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Prayers and tears for embattled rugby star Daniel Adongo

Daniel Adongo [Photo: Courtesy]

Kenyans yesterday expressed support for former National Football League player Daniel Adongo who is going through difficult times in the US. Adongo was once the most decorated and best paid Kenyan sportsman abroad. Adongo’s current miserable situation is a true, painful story of falling from grace to grass.

Seven years ago (2013), Adongo took the world by storm when he became the first-ever Kenyan to play in the USA's NFL, after signing a lucrative deal for Indianapolis Colts at the age of 23, without any American football experience.

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