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Chelsea star Callum Hudson-Odoi has been arrested after an alleged row with a model. The England international, 19, was arrested by Metropolitan Police in the early hours of Sunday morning at his West London apartment after officers investigated a call from the woman in question. Hudson-Odoi was arrested by officers and taken into custody. A spokesperson for the Met Police said: “Police and London Ambulance Service were called at 03:53hrs on Sunday 17 May to a report of an unwell woman.” Hudson-Odoi has been spending lockdown at home, with professional football in England suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic. He…

Basketball legend Michael Jordan’s autographed trainers from 1985 sold for a record Kshs 60million in an online auction. The Nike Air Jordan 1s, worn by Jordan during his rookie season with the Chicago Bulls, were expected to fetch around Kshs 16million at Sotheby’s. The previous record was Kshs 48million for a pair of Nike’s 1972 Moon Shoes. Jordan wore mismatched trainers, with the left a size 13 and the right a size 13.5. The Air Jordan 1s were sold by Jordan Geller, who founded the trainer museum Shoezeum in Las Vegas. The sale coincided with a Netflix documentary – The…

Former Ikolomani MP Boni Khalwale has endorsed Nicholas Musonye’s bid to lead Football Kenya Federation (FKF) saying “he will fix our football.” Khalwale aligns himself with the Tangatanga wing of the ruling Jubilee Party which supports Deputy President William Ruto. https://twitter.com/KBonimtetezi/status/1261570438100115457?s=19 In declaring his intention to challenge for the FKF presidency Friday, Musonye, who formerly served as the Secretary General of Cecafa, said he was pushed by stakeholders to come rescue Kenyan football. Before leaving Cecafa last year, the 55-year-old former journalist with the Nation Media Group, announced he would vie for Kakamega County governorship come 2022 general elections. Khalwale…

Kenya leg of the 2020 World Rally Championships which was scheduled for July has been postponed to next year due to the Coronavirus. The decision was taken after consultations between the government of Kenya, WRC promoter and the International Automobile Association (FIA). Safari Rally made a return to the global map last year after 17 years in the cold. Kenya is among the worst hit countries in the East African region with over 700 Coronavirus cases. Sports CS Amina Mohamed, while thanking President Uhuru Kenyatta, who’s the Safari Rally patron for continued support, assured that preparations for the meet will…

Immediate former Cecafa General Secretary Nicholas Musonye has announced intentions to challenge for Football Kenya Federation (FKF) presidency. Musonye, while leaving the regional football body last year said he would challenge for the Kakamega County Governorship position come 2022 general elections. But on Tuesday, the 55-year-old in a change of heart announced that he had been asked by stakeholders to lead Kenyan football. “My intentions after retiring from Cecafa was to stay away from football but when stakeholders come looking for you even at your house, then it means something is wrong somewhere and needs to be fixed, we will…

UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin claims Ligue 1’s decision to cancel their season “was premature” as “things can improve a lot”. The French competition became the first of Europe’s top five leagues to take the extreme measure amid the coronavirus pandemic. Authorities have settled on final league standings which ensures qualification for European competitions are honoured. The Bundesliga returns this weekend while Premier League continues with its own plans to restart which were given the green light by the government. And while Ceferin concedes the decision in France was enforced by their government, he feels as if they make have acted…

Augsburg head coach Heiko Herrlich will miss the Bundesliga restart after breaching quarantine rules by leaving the team hotel to buy toothpaste. Herrlich, whose side face Wolfsburg on Saturday, told a news conference on Thursday that he had visited a shop, breaking league rules. Teams preparing for the German league to restart this weekend have been staying in quarantine. “I made a mistake by leaving the hotel,” he said in a statement later. Herrlich, 48, was appointed on 10 March and the home match with Wolfsburg was set to be his first in charge. “Even though I have followed all…

