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Liverpool have signed Ghanaian teen sensation Fatawu Abdul Issahaku on a five-year contract for reported Ksh230 million. The 17-year-old Ghana U-20 international midfielder was contracted to local side Steadfast FC. Fatawu was reportedly minutes away from joining Bayer Leverkusen of Germany, when the Premier League giants turned tables on them by tabling a mouth-watering offer. Read: VIDEO: Buzz As Liverpool’s Mo Salah Arrives In Nairobi The youngster has enjoyed an incredible year, having played an instrumental role in Ghana’s U-20 Africa Cup of Nations triumph in Mauritania. He earned his first call-up for the Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches against…

Kenyan international Jesse Jackson Were has recorded 100 career goals for Zesco United in the Zambia’s top-flight. The 32-year-old former Tusker FC striker achieved the milestone on Sunday when he scored a hat-trick against Kitwe United. Jesse, who has been with the Ndola-based club since 2016, becomes the first Zesco United player to reach the milestone. Read: Ex-Leopards Striker Mark Makwatta Off To Flying Start With Zesco United He attributed the achievement to the support from the club. “I’m grateful for support from all the staff. Scoring 100 goals is not easy but all of you were behind and supporting me,”…

Chelsea won the Champions League for the second time with a fully deserved victory over Manchester City in an all-Premier League confrontation in Porto. Thomas Tuchel got the better of his Manchester City counterpart Pep Guardiola for the third time since succeeding sacked Frank Lampard in January to bring European club football’s biggest prize back to Stamford Bridge for the first time since 2012. Kai Havertz, blossoming after a slow start to his Chelsea career, got the winner three minutes before half-time when he collected a defence-splitting pass from Mason Mount to round City goalkeeper Ederson and score. Read: Man United…

Amidst heavy online criticism over perceived poor workmanship, CS Amina Mohamed has come out to defend Jomo Kenyatta International Stadium, Kisumu – saying it is “world class.” The thirty thousand sitting capacity facility, which which has been under construction over the past seven months, with the work still ongoing, is set to host this year’s Madaraka Day celebration. A photo showing part of the work so far done has in the past days caused an online buzz, with majority having a feeling it does not reflect the artistic impression. “People of Kisumu are obsessed with the word ”international”. Must everything…

David de Gea failed at the end of a marathon penalty shootout as Villarreal dashed Manchester United’s hopes of Europa League glory in Gdansk. This was a disappointing contest lacking in quality and producing only three shots on target across 120 minutes – but drama arrived with the spot-kicks. All 20 outfield players converted their penalties in the longest shootout in a final of any Uefa competition, and in an increasingly tense stadium Villarreal goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli blasted home his effort and then denied De Gea, who was crestfallen at the end. It gave Villarreal a first major trophy in…

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says a Manchester United win over Villarreal in the Europa League final could be a “stepping stone for a big future”. Solskjaer, a Champions League winner with United as a player, has yet to win a trophy since taking charge of the club in 2018-19. “This is a team that we’ve rebuilt in the last few years. Hopefully this is the start of something more,” he said. United have not won a major trophy for four years, but Solskjaer said he was “quietly confident” of beating Villarreal, who finished seventh in Spain’s La Liga in 2020-21. “That’s…

Sergio Aguero is close to joining Barcelona next season, according to Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola. Aguero, 32, will leave Etihad Stadium when his contract expires this summer after scoring 260 goals in 389 games for the club. “Maybe I reveal a secret,” Guardiola told the BBC’s Match of the Day. “Maybe he is close to agreeing a deal for the club of my heart – for Barcelona. “He is going to be playing alongside the best player of all time, Messi.” Read: Barcelona v PSG Highlights Champions League Round of 16 Draw Guardiola added: “I’m pretty sure he is going…

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says Manchester City would not have won the Premier League this season if they had to deal with his side’s injury crisis. Influential centre-backs Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez missed most of the season with knee injuries. Fellow defender Joel Matip, midfielders Fabinho and Jordan Henderson and new signing Diogo Jota were among those to also miss large parts of the campaign. “With our injuries it was not the year to become champions,” Klopp said. Read: VIDEO: Buzz As Liverpool’s Mo Salah Arrives In Nairobi “No chance – for nobody.” “As good as they are, if…

