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Kenyan champions Gor Mahia have submitted to Confederation of African Football (CAF) a list of twenty five players ahead of preliminary rounds commencing this weekend. New signings Gislain Yikpe Gnamien of Ivory Coast and Ghanaian Francis Afriyie headline the new comers in K’Ogalo’s CAF squad. The Ivorian has been handed jersey number nine while Afriyie will don 19 for K’Ogalo. Other newly signed players in the squad include goalkeeper David Robert Mapigano, former Nairobi Stima winger Curtis Wekesa, Tanzanian forward Dickson Ambundo and defender Maurice Ojwang. Stocky forward Kennedy ‘Agogo’ Otieno signed from Western Stima last week has not been…

Manchester United have signed England centre-back Harry Maguire from Leicester City for Ksh10 billion – a world record fee for a defender. The 26-year-old has signed a six-year contract at Old Trafford, with the option of a further year. The deal for Maguire eclipses the Ksh9.6 billion Liverpool paid Southampton for Virgil van Dijk in January 2018. “When Manchester United come knocking on your door, it is an incredible opportunity,” said Maguire. Email your news TIPS to Editor@kahawatungu.com or WhatsApp +254707482874. You can also find us on Telegram through www.t.me/kahawatungu

Riyad Mahrez was at the centre of a drug riddle as he missed the Community Shield in bizarre circumstances. The Algerian, 28, had been keen to play at Wembley — but was pulled out by Pep Guardiola after revealing he had taken medication for an eye problem. City feared Mahrez would fail a drug test, so decided not to take any risks with the £60 million ace. Read: KPL Boss Oguda Responds To Hasan Oktay Over Fixtures Boss Guardiola said: “Riyad took some medicine, just a little bit, but we don’t know what he took and therefore doping control was…

Harambee Stars coach Sebastien Migné has dared the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) to sack him if they are capable of paying out his contract. The Frenchman spoke after Kenya were bundled out of the 2020 CHAN qualifiers – losing 4-1 to visiting Tanzania on penalties at the Kasarani Stadium on Sunday. “If the federation wants to fire me let them fire me, but again if paying my salary is an issue will they manage to pay out my contract?” Migné posed. Read: Harambee Stars Coach Sebastien Migné Blames Inexperience For Algeria Loss The former Congo Brazzaville coach signed a three-year-deal…

Kigali Arena, a multi-purpose live entertainment facility with a seated capacity of 10,000, has been completed and is set to open soon. The new event space is among the top ten largest indoor venues in Africa, and the biggest in the Eastern Africa region. It is located next to the multi-purpose Amahoro National Stadium (30,000-cap.) in Kigali. The arena, which took six months to erect, contains 13 cafes and bars, restaurants, a media hall and a fitness centre, covering an area of 28,000 square metres. Read: Kenya National Basketball Team ‘The Morans’ Given Heroes Welcome By Governor Sonko (Photos) The…

Kenya are out of the 2020 CHAN qualifiers after losing to visiting Tanzania on penalties at the Kasarani Stadium on Sunday. Just as was in the first leg, the return match yielded no goals after regulation time with the tie heading straight to penalties. Kenya missed two kicks with Mike Kibwage and Joash Onyango failing to convert, while Tanzania managed to burry three to sail through to the next round where they will face Sudan. Kenya has never qualified for CHAN,a continental showpiece played by home-based players. The 2020 tournament slated for Cameroon will be the 6th edition. Email your…

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says he has “no doubt” midfielder Paul Pogba will stay at the club this summer. The France World Cup winner missed United’s final pre-season game, a penalty-shootout win over AC Milan in the International Champions Cup. But Solskjaer said Pogba, who did not travel to Cardiff for the match, was not risked due to a back strain. “I wasn’t expecting him [to travel],” he said. “I spoke to him after training and he didn’t feel right. It’s not an injury, it’s just some pain. I wasn’t going to risk anything.” Reports claimed Pogba failed…

