Glay may soon play for Gor Mahia

Kenyan Premier League champions Gor Mahia may soon start fielding defender Dirkir Glay in local league matches.

By Tom Bwana 10 years ago

AFC Leopards may sack Logarusic

This comes in the wake of hard line stands being taken by the two football bodies that are embroiled in management bouts currently

By Tom Bwana 10 years ago

AC Leopards cautious of Gor Mahia

Despite carrying the favorites tag ahead of their CAF Champions League clash with Gor Mahia, the Congolese side AC Leopards will not underrate their Sunday hosts in any way. Speaking to Standard Sports ahead of the titanic clash that has been christened ‘battle of the greens’, AC

By Tom Bwana 10 years ago

Congolese in Kenya being marshaled for Gor game

The entire Congolese community living in Kenya will turn up for the Gor Mahia versus AC Leopards CAF Champions League match on Sunday 15th March.

By Tom Bwana 10 years ago

AC Leopards huge contingent expected on Friday

More interesting is that the Congolese embassy in Nairobi until Tuesday had no idea the match was on let alone their team coming to Kenya.

By Tom Bwana 10 years ago

FKF: KPL used ineligible, aged and suspended referees

Despite a much celebrated kickoff of the Kenya Premier League over the weekend, details are now emerging that the league may have used ineligible match officials some of whom had been suspended, Standard Sports can now reveal. An irate Football Kenya Federation head of Technical Committee Elli Mukolwe poured cold water to the much hyped opening weekend of the league saying that most of the referees used were of substantial standards.

By Tom Bwana 10 years ago

Gor Mahia set Saturday for Madagascar departure

Kenya’s representatives to the CAF Champions League Gor Mahia will leave for Madagascar on Saturday 28th February for their return leg match against Caisse Nationale de Prévoyance Sociale Sport (CNaPS) of Madagascar.

By Tom Bwana 10 years ago

Kasaya ready for Logarusic

The Kenyan international says he knows Coach Zdravko very well and will be ready to play under him once again

By Tom Bwana 10 years ago

Kenyan footballers come together to voice dissatisfaction

We do not want to lose sponsors, we do not want to lose the precious branding opportunity that we have in terms of broadcast and we must stand to be heard.”

By Tom Bwana 10 years ago

Zdravko Logarusic to be offered a one year contract by Ingwe

Celebrated Croatian coach Zdravko Logarusic will be offered a one year deal at former football giants AFC Leopards, Standard Sports can now authoritatively reveal.

By Tom Bwana 10 years ago

Former Presidential candidate Peter Kenneth story a hoax

Former football manager Peter Kenneth has distanced himself with rumors that he had been appointed chairman of a purported caretaker committee formed by the government.

By Tom Bwana 10 years ago

Gor Mahia visitors are in town

Confirming to Standard Sports, Gor Mahia FC Organizing Secretary Mr. David Kilo said the team arrived in one batch.

By Tom Bwana 10 years ago

DSTV Super Cup still on despite Football Kenya Federation warning

Organizers of the highly billed Kenya Premier League curtain raiser DSTV Super Cup scheduled to take place on Wednesday 11th February 2015 are confident the match will take place despite a stern admonition from Football Kenya Federation warning of dire consequences to any party or parties involved in the planning and execution.

By Tom Bwana 10 years ago

Gor Mahia participation in CAF Champions League unclear

Observers see this as an intense move to force clubs in Kenya to toe the line of FKF in the wake of tough administrative battles that have lately graced Kenyan sports pages

By Tom Bwana 10 years ago

Gor read malice in withdrawal from Champions League

Gor Mahia seemed to have dug its own grave as far as the federation is concerned hence the comeback from the FKF

By Tom Bwana 10 years ago

City Stars ready for the league

This comes in the wake of reports that KPL may after all decide to reinstate Nairobi City Stars and Nakuru All Stars back to the league

By Tom Bwana 10 years ago

Elite referees set for PET

Even without clarity on the top tier football league, under a week before Football Kenya Federation’s announced kickoff and two weeks before that of Kenya Premier League, top football referees have been summoned to attend the Physical Endurance Test

By Tom Bwana 10 years ago

Elite referees set for Physical Endurance Test

Even without clarity on the top tier football league, under a week before Football Kenya Federation’s announced kickoff and two weeks before that of Kenya Premier League, top football referees have been summoned to attend the Physical Endurance Test.

By Tom Bwana 10 years ago

Nakumatt FC ready for nothing less than top league

As confusion reigns over name, modality and authorities to take charge ahead of this year’s top tier football league, Nakumatt FC have confirmed that they will play nowhere else apart from the top league.

By Tom Bwana 10 years ago

Gor tormentors hungry for more

Gor Mahia tormentors-In-Chief Power Dynamos of Zambia have lined up a series of more local friendly matches this week before they leave for Sudan.

By Tom Bwana 10 years ago

Gor Mahia to drop Walusimbi

Kenya Premier League champions Gor Mahia are considering of dropping Ugandan defender...

