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Gor Mahia lost 4-0 to Everton in a historic high profile friendly played at Goodison Park Tuesday night. The match marked the first time an African club played an English side in the UK and was attended by among others former Prime Minister Raila Odinga. Two first half goals from Ademola Lookman (16) and Kiern Dowell (23) and another two in the second stanza from Nathan Broadhead (87) and Oumar Niasse (88) sealed the night for the Toffies. Everton fielded a strong side including the likes of Phil Jagielka, Marrtten Stekelenburg and Yerry Mina. Read: Full House In Ethiopia As All…

Shafik Batambuze will debut for Gor Mahia in tonight’s high profile friendly against Premier League side Everton at Goodison Park. K’Ogalo manager Dylan Kerr has released his starting team which includes the Ugandan left back who recently joined the club. In the absence of Rwandan forward Jacques Tuyisenge, Kerr has preferred Burundian Mustafa Francis in the attacking role alongside George Odhiambo and Samuel Onyango. Tuyisenge, who scored in the first leg of the encounter which was staged in Tanzania in July last year, failed to secure a visa to the UK. The historic match which kicks-off at 10 pm local…

Kisumu All-Stars today received a boost in their preparation for the 2019 Football Kenya Federation National Super League (NSL) after Silverstone Air donated Ksh 1,000,000 to the club. The airline Marketing Manager Patrick Oketch delivered the cheque to Kisumu Governor Mathews Owili and the county minister for Sports Achie Alai. Oketch said the company will continue to assist the club in different ways and other sports in the region. Read: KPL Transfers – Burundian Karim Nizigiyimana’s Future Explained All-stars becomes the second club to benefit from the domestic airline after it sponsored Kisumu RFC in the 2017/2018 championship at a tune…

Football Kenya Federation President Nick Mwendwa has called on Government to offer more financial backing ahead of the upcoming assignments involving the Harambee Stars, Harambee Starlets as well as the Emerging Stars. This as he confirmed that the Starlets will be taking on Ghana in an International friendly match on Wednesday, November 7, 2018, at the MISC Kasarani, before the team jets out for the Africa Women Cup of Nations. “We will have three teams in camp (Harambee Starlets, Harambee Stars, and the Emerging Stars) at around the same time, which comes along with a Ksh83 Million financial obligation,” said the FKF…

Arsene Wenger is reportedly set to be appointed as AC Milan manager, his first role since departing Arsenal at the end of last season. According to sources, the Frenchman, who spent over two decades in charge of the Gunners, will replace Gennaro Gattuso at the San Siro. Gattuso has been in charge of the Rossoneri for just under a year. He oversaw a sixth-place finish in Serie A last term, and after 11 matches of 2018-19, Milan sit fourth. Milan’s recent form has been good, with three victories in a row propelling them into the UEFA Champions League qualification spots. The 69-year-old…

Football Kenya Federation has waived gate charges for the upcoming international friendly match pitting the Kenya women national football team, the Harambee Starlets, against their Ghanaian counterparts, the Black Queens. Set to be played on Wednesday, November 7, 2018, at the MISC Kasarani starting at 4 pm, the match will be the first high profile friendly for the Starlets since the team kicked off preparations for the upcoming Africa Women Cup of Nations. The Black Queens had earlier on Sunday, November 4, 2018, jetted into the country for the friendly, with their coach Hayford Bashuri noting that the match will be a good build…

Kenya’s opposition chief Raila Odinga and former Nairobi Governor aspirant Peter Kenneth will watch the historic friendly between Everton and Gor Mahia at Goodison Park Tuesday. Odinga who is also Gor Mahia patron will be joining the team in Liverpool today. He is expected to land in Manchester at 11.20am (2.20pm Kenyan time). As confirmed by SportPesa Assistant Manager of Partnerships Liz Muragu, the former PM will be accompanied by SportPesa CEO Ronald Karauki and Permanent Secretary Kirimi Kaberia and former Football Kenya Federation and seasoned politician Peter Kenneth. “The former Prime Minister, SportPesa CEO Ronald Karauri, PS Kirimi Kaberia and…