Any simple win for the Harambee Stars against Tanzania’s Taifa Stars today at the Kasarani Stadium will be enough to see them through to the next round of the 2020 CHAN qualifiers where Sudan lie in wait. To achieve this, Harambee Stars’ manager Sebastien Migné is leaving nothing to chance. Notably, the French gaffer is rallying all the home support behind the team. “We need support from the fans. I am hoping that the stadium will be full. We need that support even when we are not in the best shape,” said Migné. Tickets for the 4.00pm kick-off match will…

The Super Cup between Liverpool and Chelsea will be the first major UEFA men’s match to be officiated by a female referee. Stephanie Frappart, the 25-year-old Frenchwoman, will lead out a team of predominantly female officials on August 14 at Besiktas Park in Istanbul. She will be accompanied by Manuela Nicolosi of France and Michelle O’Neal from the Republic of Ireland who will be the assistant referees for the match. They also took charge of the women’s World Cup final on July 7. Frappart has already made history once before, becoming the first female to officiate a Ligue 1 game…

Kenya captain Victor Wanyama has insisted he is going nowhere this summer despite growing speculation linking him with Turkish giants Fenerbahce and Galatasaray as well as London rivals West Ham. A fee of £20 million (Sh2.5 billion) has been discussed in media outlets in the United Kingdom but Wanyama himself insists he is going nowhere. “I don’t want to dwell on speculation. I’m not going anywhere. I have not spoken to any other team because my aim is to remain here and help my team next season. I have a running contract with Spurs which I intend to honour,” Wanyama…

Former Gor Mahia striker Jacques Tuyisenge trained with his new Angolan club Petro Atletico for the first time on Thursday. Tuyisenge crossed over to the Luanda-based outfit at the end of last season in a deal which earned Gor Mahia Ksh15 million. https://twitter.com/Tuyisenge250/status/1155480358135181313 The 27-year-old Rwandan, who joined K’Ogalo in 2016 from Police FC, recently thanked the fans of the record Kenyan Premier League winners and asked for their prayers as he begins the new journey in the Southern African Nation. Read: Gor Mahia Coach Hasan Oktay Expects Attractive Game Against Angola’s Petro Atletico Tuyisenge netted 64 times for Gor…

New Liverpool signing Harvey Elliott has apologized for a video in which he appears to use derogatory language about Tottenham striker Harry Kane. Elliott, 16, posted a video on Snapchat during Spurs’ loss to Liverpool during the Champions League final in June. In a statement, Elliott said he is “truly sorry” and the contents of the video “do not represent who I am as a person or how I’ve been brought up”. Read: Ex-Liverpool Forward Peter Crouch Hangs Boots At 38 “I realize that my actions were both immature and senseless,” he said. “The video was taken whilst messing around…

Kenya’s Harambee Stars could fail to honor the CHAN 2020 qualifiers return match against Tanzania on Sunday due financial challenges. Stars battled to a barren draw in the first leg played last weekend in Dar Es Salaam and would wish to bank on home support to progress. A win will see them through to the final qualifying round where another two legged enounter agaianst Sudan awaits. But the team are now facing a possiblity of dishing out a walkover and up-to a two-year ban from CAF should they fail to raise funds to honor the match. “We have not received…

A court in southern Brazil has forbidden ex-Barcelona striker Ronaldinho from selling 57 of his real estate properties due to an unpaid environmental fine and other debts, a Brazilian newspaper reported on Monday. The Folha de S.Paulo paper said the former World Player of the Year owes 9.5 million reais (Ksh 316 million) in unpaid environmental fines after illegally building a pier at his lake house in Porto Alegre. Creditors have also taken action to recover 7.8 million reais in other debts, Folha said. Read: Neymar Stripped Of Brazil Captaincy, Replaced By Dani Alves Authorities have confiscated Ronaldinho’s passport until…

Former Tottenham forward Clinton Njie has apologised for accidentally live streaming a sex video to thousands of people on social media. Njie completed a switch from Marseille to Dynamo Moscow last week in a reported £5m deal and insisted he was merely looking up news about himself when the mishap happened. On spotting the mistake, he quickly deleted the video and announced the whole incident was a misunderstanding. As quoted by Orange.fr, he said: “I’m sorry, I had drunk too much. “I celebrated my new contract and wanted to read the news. I pressed the wrong button.” Njie, the Cameroon…