FKFPL title fight raging on, golden boot race takes a twistThe Football Kenya Federation Premier League (FKFPL) race is not for the weak, and will go down to the wire after both Tusker FC and Kakamega Homeboyz played to draws in their respective matches. It is like the two sides are joined at the waist and none of them wants to let go off the other yet.Perhaps, Homeboyz will be happy to have carried home a point from the capital against record Kenyan champions Gor Mahia but the Brewers, on the other hand, will feel hard done after being held by Nzoia Sugar at Ruaraka.Nzoia Sugar derail Tusker’s title chargeWith both teams at 57 points, Homeboyz have a slight advantage in that they have three games to play while Tusker have only two left but it remains to be seen if the Kakamega-based side will take that advantage.If Tusker win their two remaining matches, their points tally can get to 63 while Homeboyz have a mathematical chance of finishing with 66 points, but first, they have to take on AFC Leopards over the weekend in the Ingo Derby at Bukhungu.Homeboyz glean one point from Gor Mahia after spirited fightbackIn just one game, KCB’s Derrick Otanga put himself ahead in the golden boot race after bagging a hattrick in the 3-2 win over Nairobi City Stars to take his season tally to 14. Otanga now leads Felix Oluoch who has 12 goals but has been absent recently with injury, and the quartet of Clifton Miheso, David Okoth, Erick Mmata, and Ibrahim Joshua who are all on 11 goals.NSL: Look, it is Muhoroni again!For the first time, Muhoroni Youth are in the Premier League promotion bracket, albeit in the play-off position, after being awarded three points and two goals after Dandora Love failed to show up for the match.They join Fortune Sacco and APS Bomet who are also tied on points but separated on goal difference, just like in the Premier League, in the promotion places.Round 28 of the NSL was characterized mainly by one-goal margins with seven of the nine matches that were played being won by a margin of one goal.Kabeberi 7s: Impressive KCB kickstart 7s season with a bangNational Sevens Circuit defending champions KCB RFC got the defense of their title off to the perfect start as they clinched the season opening George Mwangi Kabeberi 7s tournament held at the RFUEA Grounds on 21-22 May 2022.The Bankers defeated Strathmore Leos 12-10 in a closely contested finale to jump into the driving seat and send an early message to the chasing pack. The team now sit on top of the standings ahead of the second outing of the season taking place next weekend.KCB clinch season opening Kabeberi 7sWPL: relegation musical chairs The title is already decided and everyone else is scrambling for a place behind champions elect Vihiga Queens. While the positioning between second and sixth is unlikely to witness much movement, the relegation battle gets interesting. Bunyore plotting WPL survivalKangemi Ladies, no doubt, have already faced the chop leaving two more clubs fighting for survival. Kisumu All Starlets and Bunyore Starlets are next in line with Kayole Starlets not safe yet. On the weekend, the three sides lost, leaving them with three matches that could salvage their situation. CAVB women’s club championshipFormer continental champions Kenya Pipeline, Kenya Prisons and KCB begun their hunt for the title at the CAVB Africa Women’s Club Championships in Tunisia with straight-set victories in their opening matches. Tough test for Kenyan Clubs as CAVB Championship gets underwayThe three Kenyan clubs are looking to end a seven-year drought since a Kenyan side reached the final when Pipeline lost 3-1 to Al Ahly in 2015. Prisons are the last Kenyan side to lift the title in 2013. European top leagues crown their best teamsThe best football leagues in the world are in Europe and their campaigns just ended, giving us some new champions and some retaining their last year’s winning effort. It was exciting all over the continent, especially in the Premier League and in the Serie A – where final round of the competition decided where the trophy will go. Or stay.In England, it stayed put. The Sky Blues of Manchester managed to hold their grip on the domestic trophy with a second half blitzkrieg against Aston Villa, thus annulling Liverpool’s attempt to overtake the Cityzens with a win over the Wolves. Intense 3-2 win against the Villains put a smile back on Pep Guardiola’s face and caused a massive frown on the faces of all those related to Liverpool FC.PEP WINS IT! Gundogan’s brace pushes City from the brink of the inferno to the Premier League title!The dream of the quadruple downsized to a dream of a triple for the Reds – they face Real Madrid in the Champions League final and could add the Ol’ Big Ears to the League Cup and FA Cup trophies they won this year, both by beating Chelsea in the finals.In Italy, even though both Milanese clubs recorded 3-0 wins yesterday – it was the red-and-blacks who had more of it. AC Milan were cool, calm and collected against Sassuolo and managed to get their first Scudetto after eleven years. In what was one of the most exciting campaign in recent history of Italian football, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Stefano Pioli, Olivier Giroud, Rafael Leao, Franck Kessie & Co. came out victorious and brought the much deserved trophy to San Siro.Giroud’s brace brings the title to AC Milan after 11 yearsIn France, PSG underperformed but secured the Ligue 1 trophy ‘ages ago’, Bayern also when it comes to Bundesliga. The Bavarians weren’t as inconsistent as the Parisians were, given the number of stars in PSG and the lack of competition in the French top tier – but again it wasn’t that dominant Bayern we were used to in the last decade.Real Madrid won La Liga in a dominant display, taking advantage of the slips and mistakes made by their biggest rivals, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid. Los Blancos have a chance to make this season a stellar one if they manage to defeat Jurgen Klopp’s menacing crew in Paris on 28th of May.Sat 22:00: (2.15) Liverpool (3.50) Real Madrid (3.60)Elsewhere, Porto won the Portuguese Primeira, Ajax said goodbye to Erik Ten Hag with another Eredivisie title, Trabzonspor won their first league trophy after 38 years in Turkey. Also, Club Brugge used the playoffs in Belgium to overtake the biggest surprise of their league – Royale Union Saint-Gilloise – who came from the second division and almost reached the throne in the top tier right away. Celtic took over the title in Scotland, finishing an interesting campaign in which they fought their arch-rivals Glasgow Rangers.Tell me you’ve won the title after 38 years without saying you’ve won the title after 38 yearsMbappe left Real Madrid empty handed by staying in ParisIt seemed like eternity, this saga over where Kylian Mbappe will head to continue his career. It went on and on, back and forth – speculations were non-stop: he has already signed for the Madridians, he found a a house there, his salary is already calculated at Santiago Bernabeu, tactics with him in the Royal white shirt were being drawn all over the Spanish media.Mbappe stays in Paris – how did it happen?However, it all crumbled to dust when Mbappe showed up in the middle of the Parc des Princes with Nasser Al Khelaifi, unfolding a shirt that said Mbappe 2025.Florentino Perez and his empire have never been hustled like this. Mbappe extending with PSG probably means we will never see the French superstar signing for Los Blancos.
