Author: Bonface Osano

Kenya National Team coach Sébastien Migné will on Tuesday, May 14, 2019, name the squads for the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations, which Kenya will be taking part in for the first time in 15 years. This as the coach also names the squad for the Africa Nations Championships Qualifier against Burundi, set to be played in August 2019. The unveiling, set to be done at 10 am at FKF House, Goal Project comes amid preparations for the team’s three-week camp in France, a precursor to Stars’ AFCON show. The team is scheduled to jet out to Paris, on May…

It is a tradition almost world over that when a team wins the league before a season ends then the next opponent they face mounts them a guard of honour. Having beaten their closest rivals in the Kenyan Premier League title race Sofapaka 2-0 on Sunday in Kisumu, Gor Mahia are at least a win away from defending their throne. If  K’Ogalo win their next fixture against Nzoia Sugar on Wednesday and Bandari FC fail to beat Tusker then they (K’Ogalo) will be officially crowned champions with four matches to spare ahead of the Mashemeji Derby on Sunday. Leopards will…

Eden Hazard has let Chelsea know he wants to leave for Real Madrid. The 28-year-old has spent seven seasons with the Blues but with just a year left on his contract, the Belgian wants a new challenge. ‘I have made my decision but it is not just about me,’ said Hazard after the goalless draw at Leicester on Sunday. ‘I told the club a couple of weeks ago. ‘I wanted it to be cleared up earlier but that’s not happened. I’m still waiting, like the fans are waiting.’ Having finished third in the Premier League Chelsea are guaranteed Champions League…

Liverpool beat Wolves 2-0 in their final league fixture at Anfield on Sunday but it was not enough to quench their over two decade wait for the big prize. With Manchester City comprehensively beating Brighton 4-1, the Reds Premier League hopes went up in smoke. The Citizens amassed 98 points, one better than Liverpool to retain the title they won last season. But Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp having given spirited a fight never seen before in the title race feels the future is looking better. The Reds still stand a chance of bagging a silverware this season as they are…

Manchester City are the 2018/19 English Premier League champions! The Citizens run riot at Brighton – thumping them 4-1 to retain the title they won last season with 98 points. The Pep Guardiola side became the first team to defend the Premier League crown since 2009. Liverpool finished second with 97 points after beating Wolves 2-0 at Anfield. Read: Ex-Manchester City Star Yaya Toure Officially Quits Active Football Senegalese  forward Sadio Mane scored the two goals. The Reds have kept the pressure throughout the season and were praying for a slip up from Man City to claim their first crown…

Gor Mahia are four points away from retaining their Kenyan Premier League for the third time on the bounce. K’Ogalo put to the sward their closest rivals Sofapaka – beating them 2-0 in an entertaining match played at the Kisumu’s Moi Stadium to inch closer to a record 18th crown. After a barren first half laced with many missed chances, the coach Hassan Oktay’s side went ahead through Samuel Onyango in the second half. The goal was the former Ulinzi Stars forward’s fifth on the trot. Read: How Divock Origi’s Magical Night Against Barcelona Was Brewed 31 Years Ago At…

When Feyenoord face ADO Den Haag, veteran striker, Robin Van Persie will play his last professional game and then hang his boots in what has been an illustrious career. Feyenoord’s boss, Giovanni van Bronckhorst has confirmed the Flying Dutchman’s retirement, ‘He can enjoy the moment on Sunday, a wonderful end to his career.’ The 35 year old joined Arsenal in 2004 having spent five years at Rotterdam and featured in over 270 games before he left for Manchester United in 2012. Van Persie ends his career as the top goalscorer for the Dutch national team with 50 goals in 102…

