Author: Bonface Osano

Chelsea manager Frank Lampard has repudiated reports the club intends to sell injury plagued N’Golo Kanté this summer to finance two transfers. Media reports suggests the North Londoners would use money from Kantè’s sale to fund moves for Bayer Leverkusen’s Kai Havertz and Leicester’s Ben Chilwell, but Lampard maintains nothing could be further from the truth. The player has made 22 appearances in all competitions this season after struggling with injuries. However Lampard, who is unsure whether Pedro and Willian will agree short-term deals to the end of the season, said the 29-year-old France midfielder was in his long-term plans.…

Harambee Stars skipper Victor Wanyama joined the rest of Montreal Impact squad in full training at Centre Nutrilait on Thursday after passing a medical test. https://twitter.com/VictorWanyama/status/1273849500797480961?s=19 The team was given greenlight to commence group training after athering to strict screening process following the guidelines of the Major League Soccer (MLS). “Since Monday, all players passed a medical test and two Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests 24 hours apart, 72 hours before the start of training,” said the club. Montreal Impact are gearing up for resumption of the 2020 MLS season which was suspended in March due to Coronavirus. At the…

Mesut Ozil will play again “when he can give his best,” Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has said. Ozil was excluded from Wednesday’s 3-0 loss away to Manchester City in the Premier League. Probed about the omission, Arteta said it was for “tactical reasons.” But he has now revealed the German World Cup winner will only taste action when he can his best. I’ve been very open with Mesut from day one,” said Arteta. “I thought he was fit and willing and wanted to perform at the level he can do. I think he has played every game with me. “The…

Gor Mahia and AFC Leopards have signed a shirt sponsorship deal with gaming firm Betsafe for a period of three years. The two giants of Kenyan football were last jointly sponsored by another betting firm SportPesa. In the new deal Gor Mahia will pocket Kshs55 million, while Leopards will get Kshs40 million. “We are very proud to announce this new major deal with the Betsafe brand, especially to our fans. For us, this sponsorship means everything, as it gives us a sense of security and work peace to be able to focus even more on becoming the best team in…

Arsenal defender David Luiz has taken responsibility for the team’s 3-0 demolition away to Manchester City on Premier League’s return Wednesday night. Luiz, who came on as a first-half substitute, failed to clear the ball just before half-time and Raheem Sterling fired in City’s opener. The defender was then sent off after pulling back Riyad Mahrez in the second half to give away a penalty, which Kevin de Bruyne coolly slotted in for City’s second. Phil Foden sealed the obliteration with the third a minute into the added time. “It’s not the teams fault, it was my fault,” said the…

Gor Mahia manager Steven Pollack has been belatedly named the KPL coach of the month for February ahead of AFC Leopards’ Anthony “Modo” Kimani. Pollack amassed 10 points, one better than Modo in the month to win the accolade for the third straight time. K’Ogalo started the month by hammering Nzoia Sugar 3-0 before Sofapaka handed them a shock 3-1 beating. They were then held 1-1 by Western Stima before recovering to edge out Zoo and Stima 3-2 respectively. “It’s an honor to get a third award and I am just as pleased as I was when I got my…

Premier League returns tonight since its suspension over Coronavirus pandemic and Kenyan fans are super excited. Two games are on the cards, but the clash between Manchester City and Arsenal is the most anticipated. In the first encounter, which will act as a curtaintaiser, Aston Villa will be home against Sheffield United. Kenyan trends on Twitter has #Arsenal and #MCIARS among the top trends since morning with banter being served in large portions. “We have sufffered without football, as a token of our hard work we get to watch City bamps Arsenal tonight,” reads one tweet. https://twitter.com/harrypinero/status/1273161756915965960?s=19 https://twitter.com/Uga_Daughter01/status/1273120301216391172?s=19 Seen as…

