FIFA suspension effects felt again as Police’s Rwanda pre-season plans come down tumblingKenya Police FC had an amazing plan to prepare for the upcoming FKFPL season by playing a couple of friendly matches in Rwanda. They took a 25-hour road trip to Kigali and were set to play Rayon Sport on Saturday. That was to be however as the Rwandan FA cancellled the fame due to Kenya’s FIFA suspension due to government interference. Kenya Police FC CEO Chris Oguso for the first time came out and asked the Government to sort the crisis to ensure the suspension is lifted.FIFA suspension is killing our football, Police FC pleads for Government interventionLittle-known Waylight shine in Nairobi Secondary Schools Football as giants tumble The Nairobi region school games served up some interesting ties with little-known Waylight School booking a place in the National football games after beating Highway High School 1-0.Waylight managed to upset traditional powerhouses Jamhuri High School and Olympic Secondary School on their route to the final and will be the sole team to represent Nairobi in the nationals.KSSSA Games: Minnows Waylight stun Highway in Nairobi region football finalIn rugby, Ofafa Jericho High School also sealed a place in the rugby National Games alongside reigning National champions Upper Hill School after both teams made it to the Nairobi region final.Ofafa Jericho will be making their maiden appearance in the Nationals while Upper Hill will be looking to defend their title. Both teams met in the Nairobi region final with Ofafa Jericho winning it 7-5.Alot of transfers in the FKFPLA number of Kenyan players have changed clubs in the last one week. KCB has been the most active signing seven players in the last few days. The new signings are; Kennedy Owino , Nicholas Kipkirui Bramwel Chemweno, Haniff Makale, Hillary Ojiambo Dukussy, Edmond Adem, and Nashon Wekesa. Tusker FC brought in six players. They are; Eric Mmata, Eric Otieno, Tom Teka, Boniface Onyango, David Odoyo and Brian Opondo Nairobi City Stars brought in Nicholas Ochieng and Clifford Ouma, APS Bomet acquired Steve Wakanya while Nzoia signed Yassin Sije, Timothy Wanyanga and Steve Otieno. Make that 13! KCB sign five more playersPosta Rangers brought Michael Owino on board while FC Talanta signed Danson Kago, Jairus Adira, Alex Luganji, Mohamed Isaku, Augustine Eshiwani and Charles Otieno. There were moves abroad as well; Timothy Noor Ouma moved to Sweden signing for IF Elfsborg from Nairobi City Stars Sydney Lokale signed for FC Saint-Éloi Lupopo from KCB FC. Alex Onchwari and Abraham Dawo joined Horseed FC in Somalia.Shujaa at Los Angeles 7sThe men’s national 7s side, Shujaa finished sixth in the Los Angeles Sevens after losing 29-7 to Argentina in the 5th Place Playoffs which marked an improvement from the boys.Kenya managed to get to the Main Cup quarters for only the third time in the just concluded series but still showed signs of imperfection with restarts being their Achillies heel.With the improved performances, the team has offered hopes to Kenya ahead of the 2022 Rugby Sevens World Cup slated for South Africa from Friday 9 to Sunday 11 September.KBF thriller has Dumas picking a rare victoryCoach Carey Odhiambo has nothing but praise for the leadership that James Mwangi and Victor Bosire have provided for Equity Dumas who on Sunday afternoon caused an upset, beating former champions Ulinzi Warriors as the Kenya Basketball Federation (KBF) men’s league resumed after the general election-occasioned break. Dumas gun down Ulinzi Warriors in KBF thrillerFaisal Aden did all the damage to the military side, scoring 28 points with none of the Warriors able to stop him on his tracks. The soldiers fought and the two sides were tied on six different occasions, however, the bankers were clearly in charge with Warriors playing catch-up after the first quarter. This is the Bernard Mufutu-led side’s second defeat in the league, having already lost to Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) away in Mombasa. The Reds’ rollercoaster – from horrid loss to United to EPL record-breaking winThis last week was quite dizzy for Liverpool as the Scousers went ‘from zero to hero’ in the span of just six days.Firstly, they suffered a horrible loss at Old Trafford against woeful Manchester United in the battle of two fallen giants. At that point, it seemed like the Reds were heading into actual agony, with many injured players and the newcomers like Darwin Nunez unable to fit in Sadio Mane’s shoes.No Maguire no Ronaldo, and the magic is there: United crush Liverpool in front of CasemiroHowever, the end of the week turned into a festive celebration at Anfield, as Liverpool humiliated Bournemouth 9-0, levelling the record for the highest-ever win with – you’ll never guess who – Man Utd. Hmm, talking about circles in life…Terrible Liverpool score only NINE against the CherriesBayern and Lewa meet again, and it won’t be sweetA midweek brought us the Champions League group stage draw with plenty of interesting matchups. The one that stands out is probably Group C, with Bayern Munich, Inter Milan and Barcelona standing neck on neck.UCL drawThis means new Barcelona signing Robert Lewandowski will face his former club and home, the Bavarian giants. That would definitely attract a lot of attention, especially considering the bad blood created during the transfer talks between the Polish striker and the Allianz Arena club.
