Football: Wananchi wins Standard Trophy

Football
By Rodgers Eshitemi | Mar 21, 2018
Standard Group Football Club

Wananchi Group were on Saturday crowned the winners of the Standard Chartered Trophy “Road to Anfield”2018 after beating last year’s runners up Letshego 3-0 at the St Mary’s School Grounds, Nairobi.

Former champions The Standard Media Group were eliminated 2-0 on post match penalties in the round of 16 by their rivals Nation Media Group, who later lost in the quarterfinals.

Two times champions Capital FM also suffered a shocking 1-0 defeat to Scanad in the last eight. The Standard Group finished second in Group B after winning four and losing one. [Rodgers Eshitemi]

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