By Tom Bwana 10 years ago

Gor Mahia negotiating with Meddie Kagere

According to club Assistant Secretary General Ronald Ngala, there are high hopes Kagere may sign for the 14 time champions.

By Tom Bwana 10 years ago

Fans, key to Gor Mahia stability

The only asset that the club has continually boasted of for years is its mammoth following of a fan base.

By Tom Bwana 10 years ago

Wrangling among football officials will take a heavy toll on players

Latest developments in local football are frightening. When I wrote here last week that the Kenyan Premier League (KPL) was the most likely to lose in its battle with Football Kenya Federation (FKF), I didn’t imagine the magnitude of their loss.

By Tom Bwana 11 years ago

Expanding KPL to 18 clubs from 16 has far reaching effects

The custodian of local football, the Football Kenya Federation, under the eminent leadership of President Sam Nyamweya, has proposed that the premier league be expanded to 18 clubs in 2015.

By Tom Bwana 11 years ago

Football: Memories from the deadly Nyayo stampede

Exactly four years ago, the pain of losing loved ones still lingers among Kenyan football fans.

By TOM BWANA 11 years ago

Stadia safety still wanting four years after loss of lives

Exactly four years after a deadly stampede rocked Nyayo National Stadium in which eight lives were lost and several fans injured during a football match between Kenya’s oldest rivals Gor Mahia and AFC Leopards, nothing of much substance seems to have been done to improve safety and avoid future recurrence of the same in Kenyan stadia.

By Tom Bwana 11 years ago

Refs risking the red card; female referees are unfit to officiate KPL matches, say top officials

Kenyan Premier League (KPL) faces serious credibility issues after officials confirmed that women referees are working illegally.

By Tom Bwana 11 years ago

It is time to get Mr-Fix-it: Appealing Amrouche ban is a waste of our football resources by FKF

So the Football Kenya Federation is considering an appeal against the one-year ban on Harambee Stars Coach Adel Amrouche? This is exactly what is conventionally referred to as reversed priority.

By Tom Bwana 11 years ago

Cameroon match fixing claims are far too cheap a publicity stunt

Reacting to my constant outrage on Cameroon in this column, a Cameroonian friend of mine sent me a tweet this week asking me to tone down on his country's poor show at the World Cup.

By Tom Bwana 11 years ago

Key decisions that will make World Cup forever memorable

I’m not talking of Luis Suarez, the mischievous cannibal from Uruguay. That’s not news. He bites for a living. That’s his day job. In which competition has this Uruguayan not devoured a chunk of someone’s meat? By the way I’m not talking about Cameroon’s poor performance at the World Cup.

By Tom Bwana 11 years ago

What did Harambee Stars achieve by going to Brazil?

I’m taking a break from my daily World Cup today to talk about this other team that went to Brazil without really qualifying for the World Cup. I think you, my regular reader, also deserve a cooling break from an unpredictable World Cup that Brazil 2014 has come to be.

By Tom Bwana 11 years ago

South American is the real home of football

The 2014 World Cup in Brazil is revealing two things. That we have been blinded for a long time to believe that the SI unit of football is Europe.

By Tom Bwana 11 years ago

Success of English league kills England team

The English Premier is the best football league in the world. I’m at pains to admit that! Anyway, what makes the English Premier League the best in the world goes far more than its organisation.

By Tom Bwana 11 years ago

This World Cup is scary: full of unpredictable shocks

England, the cocky England, have been knocked out. Defending champions Spain are out. Italy is on the brink of an unexpected exit by the look of things. How scary can a World Cup get!

By Tom Bwana 11 years ago

World Cup: Cameroon a disgrace to African football

For various reasons, Africa had a huge excitement at the World Cup being staged in Brazil in 2014.

By Tom Bwana 11 years ago

Belgium will have a wonderful World Cup but may not win it

In the 2014 Fifa World Cup, Belgium presents to the world a great squad of players who have played at top level. After failing to qualify for the last two World Cup finals, Belgium seems to be making an emphatic announcement with the pedigree of the players in their squad heading to Brazil.

By Tom Bwana 11 years ago

Club finances: Kenyan Premier League clubs survive from hand to mouth

If clubs cannot pay coaches and players then what is this that has really grown in our football? What critiques would be keen on is how the money KPL mints from sponsors and television rights holders is used.

By -TOM BWANA 11 years ago

Jerry’s 200th game: Gor Mahia keeper Jeremy Onyango looks back on tumultuous football career

Gor Mahia captain and Kenya International goalkeeper Jeremy Fredericks Onyango will be making his 200th appearance for Gor Mahia on the competitive front when the club faces league giants Tusker FC today- a mega milestone for a player in the local league.

By -TOM BWANA 11 years ago

Francis Baraza joins journeymen of KPL

Football is a funny game, isn’t it? As a player, Francis Baraza won the KPL title with AFC Leopards in 1998 — the last time ‘Ingwe’ lifted the trophy. He would repeat the feat with Oserian FC — still playing — in 2001.

By -TOM BWANA 11 years ago