Kenyan international Anthony Akumu was in action for his Japanese side Sagan Tosu as they breezed past Miyazaki in Japan’s Emperor Cup in the Round of 64 following their 5-1 win.This was the fourth appearance for the Kenyan, all his other three appearances have come in the J.League Cup in April and May.Akumu featured for the first 45 minutes but was withdrawn at the start of the second half for Yuta Fujiwara with the game tied at 1-1.##NAJAVA_MECA_7306385##The substitute scored a brace with Seok-Ho Hwang, Naoyuki Fujita, and Ryonosuke Kabayama getting the other goals for Sagan Tosu while Harumi Minamino scored the consolation.Since joining the Japanese side in December last year after being released by South African outfit Kaizer Chiefs, Akumu is yet to be named on the match day squad in the league after 16 rounds.In total, he has accumulated 179 minutes spread across four matches in the two cup competitions Sagan Tosu have played and is yet to play the full length of any match.However, his limited playing time has not made Harambee Stars coach Engin Firat coy of handing him a call up to the national team.Faith Kipyegon to battle Letesenbet Gidey over 5000m in Paris Diamond LeagueHe is among the foreign-based players who are expected to join the team that is currently in residential camp preparing for the upcoming four-nations tournament in Mauritius.The 30-year-old played the entire match in March as Kenya fell to Iran 2-1 in a friendly match played at Tehran.
