FOOTBALL

A Kisumu court has thrown out a petition by Muhoroni Youth and Sofapaka fans seeking to stop the Kenyan Premier League (KPL) from releasing the 2017 fixtures without them.

Former Football Kenya Federation (FKF) president Sam Nyamweya has filed a case at the high court seeking orders to suspend the Kenyan Premier League club licensing rules and regulations introduced by the federation.

Road to Anifield has been released as Standard Group has been pooled in Group A at the Standard Chartered Bank’s Road to Anfield football tournament that will take place at St Marys School in Nairobi this Saturday.

Visiting world football governing body Fifa officials have cleared three Kenyan Premier League (KPL) clubs of any wrong doing in player transfers.

A high powered Confederation of African Football (CAF) delegation arrived in the country early Sunday morning for a six day inspection tour of the country’s infrastructure and hospitality facilities ahead of next year’s African Nations Championship (CHAN).

Tusker FC crashed out of the CAF Champions League on Sunday when a sensational late double from Ephrem Guikan gave home side AS Port Louis 2000 a 2-1 victory on the day and 3-2 win on aggregate in their pulsating preliminary round clash.

Ulinzi Stars are through to the first round of the CAF Confederations Cup after a nervous 5-4 post-match penalties win over Libya’s Al Hilal Benghazi at Kasarani Stadium on Saturday.

The Kenyan All Star team that will play Hull City Tigers in a friendly match next week stands to reap big should the squad beat the English Premier League club.