Anthony Joshua has been ordered to defend his WBO heavyweight title against mandatory challenger Oleksandr Usyk after the apparent collapse of his bout with fellow Briton Tyson Fury. Joshua, who also holds the IBF and WBA belts, had agreed to face WBC champion Fury in Saudi Arabia. But an arbitration hearing ruled Fury must first face Deontay Wilder. Joshua’s promoter had been given 48 hours to show why a fight with Usyk should not be mandated. Eddie Hearn requested an extension until Monday to the “show cause” notice in order to “discuss the subject matter and other related affairs” with…

Kenyan Premier League side Mathare United have sacked head coach Salim Ali following a string of poor results. Former Gor Mahia assistant coach Frank Ouna has been tasked with keeping the club a float as they face relegation threat. After 14 games, The Slum Boys are bottom placed with a paltry seven points from a single win, a whooping nine loses and four draws. The 2009 champions managed a 1-1 against fellow bottomers Vihiga United over the weekend, a result that did little to improve their dwindling fortunes. Ouna is returning to football management since parting ways with ambitious, yet…

Former Gor Mahia Football Club treasurer Sally Bollo is among the latest entrants in the race for the Lang’ata Constituency Member of Parliament seat. Bar any hindrances, including the COVID-19 pandemic, Kenya is set for General Election next year, and different aspirants are already jostling for positions. The seat is currently held by Nixon Korir, who is roundly viewed as an outsider, having clinched it narrowly on the ruling Jubilee Party ticket in the last polls. “My commitment to development and engagement of the community will be at the center stage of my candidature,” said Sally, a former bank manager,…

Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane has denied reports he has told his players he is leaving the Spanish giants. Media reports claimed the Frenchman informed his squad a week ago that he would leave at the end of the season. Zidane led Real to a 1-0 win at Athletic Bilbao on Sunday, to take the La Liga title race to the final day. “How could I tell the players I’m leaving now? We’re giving our everything for the title and I just say ‘by the way, I’m off’?” he said. “People outside the club can say whatever they like, but…

Kenyans heeded the call to help raise funds towards former Rugby Sevens coach Benjamin Ayimba’s treatment, collecting a total of Ksh. 5.5 million. President Uhuru Kenyatta and Opposition Chief Raila Odinga each coughed up Ksh. 1 million each, with Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja leading in mobilising support. Speaking to Kenya Rugby Union, Ayimba’s family said the former Shujaa player and coach, who has been in high dependecy unit for weeks now suffering cerebral malaria, has regained conscious, and could soon, if he continues to improve, be discharged for home care. Read: Ex-Shujaa Coach Benjamin Ayimba Admitted In Critical Condition “The medical…

Kenyan volleyballer Abiud Chirchir has secured a move to France’s Grand Nancy Volley-Ball. Chirchir has been featuring for Club Olympique de Kelibia of Tunisia. The 24-year-old Kenyan International played for COK for two seasons, and earned a 4th place finish in the African club championship. Read: Department For Correctional Services Distances Itself From Kenya Prisons Women’s Volleyball Team’s Cairo Outing Chirchir previously played for General Service Unit, GSU before moving to Tunisia in 2019. He has also featured for Rwanda University in the Rwandan league. Email your news TIPS to Editor@kahawatungu.com or WhatsApp +254707482874. You can also find us on Telegram through www.t.me/kahawatungu

Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government Fred Matiang’i on Wednesday hosted Kenya Prisons Athletics and Volleyball Teams to a luncheon. The athletes were part of Team Kenya which showed flashes of brilliance in the just concluded World Athletics Relay Championships in Poland. “Our sports people need motivation. That is the approach we have taken with our athletes from the Kenya Prisons Service, to encourage them surpass themselves in future regional and global competitions,” said the CS. https://twitter.com/FredMatiangi/status/1392451894644285446 They won Silver in the men’s 4x200m race and Bronze in the Mixed 2x2x400m. Kenya Prisons Women’s…