Author: Bonface Osano

Kahawa Tungu can reveal that former Kenyan Premier League giants AFC Leopards are courting Zoo FC’s Mike Madoya for a possible transfer to the den. Ingwe have already raided the Kericho based outfit for left full Isaac “Lefty” Kipyegon. They signed him for three-years. Madoya scored 14 times in the just ended KPL season and was nominated for the most valuable player award. He won the award in 2017 on his debut season but failed to secure a big transfer move which usually comes with winning the accolade. Meanwhile, Zoo boss Ken Ochieng’ has allied fears that the club is…

Zoo and Gor Mahia have disagreed over transfer of winger/striker Nicholas Kipkirui. Kip was Friday unveiled as Gor’s player on a four-year-deal but Zoo’s boss Ken Ochieng’ maintains that the deal was done behind his back. The lawyer is now playing hard ball and is refusing to be “bullied” over a player he has natured over eight years. With Gor racing against time to beat Wednesday’s first deadline for registration of players for the CAF Champions League Kip could miss out as Zoo is yet to officially release him. “They can wait for his contract to run out at the…

AFC Leopards have confirmed signing left full back Isaac Kipyegon aka Lefty from Zoo on a three-year-deal. Kip becomes Ingwe’s first official signing this Kenyan Premier League transfer window as they seek to strengthen their squad ahead of next season. The 12-time Kenyan champs have also renewed contracts of three key players including Whyvonne Isuza, Robinson Kamura and Abdalla Salim. Kamura extended his stay by two years while Isuza and Salim each penned new three-year-deals. On Saturday, Ingwe announced Serbian Nikola Kavazovic as their new manager, taking over from Argentine Rodolfo Zapata, who left the den at the end of…

County Government of Siaya will construct a 20,000-seater  ultra-modern stadium in ten months, the Governor Cornel Rasanga has disclosed. Chinese company Jiangsu Provincial Construction Group Company Ltd was awarded the job with Rasanga presiding over contract signing ceremony on Tuesday. The county did not disclose how much the project will cost. When complete, the stadium will seek to increase access for all Siaya citizens to modern sporting facilities required for quality sports talent development and exposure, according to the governor. Read: Whyvonne Isuza Snubs KCB, Commits Future At Leopards By Extending Contract The stadium will also provide international sports arena for major…

Harambee Stars coach Sebastian Migne has named a 30-man provisional squad for next month’s Afcon 2019 qualifying match against Sierra Leone in Nairobi. The Group F match is highly doubtful as the Fifa ban on Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) remains in force. China-based speedy winger Ayub Timbe has been handed a maiden call-up under Migne after missing the last three outings due to suspension. The 26-year-old Beijing Renhe player was given a three-match ban by the Confederation of African Football (Caf) for misconduct in Kenya’s 2-1 loss away to Sierra Leone in the first leg last year. Timbe is…

Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan has filed to end his marriage in an acrimonious divorce battle, demanding DNA tests to ascertain the paternity of his three kids. The Turkey-based superstar filed for divorce from his wife, Gifty Gyan, at the Divorce and Matrimonial Division of the High Court in the Ghanaian capital Accra. In the latest messy divorce battle involving rich Ghanaian footballers, Gyan seems to have accused his wife of infidelity after casting doubt over his role in fathering the three children publicly known as his kids. The 2010 World Cup superstar denied fathering their three children and is demanding…

Maria Brunlehner has been named Kenya’s sports personality for the month of July 2018. The German-based swimmer was in superb form at the Africa Youth Games in Algiers winning three medals; 2 gold in the 50 metres and 100 metres freestyle events and a silver medal in the 50 metres breaststroke. She set a championship record of 26.14 seconds in the 50 metres freestyle and repeated her feat in the 100 metres, where she posted 58.87 seconds. In the 50 metres breaststroke event, she clocked 34.04 seconds, losing out narrowly to Morocco’s Imane Houda El Barodi, who tapped the wall…

