now all to play for on Sunday. “They are a good side. They had home advantage and they pushed us to the limit, but a clean sheet was a far result for us. Now we…

The Kenya Women National Team, Harambee Starlets, have jetted out of the country ahead of the first leg encounter of their Olympics Qualifier against Malawi. Starlets, who have been in camp for two weeks in Nairobi, left the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on Sunday early morning and are expected in Lilongwe at 8AM. This ahead of the first leg match set to be played on Wednesday, August 28, 2019. Read: “Dago” Shines As Harambee Starlets Beat Ethiopia 3-2 The second leg has been slated for Sunday, September 1, 2019, at the MISC Kasarani, with the winner on aggregate set to…

Mauricio Pochettino sent Victor Wanyama packing towards a £10million move to Club Bruges by saying his Tottenham career has gone “backwards” and shrugging: “We are not a charity.” Pochettino takes charge of his 500th game as a manager when Spurs host Newcastle on Sunday admitting he doesn’t know whether playmaker Christian Eriksen will still be at the club beyond the European transfer deadline on September 2. But even if continental big guns come calling for the Danish midfielder, Poch Spice will not stand in Wanyama’s way if Tottenham can agree a deal with Bruges. Pochettino once described Wanyama as his…

Bandari FC are through to the first round of the 2019/20 CAF Confederation Cup after eliminating Al Ahly Shandy of Sudan on away goal’s rule on Friday night. Yaskr Muzamil scored one of the most spectacular own goals in the 27th minute to hand the Dockers the precious away goal. The striker fired a thunderous shot into his own net after coming under pressure from Bandari counter attack move. Shandy managed to redeem themselves, scoring early in the second half, but that was the end of the story for them as Bandari hald on tight to qualify for the first…

Tottenham Hotspur are set to offload defensive midfielder Victor Wanyama before the European transfer window closes. According to Standard.co.uk, Belgian side Club Brugge are in talks with Tottenham over a possible deal for Wanyama. Club Brugge are in the market for a defensive midfielder after they sold Zimbabwe international midfielder Marvelous Nakamba to Aston Villa for an undisclosed fee. Read: Wanyama On The Mark As Spurs Whitewash Huddersfield (Video) Standard.co.uk understands that the Belgian club are willing to offer £8m to sign the 28-year-old Kenya international but Tottenham want £11m. With Ndombele, Harry Winks, Moussa Sissoko, Oliver Skipp and Eric…

France football legend Thierry Henry is keen for another chance to prove he can be a successful manager despite his unhappy brief tenure at Ligue 1 side Monaco. The 42-year-old — Arsenal’s record goalscorer — told the Daily Telegraph that although his phone did not ring for four months following his sacking, things have picked up since then and he has received five offers. Henry’s dream return last October to manage Monaco, the club where he established his reputation as a top-class striker, turned into a nightmare. Having been part of Belgium manager Roberto Martinez’s backroom team at the World…

Former Championship striker Junior Agogo has reportedly passed away, aged 40. The Ghanaian striker suffered a stroke back in 2015 which left him debilitated just two years after retiring from playing. According to a number of reports in Ghana, he passed away in London on Thursday morning. Read: Ex-Manchester City Star Yaya Toure Officially Quits Active Football Agogo was a star of the national team and the poster boy of the 2008 African Cup of Nations hosted in Ghana. He scored 12 goals goals in 27 caps during the height of his career between 2006 and 2009. Agogo enjoyed the…

Newly appointed Harambee Stars coach Francis Kimanzi has named the provisional squad for the scheduled friendly match against Uganda next month. The squad largely features players who took part in the Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt with notable inclusions being Zambia based forward Jesse Were and Kakamega Homeboyz midfielder Moses Mudavadi. Coach Kimanzi has also named 10 players in a reserves list who could be called upon in case of injury to the called up players. The friendly has been slated for September 8, 2019, at the MISC Kasarani. Read: Francis Kimanzi To Be Unveiled As New Harambee Stars…

Twitter will meet Manchester United and Kick It Out following online racist abuse directed at Paul Pogba. The Frenchman became the third player in a week to be racially abused on social media following a penalty miss. Several of Pogba’s team-mates criticized the abuse, while England women’s manager Phil Neville called for footballers to “boycott” social media . Twitter said it will meet with any stakeholders to show the “proactive work” being done to tackle abuse. Read: What Ronaldo, Salah, Mane Said After Racist Abuse Against Kalidou Koulibaly It said in a statement: “We have always maintained an open and…