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It is official AFC Leopards have parted ways with Argentine coach Rodolfo Zapata. The former Gaborone United manager thanked the team as he embarked on a new path as he awaits his new pay cheque. https://twitter.com/rolozapata/status/1046366019743350784?s=19 Zapata, who joined Ingwe in June was suspended mid this week by the management following a serious of poor results. Read: Malawi’s Walter Nyamilandu Elected FIFA Council Member As Nick Mwendwa Chickens Out Leopards were bundled out of SportPesa Shield at quarterfinals stage, effectively ending any hopes of bagging any silverware this season. Tusker then rubbed more salt on their would, thumping them 4-0 in…

Malawi FA president Walter Nyamilandu is the new FIFA Council Member for Anglophone group. Walter beat Danny Jordan of South Africa 35/18 in second round voting to emerge victorious. Read: Nick Mwendwa Withdraws From FIFA Council Member Election At Last Minute Football Kenya Federation (FKF) boss Nick Mwendwa and Elvis Chetty of Seychelles, who were also in the race pulled out moments before the vote. The election took place at the Confederation of African Football Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt during the Extraordinary General Assembly meeting on Sunday. The seat fell vacant mid this year following resignation of former Ghana FA boss…

Football Kenya Federation president Nick Mwendwa and his Seychelles counterpart Elvis Chetty withdrew from FIFA Council Member election moments before the vote. This left Danny Jordan of South Africa, Tanzania’s Leodegar Tenga and Malawi’s Walter Nyamilandu to challenge for the seat reserved for anglophone group. Read: D-DAY As FKF Boss Nick Mwendwa Contests For FIFA Council Member Post The election was part of Caf’s agenda for Sunday’s Extraordinary General Assembly at the organization’s headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. Do you have a story you want told? Do you know of a sensitive story you would like us to get our hands on?…

Moi Stadium Kisumu will undergo a Ksh100m facelift, the County Government has pledged. Despite having a playable artificial pitch, the facility lacks many basics like changing rooms, media center, stands among others. “Our facilities are poor and we acknowledge. The pitch at Moi is awful and ugly. That is why we have set aside KSh100m to start the refurbishment of the stadium. The new facility will have a shopping mall, cinema complex and it will not only be exclusive to football. It shall host athletics and volleyball as well as many other sporting disciplines,” Alai Achie, the County’s CEC for…

Football Kenya Federation president Nick Mwendwa will be among five candidates contesting for the FIFA Council Member slot for anglophone group today. The vote takes place during the CAF Congress at Cairo Headquarters, Egypt. Tanzanian Leodgar Tenga, South Africa FA president Danny Jordan, Elvis Chetty from Seychelles and Malawi’s Walter Nyamilandu are the other candidates. The position fell vacant mid this year following resignation of former Ghana FA boss Kwesi Nyantakyi over alleged graft. Kwesi was also the first Vice-president of CAF, a position now held by Nigeria FA honcho Amaju Melvin Pinnick. Mwendwa, a first term FKF president, is…

Gor Mahia will be crowned the 2018 Kenyan Premier League champions for a record 17th time at Kisumu’s Moi Stadium Sunday. Gor were declared champions-lect weeks back with six games to spare and will today be handed over the title which they managed to defend for the second time on the bounce. The elaborate ceremony will start early at 2.00pm with a match against 2008 champions Mathare United which will be broadcasted live on K24 TV and online. KPL title sponsor SportPesa, who are also Gor’s shirt sponsor, have pulled all stops to ensure the event is a success. The…

Kenya’s national women volleyball team got off to the best possible start at the 2018 FIVB World Volleyball Championship with a 3-0 win over Kazakhstan at the 8,000-seater Hamamatsu Arena in Hamamtsu, Japan on Saturday. It was the senior women’s national team’s first ever victory in the global competition, and the second by an African country after Cameroon beat Mexico 3-1 earlier in the day in Yokohama. The first set was the most daunting for Kenya, as they trailed Kazakhstan 2-8 and 13-16 at the first and second technical timeouts respectively before recovering late in the game to win 25-23.…