Victor Wanyama was totally out of Tottenham Hotspur’s squad for Monday night Premier League loss to Manchester City at Wembley. Algerian winger Riyad Mahrez netted the lone as Spurs tasted their third defeat in ten outings. Wanyama has not played for the Mauricio Puchettino’s outfit since he was pulled out in the 72nd minute in Kenya’s 3-0 win over Ethiopia in the 2019 Afcon qualifiers on 14 October. In the last three games the former Celtic and Southampton midfielder has only managed a bench appearance in 2-2 draw against PSV in the Champions League. Before, he did not totally feature…

LaLiga giants Real Madrid have sacked coach Julen Lopetegui following Sunday’s 5-1 El Clasico defeat to arch rivals Barcelona at Camp Nou. Reserve team coach Santiago Solari is set to assume the hot seat in the meantime as they seek a permanent solution. The Los Bloncos have underperformed under Lopetegui and are currently ninth in the league standings ten matches into the season. The team has only won one of their last seven matches in all competitions and Sunday’s defeat proved the last stroke that broke the camel’s back as the board decided to act. “The Board of directors of…

Kenya’s team to the 2018 Amputee World Cup in Mexico beat USA 2-1 in their second Group B match Tuesday morning. The Amputee Stars put up a determined show to record their first win in the ongoing global tournament despite being reduced to six-men. They had lost 4-1 to Turkey in their previous match. Hosts Mexico, England, Ireland and Uruguay are the other members of the “group of death.” Shockingly, despite the fact that the team is flying the Kenyan flag in a far away land, they were not in the Kenyan colors, instead they were wearing a yellow kit…

Harambee Starlets begun a two-week residential camp Monday ahead of the 2018 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (AWCON) in Ghana next month. 16 players took part in Monday’s training session, with the rest set to join them later. Kisumu All Starlets forward Betha Omita and St Pauls Abwao defender Christine Awuor have been called up in place of Marjoleen Nekesa and Juliet Auma who will be unavailable for selection. Read: Whyvonne Isuza Snubs KCB, Commits Future At Leopards By Extending Contract The team will play a friendly match against an FKF Women Premier League select side on Wednesday, October 31, 2018,…

Gor Mahia and Kariobangi Sharks have been confirmed as Kenya’s representatives in the CAF interclubs next season. According to the latest list released by CAF, Gor will play in the CAF Champions League while Sharks will take part in the Confederation Cup. A total of 110 clubs from across Africa will play in two competitions; 57 in the Champions League and 53 in the Confederation Cup. The competitions will begin at preliminary stage starting 27 November with lowly ranked teams battling it out for places in the first round and eventually the ground stages. Gor Mahia reached the Confederation Cup…

Leicester City have confirmed that their chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and four others died in Saturday’s helicopter crash outside King Power Stadium. The other occupants of the helicopter were two members of his staff Nursara Suknamai and Kaveporn Punpare, pilot Eric Swaffer and passenger Izabela Roza Lechowicz. Witnesses said the helicopter just cleared the King Power Stadium before it spiraled out of control and crashed in a fireball. In a statement the former Premier League champions said that the club’s thoughts were with “the Srivaddhanaprabha family and the families of all those on-board at this time of unspeakable loss”. The club described…

Nakumatt beat Ushuru 2-0 in the Kenyan Premier League promotion playoffs at the Kasarani Stadium Sunday to keep their topflight status. A brace from Joseph Waithera in each half ensured that the retailers won the two legged playoffs on 3-0 aggregate. It was a bitter pill to swallow for Ushuru whose second successive attempt to return to the KPL ended at the playoffs level. The taxmen narrowly missed direct promotion from the National Super League after finishing third behind winners Western Stima and KCB. The playoffs offered them another bite at the cherry against Nakumatt who finished 16th in the…

Shabana FC are back in the National Super League after edging out Mwatate United 7-6 on penalty in the the promotion playoff at the Kasarani Stadium, on Sunday. After a barren first half, Mwatate United’s John Musyoka broke the deadlock a minute after restart but Dennis Nyangwono equalized on the 62nd minute. The ended 1-1 and proceeded straight to penalties. Both sides scored their opening five kicks but Victor Omollo missed for Mwatate in sudden death. Shabana, cheered on by hundreds of fans who travelled all the way from Kisii as well as Dagoretti North MP Simba Arati, converted through Joash…