The categories for the CAF Awards 2018 have been concluded after a meeting by the Organising Committee for the event in Dakar, Senegal last week. They are as follows;  1. African Player of the Year 2. Women’s Player of the Year 3. Youth Player of the Year 4. Men’s Coach of the Year 5. Women’s Coach of the Year 6. Men’s National Team of the Year 7. Women’s National Team of the Year 8. Goal of the Year 9. Africa Finest XI 10. Ydnekatchew Tessema Trophy for the Federation President of the Year 11. Platinum Award The winners for the…

Gor Mahia are currently engaging Karim Nizigiyimana in a bid to have his contract which is ending in January renewed, the club’s Chief Executive Officer Lordvick Aduda has confirmed. Aduda has also disclosed that the player’s name was not registered with Caf for Champions League football next season but they intend to do so once the contract talks have matured. Caf offered an extension for the free registration of players to Thursday this week. “I can confirm that we have started renegotiating Karim’s new contract. The player is willing to stay and has told us as much and we are…

Fifa intermediary Ronald Santos has rebuffed media reports that his client Erisa Ssekisambu has double signed. The 23-year-old forward recently moved to Kenyan Premier League heavyweights Gor Mahia on a two-year-contract and his name was among those forwarded to Caf for Champions League football next season. But on Sunday, reports emerged that the former Vipers SC player had also signed for Indian topflight side Real Kashmir Football Club in a fraudulent deal. Santos has since refuted the claims saying that his client was duly signed by K’Ogalo with all procedures followed and backed up by the necessary paperwork. He further…

Ghana’s Black Queens arrived in the country Sunday ahead of their friendly against hosts Harambee Starlets slated for Wednesday at the Kasarani Stadium. The team jetted in from Zambia where they played their first international warm-up against the She-Polopolo – losing 3-2 Saturday. The two will use the build-up to sharpen ahead of the 2018 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (Awcon), starting 17 November to 1 December 2018 in Ghana. Queens’ coach Heyford Bashuri said that they chose to play Kenya because of their good relationship and to gauge the standards of women football in East Africa. “We opted to…

Nicola Kavazovic has arrived in the country to begin work as the head coach of former Kenyan Premier League giants AFC Leopards. Leopards announced that they had engaged the Serbian as their new manager on 27 October 2018. https://twitter.com/AFCLeopards/status/1056160889735430144?s=19 In a short tweet Sunday morning, the 12-time KPL champions confirmed that the 43-year-old had jetted into the country. https://twitter.com/AFCLeopards/status/1058964717870477312?s=19 The ex-Township Rollers’ gaffer succeeds Argentine coach Rodolfo Zapata, who left the club at the end of 2018 calender season. His immediate task will be to prepare the team for next season beginning early December. Do you have a story you…

Kenya Simbas went down 36-5 to Romania in a pre-repechage friendly match played in Bucharest on Saturday November 3, 2018. Romania ran in five tries in the first half which included a penalty try to lead 29-5 before adding one more two minutes into the second half. Winger Willy Ambaka scored Kenya’s unconverted try. The match will have no effect on ranking as it was not a full test with Romania featuring the A side. Kenya was using the match against Romania A as a warm-up for repechage tournament that kicks-off next Sunday in France. Germany, Canada and Hong Kong are…

Five days after hitting camp for the Africa Women Cup of Nations (AWCON), Harambee Starlets may be forced to break camp due to lack of money. The government is yet to release any of the Sh43 million required to facilitate the team’s training and participation. According to Kahawa Tungu sources, the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) is getting frustrated and is contemplating calling off the camp. Starlets are scheduled to play warm-ups against neighbors Uganda and the tournament’s hosts Ghana but all that will depend on availability of the needed support. Kenya was pooled in Group B alongside defending champions Nigeria,…

Al Ahly beat Esperance de Tunis 3-1 in the Caf Champions League final first leg at Borg El Arab Stadium – Alexandria, Egypt Friday night to inch closer to elusive ninth title. The game had historic significance as the controversial VAR technology was applied for the first time in Africa. Algerian referee, Abid Cheref Mehdi, who was tasked with the historic moment awarded three penalties with the VAR confirming all but still there were murmurs. The first went Ahly’s way with Walid Soliman converting for the opener in the 34th minute for a slim 1-0 lead at the breather. Esperance…