TP Mazembe have been declared DR Congo Ligue 1 champions following cancellation of the 2019-20 season due to Coronavirus. DR Congo football body, FECOFA, made the call Wednesday after consulting the government. Like in most countries, DRC halted football activities in March to help curb person to person spread of the deadly virus. At the time of its suspension, Mazembe were top of the pile with 52 points after 20 games, 11 points clear of second placed AS Vita Club, with a game to spare. The Ravens have now won the league a record 18 times. Mazembe, who are five…

Ten Kenyan Premier League (KPL) clubs have reportedly disowned a case seeking to reverse cancellation of 2019-20 season over Coronavirus. In the case before Sports Dispute Tribunal (SDT), Chemelil Sugar FC and KPL are challenging Football Kenya Federation’s (FKF) 30 April move to end the league citing force majeure occassioned by the deadly virus. The decision, which saw Gor Mahia declared KPL champions and Chemelil Sugar FC relegated, did not go down well with a section of clubs and KPL management, which felt FKF overstepped their mandate. In the case certified urgent with hearing set for 21 May, Chemelil and…

Kenyan Premier League moneybags Wazito FC joined fight against Coronavirus pandemic by donating assorted items to seven children’s homes in Nairobi. The donations through Wazito FC Project included foodstuffs, sanitization products, and equipment among other things. Both playing and none-playing club staff were part of the team that visited the seven children’s homes in Mathare, Embakasi, Lang’ata, Ruiru, Kangemi, Valley Road, and Kasarani during these times. According to the club, the children were shown how to wash their hands properly as a way of protecting themselves from the deadly virus, they also received pep talks from our players and staff.…

Cameroon has cancelled 2019-20 season over Coronavirus and declared champions in various leagues. FECAFOOT, the country’s football body made the call Tuesday after consultation with the government. Like in most countries, football activities were muted in the country to help curb person to person spread of the virus. With six round of matches to go, PWD Social Club of Bamenda were declared Elite One, the country’stop flight champions, while Astres of Douala, Elite Two winners. Women’s championships went to Louves Minprof of Yaounde. In the women’s championship, no club will be relegated from the topflight championship. Champions for the first…

Sports Dispute Tribunal has stopped cancellation of the 2019-20 season pending hearing of a case brought before it by Chemelil Sugar FC and Kenyan Premier League (KPL). Football Kenya Federation (FKF) ended the season over the Coronavirus pandemic and declared Gor Mahia Kenyan Premier League champions. In doing so they cited a rule which states that “Where the league format due to circumstances of force majeure fails to be completed within the season, the league winner shall be determined as follows; Where all the Clubs in the league have completed the first round fixture but less than 75% league games…

Sebastian Vettel is to leave Ferrari at the end of the year after contract talks between the two broke down with no agreement. The move, which is expected to be officially announced imminently, throws the future of the 32-year-old four-time world champion into doubt. Spaniard Carlos Sainz, currently a McLaren driver, is among those who have been linked to Vettel’s seat. If Sainz leaves McLaren, one option for the team is Renault’s Daniel Ricciardo. The Australian had serious talks with McLaren in 2018 when he was weighing up whether to leave Red Bull, before finally deciding to move to Renault.…

The government has given the English Premier League the green light to restart the season from 1 June. Football in the UK has been shut down indefinitely in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic that has claimed more than 30,000 lives and impacted thousands more. Premier League clubs have committed to finishing the season in some shape or form with plans for matches to be played behind closed doors at neutral venues already drawn up. The league have maintained throughout though that any move to bring the game back must be in line with government protocol with these latest guidelines…

Manchester City defender Kyle Walker has written to some of the club’s supporters to apologise for breaking coronavirus lockdown guidelines twice. Walker put a message on social media on Friday detailing how he had travelled to South Yorkshire to visit his sister and parents at different addresses, and said he felt “harassed” by the media. He received at least one message personally, as well as others via the club, from fans expressing displeasure and got in touch with supporters after accepting his actions were wrong. The 29-year-old England right-back is understood to have said sorry, told them it will not…