Author: Bonface Osano

Agent of Gor Mahia forward Jacques Tuyisenge is demanding a whopping Ksh800,000 monthly salary from Tanzanian side Yanga SC before he can consider a move for him, according to reports. The amount is more than triple Ksh250,000 the Rwandan international is currently pocketing at Gor Mahia per month. Yanga, who recently elected Dr Mbette Msindo Msola as their new chairman, are seeking to bounce back after close to two seasons of Simba dominance and have identified Tuyisenge as of their key signings for next season. The player’s agent Patrick Gakumba was quoted by Spoti Xtra saying that the amount he…

Despite being the most successful club and arguably the biggest sporting brand in the country, Gor Mahia are nothing close to being financially independent. In a shocking revelation over the weekend, the club’s chairman, Ambrose Rachier, disclosed that the Kenyan Premier League side is chocking in debt amounting to Ksh105.5 million. Rachier spoke to a local vernacular radio station, Radio Ramogi, on Saturday. According to a financial breakdown the city lawyer provided, Gor Mahia’s revenue streams provided Ksh111.8 million in the past one year against a budget of Ksh217.3 million. International travel cost stood at Ksh72 million while salaries took…

Liverpool are into their second successive Champions League final after overcoming Barcelona with a stunning second-leg fightback on an epic night at Anfield. Roared on relentlessly by their fans, the Reds produced an incredible all-action display to claw back and then ultimately overturn their 3-0 deficit from the Nou Camp with an unanswered four-goal salvo in thrilling style. It is the first time since 1986 – when Barcelona knocked out Gothenburg in the old European Cup – that a team have recovered a three-goal first-leg deficit to win a semi-final in this competition. Divock Origi started the unlikely revival, tapping…

Football Kenya Federation (FKF) has imposed sanctions on three Kenyan Premier League (KPL) referees after a review of questionable decisions and two National Super League (NSL) referee for misconduct. Ref Joshua Achilla has been handed a three-match ban for two wrong offside calls during the Mashemeji Derby on 9th February 2019 and denying Ulinzi Stars a goal against Sofapaka. Hosea Omondi will equally miss three league games having been found guilty of not sending off Gor Mahia’s goalkeeper, Shaban Odhoji, for denying Sony Sugar FC a goalscoring opportunity by a deliberate handball outside the penalty area Meanwhile, he sent off…

Eliud Kipchoge will attempt to break the two-hour marathon barrier in the Ineos 1:59 Challenge later this year, the BBC reports. The Kenyan, 34, holds the world record of two hours one minute 39 seconds but this attempt would not be an official record as he will be assisted by in-out pacemakers. He clocked 2:00.25 in a similar unofficial event in Italy in 2017. The location and date for the challenge is yet to be confirmed, but it will take place in September or October. “I always say that no human is limited,” said Kipchoge, who won the London Marathon…

Chelsea have agreed a permanent transfer for Kylian Hazard to Belgian topflight side Cercle Bruges. Kylian, 23, is younger brother of Chelsea attacking midfielder Eden Hazard. He joined the Blues from Hungarian side Ujpest in the summer of 2017, making 11 appearances for our development squad last season, including a goal scoring debut against Swansea City. Hazard has spent the current campaign on loan in his homeland’s top flight with Cercle Bruges, scoring four goals in 21 appearances in all competitions, and will make the move permanent when the summer transfer window opens. Read Also: Defending Champions Chelsea Exit FA…

Bandari FC manager Bernard Mwalala has given up the Kenyan Premier League title chase admitting that it is now a long shot for his side. He was speaking after battling to a barren draw against Posta Rangers on Sunday at the Kenyatta Stadium, Machakos. The draw left Bandari 11 points off leaders Gor Mahia who were also frustrated to a similar scoreline by Western Stima in Kisumu. “It’s almost impossible to win the league now,” said Mwalala, who at the beginning of the season was riding high with the Dockers and were touted as one of the hot favorites to…