Bayern Munich celebrated in a near-empty stadium after securing an outstanding eighth successive title. Robert Lewandowski chested down Jerome Boateng’s chipped pass to net the winner against Werder Bremen – and seal the league with two games to spare. Bayern’s 11th straight Bundesliga win put them 10 points clear of Borussia Dortmund, who have three games left. Bayern finished the match with 10 men after Alphonso Davies was sent off for two yellow-card offences. Poland striker Lewandowski has scored 31 league goals this season, a tally that equals the single-season scoring record by a foreign player in the league. Pierre-Emerick…

The High Court of Kenya at Mombasa has stopped Sports Dispute Tribunal (SDT) from entertaining proceedings against Football Kenya Federation (FKF) till further notice. The prayers were sought by two petitioners: Gabriel Mugendi and Lilian Nadungu, who want a declaration that the SDT is not an arbitration court as envisaged in the Kenyan constitution. They also want a declaration that the SDT has no powers to hear sports related disputes in respect of leagues and FKF elections. SDT have twice quashed FKF elections and is currently hearing a case challeging the cancellation of the 2019-20 season over Coronavirus. “An interim…

A Norwich FC player who tested positive for the Coronavirus last week has returned negative, the club’s sporting director Stuart Webber has said. The unidentified player was one of two positive tests following 1200 tests across the Premier League. Norwich conducted a private test on the player which returned negative. The player played last Friday’s friendly game against Tottenham which they won 2-1. He is now undertaking a seven-day period of self-isolation, which rules him out of Norwich’s Premier League game against Southampton this Friday. “Luckily the player in question is completely fine, 100 per cent, there’s nothing wrong with…

Ghanaian forward Adam Ibrahim has passed on after drowning in a swimming pool in Denmark. The 20-year-old who joined Hobro IK from third-tier Accra Sporting Club in January on a three-year deal was found unconscious in a swimming pool on Monday. Accra Sporting Club President Fiifi Parker Hanson is quoted by Mohammed Hafiz in a post shared on his Facebook timeline. “I still can’t believe this, it’s just like I did not read the text well. I’m still confused and shocked. An uprising enterprise striker just left without a word,” Hanson wrote. “First and foremost, Adom was somebody who could…

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta says he is “pretty positive” about agreeing a new contract with 30-year-old striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Aubameyang’s current deal runs out in June 2021, and Arteta says the club have to show him why he should stay. “He needs to feel valued, he needs to feel he belongs to us and that we want him,” said Arteta. The Gabon international says whether he signs a new deal is “possibly the most important decision” of his career. The forward has scored 61 goals in 97 appearances for the Gunners since joining from Borussia Dortmund in 2018. Arteta added:…

FIFA and FIFPRO, the World Players’ Union, have reached an agreement to establish the FIFA Fund for Football Players (FIFA FFP), which aims to provide financial support to players who have not been paid and have no chance of duly receiving the wages agreed with their clubs. FIFA has set aside Kshs 1.7billion ($16m) for the fund up to 2022, with this allocation to be divided as follows: USD 3m in 2020, USD 4m in 2021 and USD 4m in 2022, plus a further USD 5m set aside for the retroactive protection of players’ salaries for the period between July…

Arsenal forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has subtly accused the club of the delay in concluding contract talks. The Gabonese will have just one year left on his cureent deal at the end of this year and is reportedly a target of Real Madrid of Spain. Efforts to get him renew his stay have not yielded much and the player is now shifting the blame to the club. “I haven’t had any offers recently, of course, but I did speak to the club quite a few months ago, and they know why nothing has happened yet,” Aubameyang told Téléfoot. Aubameyang is also…

Real Madrid resumed their La Liga campaign by .. boss Zinedine Zidane’s 200th game in charge with a win over Eibar in unusual surroundings. The Bernabeu stadium is being renovated so Real are playing their remaining home games at the Estadio Alfredo di Stefano at their training ground. Toni Kroos ensured there was no settling in period, driving in a brilliant goal after just four minutes. Sergio Ramos and Marcelo scored before half-time in a routine win. The hosts faded badly in the second half, with Marcelo in particular looking dizzy at one point and needing to take on fluids,…