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Qatari moneybags Al Duhail SC have reportedly offered Michael Olunga a staggering Kshs 984 million for his signature. https://twitter.com/aishiterutokyo/status/1346268278251929602?s=19 The Harambee Stars striker is a hot cake after recently emerging top scorer with 28 goals in the Japan’s J-League with Kashiwa Reysol. He was also named the most valuable player for the 2020 season. Olunga recently extended his stay with Kashiwa by one year, but that has not stopped intense speculations over his future. Read: Olunga’s Kashiwa Reysol Loses To FC Tokyo In League Cup Final The former Tusker, Thika United and Gor Mahia player was in action as they lost…

Harambee Stars defender Harun Shakava is unhappy at Zambian Super League side Nkana FC and wants out. Shakava told Kahawa Tungu there are several reasons he wants to ditch the record Zambian champions with nonpayment topping the list. “We haven’t been paid salary for three months now. The management is adamant they don’t have money,” Shakava said from his Kitwe base. Read: Gor Mahia Skipper Harun Shakava Declares Intention To Quit “We have used all means including missing games to put pressure on the management to pay us but nothing has been forthcoming and now I want to leave,” the 27-year-old…

Rwandan coach Andre Cassa Mbungo has been appointed head coach of FKF Premier League side Bandari FC. Mbungo, who previously handled AFC Leopards, was presented to the media Monday morning, promising titles. He also pledged to nurture talents from the Coast region where the club is based. Read: Ken Odhiambo Returns As Bandari FC Coach Bandari, despite enjoying financial stability from their main sponsor, Kenya Ports Authority, have never won the Kenyan league. The team started the current season on a rocky note, winning just two of their last six fixtures. The poor prompted the management to part ways with head…

Michael Olunga’s quest to end a splendid 2020 season with silverware did not materialize as his side Kashiwa Reysol lost 2-1 to FC Tokyo in the J-League cup. Olunga, 26, finished the league as the top scorer with 28 goals, and the Levian Cup glory would have been the icing on the cake. He was also named the J-League most valuable player. Read: Michael Olunga Named Most Valuable Player In Japan Two Brazilians scored for Tokyo in each half to secure their first-ever Levian Cup glory; Leandro in the 16th minute and Adaìlton in the 74th minute. Segawa equalized Leandro’s opener,…

Everton FC manager Carlo Ancelotti has promoted youngster Tyler Onyango to the club’s senior team. Onyango has been featuring for the U23 side from last season but his steady growth has seen him earn promotion to the senior Premier League side. The 17-year-old has played for England at junior levels but is eligible to feature for Harambee Stars since his father is a Kenyan while his mother is from England. Everton’s U23 manager David Unsworth said the starlet is headed for better things in future having worked with him at junior level. “He’s a boy with a big opportunity and,…

Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has been knighted in the Queen’s New Year Honours list. The Briton, 35, sealed a seventh drivers’ title at the Turkish Grand Prix in November – equalling Michael Schumacher’s championships record. Hamilton won his first world title with McLaren in 2008, with further successes in 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019. He clinched a seventh world championship and became the most successful F1 driver ever when he won the Turkish Grand Prix in November 2020. Read: Lewis Hamilton Vows To Increase Number Of Blacks In Motor Racing The Mercedes driver had already surpassed Schumacher’s…

Polish and Locomotive Moscow player Grzegorz Krychowiak is currently holidaying in Kenya. The 30-year-old defensive midfielder shared a photo on his Facebook page while enjoying Magical Kenya at Amboseli National Park. https://www.facebook.com/GrzegorzKrychowiakOfficial/posts/245745233576762 Krychowiak boasts 60 caps for the Eagles, according to Wikipedia, and has featured in both UEFA Euro and the FIFA World Cup. Read: American Singer Ashanti Vacationing In Nairobi (Photos) He won two UEFA Europa League titles with Spanish side Sevilla. Amboseli National Park is known as the home of the African Elephant. It is crowned by Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest peak, and is one of Kenya’s most…

