Author: Bonface Osano

Gor Mahia put aside Sunday’s disappointment to thump Sofapaka 3-0 in a rescheduled Kenyan Premier League match played at a bumpy Narok Stadium Wednesday. K’Ogalo now need two points from remaining seven games to be declared the 2018 KPL champions on the bounce. The team lost a crucial CAF Confederation Cup match against Rayon Sports at the Kasarani Stadium on Sunday and needed to bounce back ahead of the Mashemeji Derby on Saturday. Coach Dylan Kerr overhauled the side that went down 2-1 to the Rwandans, giving a second string outfit a chance to showcase their talent and they did…

Ghana’s Black Stars coach Kwesi Appiah has summoned a 21-man squad for the Afcon 2019 qualifier away to Kenya without the iconic skipper Asamoah Gyan. Gyan, 32, is the Black Stars’ all-time top scorer with 51 goals. He’s also Africa’s leading scorer at the World Cup with six goals. Appiah is molding a young team as a long term strategy and is reportedly preparing Inter Milan midfielder Kwadwo Asamoah for the captainship. Gyan, who plies his trade in Turkey with Konyaspor, played in Ghana’s 5-0 thumping of Ethiopia in their opening group qualifier but has struggled with injuries in the…

Arsenal has maintained that they will not be held at ransom by Aaron Ramsey’s huge wage demand to sign a new contract. The Welsh international has one year left on his £110,000 per week deal at Emirates and is yet to commit to a new contract. It is understood that the midfielder wants a huge pay cheque to commit to the club. The Gunners were able to tie German playmaker, Mesut Ozil with a £350,000 per week deal and Ramsey’s agent believe they can pull a big deal for him. Despite Arsenal’s reluctance to give in to the midfielder’s demands,…

Clarence Seedorf has dropped China-based players including captain Benjamin Moukandjo for his first squad as Cameroon coach. As well as Moukandjo, who plays for Beijing Renhe, striker Christian Bassogog from China’s Henan Jianye misses out. The duo were key to Cameroon winning the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations title in Gabon. “Good young players don’t compete in China or in Asia,” Seedorf said. “Players must understand that if they go after more lucrative contracts, then they forfeit their chances of playing in the national team. “But we’re not closing the door on anyone, we want disciplined and hardworking players and…

Former England captain, David Beckham has been awarded this year’s UEFA President’s Award. The award which was given by UEFA President’s Aleksander Ceferin recognizes outstanding footballers from Europe for their immense contributions and quality to the game. Beckham, 43, played 762 games for both club and country in a career that spanned 20 years. The midfielder played for Manchester United, Real Madrid, Los Angels Galaxy and Paris Saint-Germain Read: Geoffrey Kamworor Bags Sports Personality Of The Month Award for April He won the UEFA Champions League with the Red Devils in 1999 and is the first English player to appear 100-times…

Sony Sugar’s Enock Agwanda “Jowi” has been named the Kenyan Premier League player of the month for July. The burly striker netted two and assisted two goals to pick the top monthly gong against teammate Tobias Omondi and goalkeeper Faruk Shikalo of Bandari. For his efforts, the former Sofapaka, Gor Mahia and Bandari forward, went home Ksh. 100k richer and also won himself a 49’ LG TV and a beautiful trophy. He also earned his teammates Ksh. 50,000 as football is a team sport. Agwanda rejoined his boyhood club midseason after a troubled one or so seasons away with Bandari…

Rumors are rife that key members of Gor Mahia’s playing unit went out partying all night on the eve of their crucial CAF Confederation Cup game against Rayon Sports Sunday. Four players are said to have sneaked out of camp at Sports View Hotel, Kasarani Saturday and drunk the night away at nearby Club Switch till early morning Sunday. Two other players are believed to have brought ladies into their rooms ahead of the Group D match that ended 2-1 in favor of the visitors at Kasarani Stadium. This serious distraction was reportedly aided by Gor’s management failure to send…

