The “Mashemeji Derby” pitting two Kenya football giants and arch-rivals Gor Mahia vs AFC Leopards has come sooner that expected. The yawn for the two to meet in any planned game has been on the air for a long period with AFC baying for K’Ogalo blood. AFC Leopards their last taste of victory against Gor Mahia was way back to February 2016 in a KPL match played at Moi Sports center – Kasarani. The two rivals qualified for the FKF Betway Cup finals to be played on Sunday, July 4. Both rivals reached the final through post-match penalties with Gor…
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The much anticipated Betway Cup semi-finals will be played today as arch-rival AFC Leopards meets Equity Bank FC before K’Ogalo gets to the battlefield against Bidco United at Utalii grounds – Nairobi. Bidco has vowed to tame the all-time Kenya Champions Gor Mahia in today’s game that will kick-off at 3.30 pm. and will live on local channel TV – K24. “Gor Mahia is beatable my only worry is their backline. I watched their game against Sharks and they played with eight defenders, but we will tame them”, Anthony Akhulia tweeted after Gor Mahia’s game against Sharks. The two last…
Striker Benson Ochieng’ ‘Omalla’ is back at Gor Mahia. The striker went to Linkoping in Sweden on a six-month loan deal. The promising striker who joined Gor Mahia from Western Stima early this season has been training with the team and is ready to pick it up from where he left. “I am back… I have picked my lessons and l will strategize on how well to build my football career. People will talk but let them talk – I have read/heard a lot about my return, some of which are just created stories but am calm and focused,” noted…
A highly charged Gor Mahia showed their might today beating stubborn Kariobangi Sharks 2-0 in a Betway Cup quarter-finals played at Utalii College. Coming into the game with much confidence and in their ming revisiting the victory in the first leg Betking Premier League clash where they beat defending champions 4-3, Sharks had one mission to prove that their win wasn’t by any luck. But it was K’Ogalo who went the break leading when Masaba fired in the opener one minute to half time, turn-swinging a first-time volley into the net after receiving a straight curl from Philemon Otieno. Trailing…
Gor Mahia tactician Carlos Manuel Vaz pinto has called on Football Kenya Federation to rescind its June 30 deadline and hand the team CAF slot if the league wouldn’t be played to a conclusion. The 47 years old Portuguese coach said the decision to hand the team leading by the said date CAF champions league slot is not anchored in any football law. Pinto insists that by then not even 75 percent of the matches shall be played according to the law stated by the Football Kenya Federation, hence Gor by virtue of being defending champions should be allowed to…