Dennis Oliech has been ruled out for the remainder of the current Kenyan Premier League season with a fractured left arm. The Gor Mahia striker sustained the injury during their Sunday’s league outing against Western Stima which ended in a barren draw at the Moi Stadium, Kisumu. Oliech had to be rushed to the hospital in the second half after an aerial duel with a Stima player left him writhing in pain on the flow with a fractured arm. Read: Is Dennis Oliech The Bad Apple At Gor Mahia? The injury which is estimated to take bout six weeks to…

Caster Semenya has reiterated that she is not quitting athletics any soon despite losing a landmark case against IAAF over testosterone levels. Speaking after winning Doha’s IAAF Diamond League meet on Friday, the 28-year-old South African said that “I am never going anywhere.” Semenya challenged IAAF rules designed to limit testosterone levels in female runners but the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) rejected her appeal. Actions speak louder than words,” Semenya told BBC Sport. “When you are a great champion, you always deliver. “It’s up to God. God has decided my life, God will end my life; God has…

Hellen Obiri continued her strong racing momentum with a sensational 3000m performance to highlight track action at the Doha 2019 IAAF Diamond League meeting in the Qatari capital on Friday (3). Obiri, who took a dramatic victory at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships Aarhus 2019 just over a month ago, waged and ultimately won a fierce last lap battle with 1500m world record holder Genzebe Dibaba en route to an 8:25.60 triumph. “The final lap was very tough but I’ve always posted a good result in the final 100 metres,” said Obiri, who displayed brute strength over the final…

Guinean international Naby Keita first season with Liverpool is done! The 24-year-old midfielder has been ruled out with groin injury, the Reds boss Jurgen Klopp has confirmed. Naby picked the injury, which will see him out for two months, in the 19th minute of their Champions League semis loss to Barcelona on Wednesday night. It means the former RB Leipzig man is set to miss the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt in June/July. Klopp said: “Naby is really unlucky. It is bad news, unfortunately. It is an adductor injury and he has ruptured a tendon. Read: Gor Mahia…

Leeds striker Patrick Bamford has been handed a two-match ban by the Football Football Association for cheating referee. Bamford was found guilty of “successful deception of a match official” in their match against Aston Villa which ended in a draw. The player went down as though he had been hit in the face by Anwar El Ghazi after Leedds’s opener. Replays showed Villa’s Dutch winger had made no contact with the head of the 25-year-old. El Ghazi was sent off but had the red card rescinded on Tuesday. Bamford will miss Sunday’s Championship trip to Ipswich and the first leg…

Lionel Messi’s free-kick against Liverpool on Wednesday night set ablaze the internet. The goal was not only the Barcelona forward’s 600th club goal but also a masterclass against an on form Liverpool – cementing his status as one of the greatest footballer ever. It was his second of the night as they recorded a convincing 3-0 win in the Champions League semifinals fixture. A day after, somewhere in Eastern Kenya, specifically at Kenyatta Stadium, Machakos, KCB left back Bolton Omwenga delivered an equally spectacular strike, almost better than Messi’s in a Kenyan Premier League match against Gor Mahia. Read: Mount…

Everton Football Club will travel to Nairobi, Kenya to take on Kariobangi Sharks FC in the first 2019 pre-season friendly announced by the Club. The game will take place on Sunday 7 July (kick off TBC) at the Kasarani Stadium, Nairobi. Kariobangi Sharks FC are winners of the 2019 edition of the SportPesa Cup which took place in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, in January. Their 1-0 win over Bandari FC gave them regional supremacy and the opportunity to play the Blues. Read: Top Gor Mahia Football Club Official on the Spot over Financial Fraud The game against the Kariobangi Sharks FC marks Everton’s…

AFC Leopards have this afternoon benefitted from free three points and two goals after Nzoia Sugar failed to show up at Bukhungu Stadium, Kakamega for a Kenyan Premier League match. The early kick-off match was to start at 1.00pm to give way for a second fixture pitting Kakamega Homeboyz against Tusker FC at the same venue, but 30 minutes later there were no signs of Nzoia arriving prompting match day officials to give a walkover. The walkover is the second this season after financially crippled Mount Kenya United dished out the first to Gor Mahia last week. Nzoia fialed to…