Former AFC Leopards forward Josephat Lopaga was on target as his side Dynamo Brest beat Shakhtyor Soligorsk 4-0 in the Vysshaya Liga match played on Saturday.The 21-year-old came on as a second-half substitute and managed 16 minutes in his initial appearance since the start of the season.##NAJAVA_MECA_8010946##He needed six minutes on the field to get his name on the scoresheet and open the season’s account.Artem Rakhmonov got the breakthrough for Brest in the 10th minute before German Barkovskiy doubled the lead two minutes later. Egor Kortsov hit a third in the 19th minute in what seemed a one-sided match but the hosts managed to halt Brest’s planned riot seeing off the rest of the first stanza three goals down.However, the introduction of Lopaga gave Dynamo a cutting edge in the attack line with the striker picking up a loose ball inside the penalty area to open his season goal accounts.The goal took Lopaga’s tally to eight in 16 matches he has played for the club since inking a deal with them.The win saw Brest storm to the summit of the league with seven points from three matches but could relinquish the spot when second-placed Slavia Mozyr takes to the field later on Sunday.Ayunga suffers defeat in ScotlandHarambee Stars striker Jonah Ayunga was introduced in the 64th minute as his side St. Mirren lost 2-1 to Hearts in a Scottish Premier League match on Saturday.Jorge Grant and Mikael Mandron scored for Hearts while Toyosi Olusanya grabbed a consolation for Mirren.The defeat marked a new low for Steve Robison’s charges as they have now gone three league games without a win a performance that has seen them drop to fifth on the log with 43 points.Boxing: Kombo, Emily among Kenya Open winnersElsewhere, in Azerbaijan Premier League, Kenyan international Ayub Timbe was introduced in the 73rd minute for Sabail FK on Saturday evening.Timbe who took Sylvian Deslandes’s place in the team could not prevent his side from going down 4-2 to leaders Qarabag.Yassine Benzia brace, Toral Bayramov, and Nariman Akhundzade were on target for Qarabag while Nir Bardea and Rufat Abdullazada scored for Sabail.On Saturday, Real Sociedad B, a Spanish RFEF Group 1 league team, brought on Job Ochieng, a young Kenyan player, in the 68th minute of their match. Despite being dominated by Sestao FC, Ochieng’s team won the match 3-2. Mark Otieno celebrates Team Kenya return in styleMeanwhile, in a Major League match played on Sunday morning, Victor Wanyama was substituted in the 58th minute for CF Montreal, who were down to ten men after Nathan Saliba was sent off for a second booking in the 53rd minute. Unfortunately, Montreal lost 5-0 to Seattle Sounders. Currently, Montreal stands in eleventh place in the Eastern Conference with seven points from six league rounds.