Qatar moneybags Al Duhail SC are reportedly seething to break the bank for Michael Olunga’s signature. Olunga, 26, recently extended his contract with J-League side Kashiwa Reysol by a year. The former Thika United, Tusker FC and Gor Mahia striker emerged top scorer in the league with 28 goals, helping the promoted side to a 7th place finish in the 2020 season. He was named the league’s most valuable player, with FIFA ranking him among “little-known strikers who’ve emerged as scoring sensations in 2020.” https://twitter.com/FIFAcom/status/1343252247166283779?s=19 The player, popularly known as Engineer, currently has a market value of Ksh127 million. Al…

Gor Mahia and trouble are like craniopagus siamese twins. Just after being clobbered 6-0 by Algeria’s Belouizdad in the African Champions League on Boxing Day, more problems seem to be following Kenya’s most successful club off the field. Information faltering in from the camp indicates they could miss return flight scheduled for 3.00pm over a pending hotel bill of around Kshs 500,000. Speaking anonymously from Algiers, a member of the technical team decried the embarrassing situation which is affecting the team’s performance. “When will all these negative side shows end? It’s really affecting us, something has to be done, not…

Gor Mahia’s doubtful trip to Algiers, Algeria for African Champions League round one first leg game against CR Belouizdad took off early Christmas morning from Nairobi. According to latest update from the club, the team touched down Doha, Qatar and are waiting to connect a flight to Algiers where they are expected to arrive by 3.00pm Kenyan time. The game that was book for Wednesday but was rescheduled on Gor Mahia’s request due to lack of commercial flights to the North African nation will be played Saturday at 22.30pm. A total of 18 players made the journey, excluding skipper Kenneth…

Nairobi City Stars coach Sanjin Alagic is on the spot for allegedly calling Vihiga United players “Black Monkeys.” According to Vihiga’s coach Sammy Okoth, the incident occured at half time during their Kenyan Premier League game at Utalii Grounds on Wednesday. “He shouted to my players calling the Black Monkeys and even the fourth official heard him,” Sammy told Goal.com. Read: Vihiga United Kick Kisumu All Stars Out Of Premier League “We wanted to boycott the game but he (fourth official) convinced us to play stating he has captured the incident,” he added. City Stars have immediately swung to the defence…

Harambee Stars striker Michael Olunga has been named the most valuable player in the 2020 Japanese J-League season. The former Tusker FC, Thika United and Gor Mahia player emerged top scorer with 28 goals for his side Kashiwa Reysol. Kashiwa Reysol finished 7th in the league in their first season after gaining promotion. Read: AFCONQ; Michael Olunga Out As Comoros Team Arrives (Photos) It is the second time the 27-year-old striker is being named most valuable player after bagging the same accolade with Gor Mahia in 2015 when they won the Kenyan Premier League unbeaten. In the season Olunga scored 19…

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta says he has no plans to walk away from his job and feels he has the support of the club. The Gunners have failed to win any of their past seven Premier League games, losing five and drawing two, as they have dropped to 15th in the table. “I don’t like to think about those steps [walking away] because then I will be thinking in a negative way and I cannot do that,” said Arteta. “At the moment, I have to try to be as positive as I can.” Read: Edu: Arsenal Have “Beautiful” Future With Arteta,…

Harambee Stars defender Joseph has been named “Breakthrough Player of The Season” by his club IF Elfsborg of Sweden. Okumu, 23, was instrumental in IF Elfsborg’s second place finish in the Swedish top flight as he broke into the first eleven in his first season. “It’s an honour,” the former Chemelil Sugar FC plyer said declaring the season an “amazing” one. Read: Harambee Stars Defender Joseph Okumu Survives Scare With Elfsborg To Maintain Unbeaten Run In Sweden Okumu equally made his Harambee Stars breakthrough this year, featuring in almost all of the national team’s competitive games. The player moved to Sweden…

Wayne Rooney’s son is following in his father’s footsteps by signing for Manchester United. Kai, 11, was pictured alongside his dad and mum Colleen putting pen to paper on a contract at the Old Trafford club. Wayne – who played for United from 2004 until 2017 – wrote on Instagram: “Proud day. Kai signing for Man Utd. Keep up the hard work son.” https://twitter.com/WayneRooney/status/1339665931581140993 Kai was also pictured holding up a United shirt with the number 10 on the back – the same number his dad wore. Former England international Wayne is United’s all-time leading scorer with 253 goals…