The 2025/26 FKF Premier League title race has reached boiling point, and for Gor Mahia, Sunday’s clash against Murang’a Seal at Nyayo National Stadium could define their entire season. After AFC Leopards intensified the pressure with a dramatic 2-1 victory over Kakamega Homeboyz on Saturday evening, the championship picture has narrowed into what now appears to be a straight two-horse race. Leopards’ victory moved them to 64 points after 32 matches, cutting the gap to just a single point behind arch-rivals Gor Mahia and throwing the title battle wide open heading into the final stretch of the campaign. For K’Ogalo,…
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African football turns its attention to Cairo on Saturday night as Zamalek SC welcome USM Alger for the decisive second leg of the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup 2025/26 final at the Cairo International Stadium. The highly anticipated showdown, scheduled for 21h00 local time (18h00 GMT), carries more than continental glory, with a record-breaking USD 4 million prize purse on offer, the largest winner’s reward in the history of the competition. USM Alger arrive in Egypt with a slender 1-0 advantage after edging the first leg in Algiers last weekend. The Algerian side secured victory through a dramatic stoppage-time penalty converted…
When Gor Mahia ended their 18-year wait for the Kenyan Premier League title in 2013, much of the spotlight fell on the goals, celebrations, and the final whistle that confirmed K’Ogalo as champions. But behind that historic triumph was the influence of a calm, experienced, and creative midfielder, Patrick Oboya. Mid-Season Arrival That Changed the Momentum Patrick Oboya joined Gor Mahia in July 2013 on a short-term contract after returning from a stint in Europe. At the time, the title race was intense, with rivals such as AFC Leopards pushing hard and pressure mounting on Gor Mahia to finally end…
Former Harambee Stars midfielder and Gor Mahia legend Allan Thigo was cremated on Wednesday at the Hindu Crematorium in Kisumu following his passing on Saturday at his home in Bungoma. Thigo, who remains one of the most respected midfielders in Kenyan football history, enjoyed a distinguished career with Gor Mahia and the Harambee Stars, where he was celebrated for his composure, vision and leadership in midfield. Family members, former teammates, football officials and fans gathered in Kisumu to pay their final respects to the football icon whose contribution to Kenyan football spanned several decades. During his playing days, Thigo played…
The President of Confederation of African Football, Patrice Motsepe, together with Government Ministers and Football Federation Presidents from Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, have agreed to establish the PAMOJA Oversight Committee for the historic TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations 2027. The decision was reached during a high-level working meeting held in Nairobi as the three East African nations intensify preparations for the first-ever AFCON tournament to be jointly hosted by three countries. The newly established PAMOJA Oversight Committee will immediately begin coordinating and supervising preparations for TotalEnergies CAF AFCON PAMOJA 2027 across the three host nations. The committee is expected…
