Author: Bonface Osano

The 2017 Kenyan Premier League most valuable player Michael Madoya aka Kadogo Kabaya has joined Tusker FC for Zoo FC. The length of the contract is yet to be revealed. The deal was inked Tuesday at Tusker’s home in Ruaraka – Naironi. Madoya, who was named the best midfielder, new player and fair play player of the year in the same season said “I am delighted to be at Tusker. It is one of the best clubs in Kenyan history.” The Brewers have won the league title 11 times, one shy of AFC Leopards. Gor Mahia boast the highest number…

Cecafa Senior Challenge 2018 edition will not be played for lack of a host country. Kenya was the designated host but the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) pulled out for lack of finances. Kenya staged and won last year’s edition. The process of changing the Confederation of African Football (CAF) calendar in line with Europe’s has also complicated matters further. In this regard, CAF interclubs 2018-19 season is expected to kick-off in less than a week’s time hence leaving no space for the regional tournament. Read: All Set For Gor Mahia’s Coronation In Kisumu, Raila To Attend However, Cecafa is expected to…

AFC Leopards striker Ezekiel Odera is reportedly forcing his way out of the club less than a month to the new Kenyan Premier League season. To achieve his goal, Odera who signed for Ingwe from City Stars last season is allegedly reporting late for training or sometimes not showing up at all. This has infuriated Ingwe’s new manager Nikola Kavazovic and the Serbian has reportedly ordered for his release. According to close sources, Odera, Ingwe’s top scorer in the 2018 season with 12 goals is on his way to Tusker FC. “The coach now wants the management to release the…

Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge has been charged by the Football Association for allegedly breaching its betting rules in January this year. The 29-year-old is accused of breaking one rule regarding betting on football and one which covers providing information relating to football which is not publicly available. Liverpool’s spokesperson said the player has co-operated fully “throughout this process” and “stated categorically that he has never gambled on football,” according to the BBC. Sturridge ha until Tuesday evening to respond the charge. Read: Confederation Cup – Sharks Confident Ahead Of Maiden Continental Show “As will any issue of this nature, we will…

Opposition Chief Raila Odinga met and discussed “how to elevate African football” with ex-Swiss international Roman Vega at his Capitol Hill office in Nairobi Monday. “He is in the country to familiarize himself with the state of Kenyan football,” a statement from the former Prime Minister’s press office reads. In his heydays, Vega played for among others Grasshoppers, Tottenham Hotspur, Celtic and Watford. The 47-year-old was capped 23 times and featured for Switzerland in the 1996 UEFA Euro. Vega, who studied a degree in banking and financing, ventured into business after quitting football in 2004 at age 33. Read: CAF CL…

Gor Mahia Caf Champions League opponents Nyasa Big Bullets of Malawi will play Tanzanian giants Simba SC in an international friendly on Friday in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. Nyasa, who are fresh from winning the Malawian Super League for the second time on the bounce with five matches to spare will use the build up to sharpen ahead of the 2018-19 CAF Champions League season. The “People’s Team” will face Kenyan champions Gor Mahia in the preliminary round of the championship with the first leg scheduled for 27/28 November 2018 in Nairobi. The winner of the two-legged encounter will face…

Nyayo Stadium will be ready for use by next month, Rashid Achesa, the cabinet secretary for sports has assured Kenyans. Rashid made “an impromptu visit” to the Kenya’s second largest stadium after the Kasarani Stadium on Monday to “inspect the ongoing construction and renovation works.” “I am pleased to report that all the contractors are on site and the stadium will be ready by the end of this month,” he said. Read: Samurai Dethrone Kenya’s Shujaa, Win Safari 7s For close to a year now the 30,000 capacity facility has been closed for the works which were supposed to have been…

Harambee Stars players will soon smile all the way to the bank as they are as good as through to the Afcon 2019. Deputy President William Ruto pledged to reward them with Ksh50 million if they made it to the Cameroon showpiece next year. The decision by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to cancel the Stars’ next match against Sierra Leone Sunday means Kenya joins Senegal, Tunisia and Madagascar as some of the countries that have qualified for the biennial tournament. Sierra Leone Football Association was suspended indefinitely by FIFA for government interference and cannot play international football till…

Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2019 qualifying match pitting Kenya’s Harambee Stars against Leone Stars of Sierra Leone “will not take place”, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has confirmed. The fixture number 114 was scheduled for Sunday at the Kasarani Stadium – Nairobi, Kenya but since the FIFA suspension of Sierra Leone is still in force, the Group F game cannot be staged. “Seeing that Sierra Leone is still under suspension by FIFA, please note that the above mentioned match will not take place,” a circular from the Cairo, Egypt based body to the concerned parties reads. Sierra Leone…

Kariobangi Sharks will tinker less with their squad ahead of their first continental assignment in the CAF Confederation Cup. Head Coach William Muluya is sticking with majority players who earned him his first major silverware in the SportPesa Shield and a ticket to continental football. “We shall first of all stick with what we have,” the youthful coach, who was voted the Kenyan Premier League coach of the year in 2017. Sharks’ philosophy has been to nurture young talents and are not about to rope in veterans as they seek to represent Kenya in Africa where experience is key. “If…

Canada landed ten tries across the Kenya Simbas try line as both sides kicked off their Rugby World Cup Repechage in Marseille. The first half saw The Simbas score two tries through Tony Onyango and Leo Seje Owade with Mukidza adding a successful conversion to Mukidza’s try. Canada on the other hand booted in a penalty kick through Gordy Mcrorie taking an early 3-0 lead. The points seemed to set the momentum for this side as they landed two quick tries through Van Der Merwe and Brett Beaukeboom with one successful conversion. 13 minutes into the match, Canada were leading…

Samurai International are the 2018 Safari 7s champions after beating hosts Shujaa of Kenya 21-14 in the final at RFUEA Grounds Sunday evening. Three converted tries did the magic for Samurai as they dethrone Shujaa for their first glory since 2015 when they won it at Kasarani Stadium. Ruan Mostert, Hugo Stiels and Kurt-Lee Arendse scored for Samurai with Van Angus and Augustine Lugonzo adding the extras to secure the win. Read: Ronaldinho To Face KPL Side Sofapaka In Exhibition Match Johnstone Olindi and Daniel Taabu crossed over for the losing side. Kenya Morans finished third after beating Spain 12-5 while…

Former Gor Mahia coach Frank Nuttall is “very happy” to join Sudanese Premier League side Al Hilal El Obied, after months off the touchline. “I’m very happy to be appointed as Head Coach at Al Hilal El Obeid club in Sudan. The African adventure continues,” the 49-year-old Scotsman posted on Facebook. Nuttall’s Africa journey ended in February this year after leaving Ghana’s Hearts of Oak. He returns to the continent which gave him his first head coach job to steer El Obeid who will be playing in the CAF Champions League next season. Nuttall joined Gor Mahia mid-2014, guiding them…

Harambee Stars skipper Victor Wanyama played the entire length of Tottenham Hotspur’s game away to Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park – South London Saturday. Spurs emerged winners after edging out the hosts 1-0 through Juan Foyth’s second half goal to cement their fourth spot in the Premier League standings. It was Wanyama’s first ninety minutes show for the coach Mauricio Puchettino’s outfit this season. The midfielder is coming from a nagging knee injury and has been steadily working his way back into the starting eleven. Mauricio was pleased with the hard-fought win on the road saying that “the character and…

Two Ugandan players plying their trade with Zambian Super League side Lusaka Dynamos are stranded in the country long after the season ended and are desperate to go home. Defender Yakubu Ramathan cannot travel because the club lost his passport in the process of shifting their physical offices, while goalkeeper Mugabi Yasin’s travel documents have been allegedly held by the club. The two are also owed eight-month salary amounting to $18,000 and are also demanding to be paid their sign on fee of $30,000 per player, according to Rama. “We have been asking them to clear our documents since last…