Goals from James Milner and Sadio Mane gave Liverpool victory at Crystal Palace in the first Monday night match of the season. Palace were unlucky not to take the lead when Andros Townsend’s shot from distance smashed against the crossbar. But in the last minute of the first half Mohamed Salah was brought down by Mamadou Sakho and Milner converted his 13th successful Premier League spot-kick. Alisson saved from Luka Milivojevic and Wilfried Zaha and Palace’s search for an equaliser became harder when Aaron Wan-Bissaka was shown a straight red card for fouling Salah when through on goal. Read: Manchester City Abandon Nike For Lucrative Puma…

Menengai Cream Homeboyz RFC won the third round of the Stanbic Bank National Sevens Circuit, beating Top Fry Nakuru 19-7 in the George Mwangi Kabeberi Memorial Sevens Cup final at the Kenyatta Stadium on Sunday 19 August 2018. Captain Leonard Mugaisi was first on the scoreboard as he landed a center post try for the DJz with Olindi adding the twos. Nakuru’s Nelson Oyoo was quick to spot a gap and swing through it equalizing the scores as Donald Aluoch kicked in the conversion. Second half saw Alvin Otieno and Johnston Olindi land a try each with Olindi converting his…

AFC Leopards will approach the next Mashemeji Derby on a winning note after beating Thika United 2-0 in the Kenyan Premier League at Thika Municipal Stadium Saturday. Two second half goals from Nigerian import Alex Orotomal and red hot Ezakiel Odera sealed the fourth win on the trot for the coach Rodolfo Zapata’s charges and keep them in contention for runners-up finish in the league. Ingwe’s next outing will be against their arch rivals and runaway league leaders Gor Mahia in the ever explosive Mashemeji derby on 25 August at Kasarani Stadium. Meanwhile, Gor still have two fixtures before the…

Zesco United forward Lazarus Kambole scored the fastest hat-trick in the African Champions League to steal the limelight as the penultimate round fixtures concluded across Africa. Record eight-time champions Al Ahly of Egypt joined TP Mazembe, Esperance de Tunis, defending champions Wydad Casablanca and Etoile du Sahel in the quarterfinals. The Red Devils made the knockout as the only side from the round after edging out regional rivals Esperance de Tunis away by Walid Azaro’s lone goal in the Group A tie. Anas Al Asbahi’s 56th minute rocket complicated progression chances of Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa as Wydad…

Kenyan giants Gor Mahia hosts Rayon Sports of Rwanda in the CAF Confederation Cup Group D rematch at Kasarani Stadium Sunday with eyes fixed on making the quarter-finals. Gor are buoyed by an impressive domestic run that has seen them ward off competition for the Kenyan Premier League title and will be gunning to replicate the good form against the troubled Rwandan outfit. A point from the tie will see Gor, who are the group leaders, make history as the first ever Kenyan club to qualify for the round of eight in any of the CAF interclub competitions in…

Women football like in many African countries is a new but exciting “in thing” in Kenya and it is spreading like wild fires across the country. The nation’s attention was aroused two years back when Kenya’s women’s senior team, Harambee Starlets, defied all odds to qualify for the Africa Women Cup of Nations for the very first. Regionally, the ladies have also been doing well, finishing runners-up in the 2016 Cecafa Women’s Championship in Uganda. This year’s edition of the tournament in Rwanda was nonetheless relatively low key for the Starlets for other reasons but not lack of talents.…

In a rare show of unity in the face of perceived oppression, three Uganda Cranes players have openly added their voices to the call for opposition figure Bobi Wine to be set free. Bobi, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, was arrested in Arua, Western Uganda Tuesday after clashes broke out on Monday during campaigning for a by-election. Kyagulanyi’s driver was shot dead in the violence. The 36-year-old Member of Parliament was reportedly brutality beaten while in detention before being charged before a military court on Thursday with unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition. His plight attracted so…

Kenyatta University student Eliud Lokuwam Nanok became the first Turkana to play and score for Gor Mahia in the Kenyan Premier League. Lokuwam, who came on as a second half substitute, delivered K’Ogalo’s lone goal against a stubborn relegation threatened Chemelil Sugar at Nakuru’s Afraha Stadium Thursday. The win saw the run-away league leaders go 17 points clear at the apex of the KPL table standings with only five points separating them from defending their title. It also extended Gor’s unbeaten league record against the millers to 17 games. The third-year Economic Finance student, who has been used sparingly by…