Two senior Gor Mahia officials openly disagreed in a pan-African football WhatsApp group, Talk Football Africa, over the club’s new accusations. Gor, through the CEO Lordvick Aduda announced signing of Ugandan left back Shafik Batambuze and Kenneth Muguna Tuesday. However, this did not go down well with the Secretary General Ben Omondi, who dismissed the signing of Shafik as “fake news” and work of “cartels.” “Consider the new signing of Ugandan Shafik Batambuze as fake news, and if it happens then it’s the operation of cartels in Gor Mahia whom we have been fighting,” Ben posted on Facebook last evening.…

Ugandan left back Joseph Ochaya has cut links with Zambian Super League side Lusaka Dynamos and is poised to join TP Mazembe of the DRC, according to a Kahawa Tungu source. Ochaya, 25, joined the Lusaka-based outfit in 2017 from Ugandan emerging giants KCCA for a reported transfer fee of $120,000. Five-time African champions TP Mazembe recently signed midfielder Doxa Gikanji from DCMP and prolonged defender Kabaso Chongo’s stay by two seasons. They announced more signings in the coming days as they restructure after being knocked out of the African Champions League at the quarterfinals. The Ravens will also be…

AFC Leopards have suspended head coach Rodolfo Zapata for the remainder of the season, according to sources. The decision was taken Friday following the team’s recent poor form. Tom Juma who was his assistant and team manager Gilbert Selebwa have been tasked to oversee the remainder of the season. The team is set to play Ulinzi Stars and Nzoia United before they close the season. Leopards blew away their only chance of winning a silverware this season after they were bundled out of SportPesa Shield by Sofapaka at the semis Sunday. Read: How Sony Sugar’s Enock Agwanda Celebrated A Brace With…

FKF National Super League side Western Stima has sealed promotion to the 2019 top tier league following a 1-0 win over Coast Stima in a match played on Friday, September 28, 2018, at the Moi Stadium in Kisumu. Junior Mukisa scored the lone goal with only two minutes left on the clock to see the Powermen clock 76 points from 34 matches. KCB also kept their promotion hopes alive when they edged out Green Commandos 2-0 at Camp Toyoyo. Dennis Ng’ang’a struck a 21st-minute free kick, which was aided by a deflection off the guests’ wall, to see the Bankers head to the breather…

Ugandan international Shafik Batambuze and Kenneth Muguna are poised to join Gor Mahia after completing contract talks, the club’s CEO Lordvick Aduda has confirmed. “We are only waiting for the January transfer window to open so that we can register them,” Aduda told Kahawa Tungu. Shafik is a free agent after receiving his release letter from Tanzania’s Singinda United where he last plied his trade, according to Aduda. “Shafik was in Kenya but has since returned to Uganda. He’s expected back next week.” The 24-year-old left back moved to Singida after guiding Tusker to the 2016 Kenyan Premier League title.…

AFC Leopards blew their last chance of bagging a trophy this season after being bundled out of the “SportPesa Shield” by Sofapaka Sunday at the semis. But their manager Rodolfo Zapata will not bury his head in shame as he believes he gave his all and there are positives to be proud of. Apart from failing to clinch any silverware this season, Ingwe have now gone twenty solid years without winning the Kenyan Premier League title. To add more salt to injury, their arch rivals Gor Mahia have continued to enjoy unrivaled success in the field and will be celebrating…

Former Arsenal defender Emmanuel Eboue would like to coach youth team of Ghanaian heavyweights Asante Kotoko. Eboue told a local FM station that he wants to “change the fortunes of Kotoko youth set up” and that he intends to tender in his resume. Kotoko senior team is currently without a coach after parting ways with Samuel Paa Kwesi Fabin who resigned. “I will be very happy if I coach Kotoko’s youth team. That’s my dream. I want to tender in my CV at the club,” the ex-Cote d’Ivoire international said. He added: “I want to change the fortunes of Kotoko…

Spanish giants Barcelona have redesigned their crest in conformity with modern times. The new design, to take effect from next season, is ready and has been approved by the board pending the delegates nod. “FC Barcelona is changing its crest in order to adapt to modern times. Since the design was last updated in 2002, the context, society and technology have changed enormously, and the symbols identified with the club need to evolve too,” the team management said in a statement. According to the management, the most striking changes are an increase in the balance and impact of the team…