It all seemed destined to end in a draw and for a frustrating a third in a row until a late Collins Okoth strike in extra time earned Gor Mahia a crucial victory over City Stars at Nyayo National Stadium on Sunday afternoon. The defending champions were for a second week in a row looking to close down the gap between them and league leaders Tusker FC who had played out to a draw in an earlier encounter and put up a much better performance compared to their last week display. Coach Ze Maria made a few changes to his…
Author: Sports Editor
Gor Mahia FC showed spectacular display of football when they won 2:0 against Muhoroni Youth in the 12th match of SportPesa Premier league played at Moi Stadium – Kisumu on 7th May 2016.
The Brazilian popularly known as Ze Maria took over as Gor Mahia coach in March of 2016. He became the most high profile person ever to become Gor Mahia coach, having played for the Brazilian national team where he won a bronze medal at the 1996 Olympics. He had also played for several top tier Brazilian sides like Flamengo, Cruzeiro and Botafogo as well as Italian sides like Inter Milan. Ze Maria tried to install a new style of play at Kogalo wich emphasized the traditional Brazilian stye of short passes. Results were half decent but not overwhelming. He kept Gor Mahia…
Thirty years ago, Gor Mahia won the Cecafa East and Central Africa Club Cup for the third and last time. They beat their compatriots, AFC Leopards 2-0 in an all-Kenya final in Khartoum. Two years later, they would scale even greater heights, reaching the pinnacle of African football with victory in the Nelson Mandela Africa Cup Winners Cup. As a reporter during those momentous times – and even earlier than that – I was a witness to the promise of Kenyan football. I was the privileged bystander who saw the potential of Gor Mahia whose players bewitched us with a…
The football season is finally here. So much has been said about the performance of both Ingwe and K’Ogalo during the just-concluded Kenya Power Charity Cup tournament. From my own assessment, K’Ogalo will still perform better than Ingwe as usual. Tripple that with a home and away thumping and November will have come early for the ever fading perennial rivals. Hold your fire Ingwe fans! I can explain with facts. After signing the likes of Joseph Shikokoti, James Situma, KPL Player of the Year Jacob Keli and luring back to the KPL Ugandan midfielder Musa Mudde, most Ingwe fans expected…