Paul Pogba’s agent Mino Raiola has been given a three-month ban from football activity by Fifa’s disciplinary committee. Raiola was banned on Wednesday by the Italian Football Federation and Fifa has now extended the sanctions to have “worldwide effect”. The ban begins with immediately and will end after the English summer transfer window closes. Raiola represents various high-profile players including Zlatan Ibrahimovic. The Italian Federation did not give the reasons for the ban but Raiola said it was a sentence “based on false grounds and lies”. In a statement on Thursday, he added: “The ‘Italian Ban’ is not a surprise,…

Former Ivory Coast international Yaya Toure has officially announced retirement from active football. After eight successful seasons with Manchester City, Toure brought an end to his glittering Citizens career at the end of the 2017/18 campaign, and subsequently joined former club Olympiacos in September 2018. The Ivory Coast international’s stint with the Greek outfit was short-lived, though, leaving the club via a mutual agreement three months later, and has not played a competitive match since. The former FC Barcelona star’s agent Dimitry Seluk took to Twitter on Friday to announce his client’s decision to retire, in addition to revealing that…

New kids on the block Madgoat TV or just MGTV are seemingly restless in the live sports broadcast industry and are raring to shake up the status quo. The media company will for the first time stream LIVE on their website, www.madgoat.tv, the SportPesa Shield semifinal matches from the Machakos’ Kenyatta Stadium on Sunday. READ: Mbagathi Hospital On Spot Over ‘Death Tax’ Levied On Mothers With Dead Infants For the past two months of their existence, MGTV has captured the imagination of the industry followers with their High Definition (HD) coverage of matches involving National Super League side Wazito FC. The…

Harambee Stars will play two warm-up matches against Madagascar and Gambia as part of their preparations for the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. The national football team will first take on Madagascar on 7th June before facing Gambia on 15th June in France. Stars will stage a 19-day camp in camp ahead of the biennial continental showpiece which begins on 21st June to 19the July, 2019. The team will depart for Paris, France on 31st May and will be booked at French Rugby Federation, Marcoussis Cedex. Stars are making a return to the AFCON after 15 years while…

Eden Hazard scored the winning penalty as Chelsea edged past Eintracht Frankfurt 4-3 on penalties to set up an all-English Europa League final against Arsenal. Hazard, who could have played his final game for the Blues at Stamford Bridge, converted after Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga had saved from both Martin Hinteregger and Goncalo Paciencia. Chelsea will now meet Arsenal in the final in Baku on 29 May and the result means both the Champions League and Europa League final will be played between English clubs this season. With the score 1-1 after the first leg, Chelsea took the lead in…

Gor Mahia fans realized on Wednesday that the club’s popular Facebook and Twitter pages were nowhere to be found. The handles were the most followed/liked  by any sporting outfit in Kenya and ranked among the best in Africa but all that is now gone. Kahawa Tungu Sports Desk has since gathered that Kevin “KGM” Odhiambo, the club’s assistant Secretary General, took down the handles following a disagreement with a fellow official over inclusion of Winnie Odinga in the communication and marketing department of the club. Gor Mahia never fully owned the social media tools which were created and run by…

Bar any calamity Victor Wanyama will be going to Madrid with Tottenham Hotspur for the Champions League final against Liverpool on 1st June. Spurs pulled a remarkable comeback against Ajax Amsterdam on Wednesday night – beating them 3-2 away to make the final for the first time on away goal’s rule after a 3-3 aggregate scoreline. Wanyama will be going to the Spanish capital nine years after his elder brother McDonald Mariga made a similar trip for the 2010 final with Inter Milan. Mariga became the first East African to win the biggest prize in the European club football after…

Liverpool would probably not have reached this seasons UEFA Champions League final had it not been for an unlikely event involving Kabwe Warriors 31 Years ago. In 1988 Kabwe Warriors met a Kenyan Club called Shabana FC in the Caf Champions Clubs Cup Second Round. Shabana were a big club in Kenya and had just beaten Warriors 1-0 in the first leg in Kenya and were looking forward to the second leg which was to played in Zambia on the 15th of May 1988. The anticipation was too much for Shabana however as they failed to handle the pressure shipping…