Sporting News

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1) African 2022 WorldCup qualifiers.

after two rounds played, here are the standings

Next round of fixtures

2) CAF Women’s Champions League

Kenya’s Vihiga Queens seal place in inaugural CAF Women’s Champions League


Kenya’s Vihiga Queens made history on Thursday evening when they became the first East African team to qualify for the inaugural CAF Women’s Champions League.

Kenya’s Vihiga Queens made history on Thursday evening when they became the first East African team to qualify for the inaugural CAF Women’s Champions League, on September 9, 2021./Inaugural CAF Women Champions League Zonal Qualifiers
Top scorer Jentrix Shikangwa was the hero when she sunk a brace to inspire the hosts to a 2-1 victory over Ethiopia’s CBE FC during the regional CECAFA qualifiers final played in Nairobi.


FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura was among the officials who attended the final that was played behind closed doors due to COVID-19 regulations.
Shikangwa, who came to the final with six goals, opened the scoring for the former Kenyan Women Premier League champions in the 27th minute when a cross from the right by Violet Wanyonyi was poorly dealt with to allow the striker to turn in the loose ball.

Kenya’s Vihiga Queens seal place in inaugural CAF Women’s Champions League

Kenya’s Vihiga Queens made history on Thursday evening when they became the first East African

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CAF reveals more details of inaugural Women’s Champions League
By
David Ochieng Mbewa
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September 15, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Confederation of African Football (CAF) President Ahmad Ahmad delivers a speech at a past event. (Photo credit FADEL SENNA/AFP/Getty Images)

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) revealed more details of its maiden Women’s Champions League tournament.
The tournament will consist of eight teams which will be determined through qualifiers to be held in each of CAF’s six regional zones.

In addition to the six teams from the zonal qualifiers, the host country will provide another team and, for the inaugural tournament only, a second team from the same region as the host country will be drafted in.

“For the maiden edition, the zonal union of the host country will have two representatives. However, for subsequent editions, the host country will have only one representative whilst the Zonal Union of the defending champion will qualify two teams,” CAF said in a statement.

CAF further stated that the eight teams will be drawn into two groups of four teams each in accordance with the regulations. Details of the knockout stages, whether it may follow a single or double-leg format, were not revealed.
The tournament will be held annually and during the second half of the year.

CAF reveals more details of inaugural Women’s Champions League

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) revealed more details of its maiden Women’s Champions League

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3) CAF Men’s Champions League

Yesterday's Results

Today's Fixtures

Game to Watch

Arta/Sola7 vs Tusker Fc (5pm)

During their last participation in the competition in 2017, Tusker succumbed in the preliminary round when they were eliminated by Port-Louis of Mauritius 3-2 on aggregate and as such, they will be hoping to better their performance.

Port Louis had picked up a vital 1-1 draw from the first leg meeting at Kasarani Stadium and returned home to beat the Brewers 2-1.
Meanwhile, Arta Solar enjoyed a successive campaign in Djibouti as they won the league and also the domestic cup.

Solar, who are captained by former Cameroon and Arsenal midfielder Alex Song, topped the 10-team table with 46 points from 18 matches, 11 more than second-placed Police Nationale, and also clinched the Djibouti Cup after a 4-3 win against FC Dikhil in the final.

The Brewers, who have now won 12 league titles, will host the return leg on September 18 with the winner qualifying for the first round, where they will take on Egyptian giants Zamalek in October.

This will be the first meeting between the two sides and Tusker will hope to get a convincing result to take back to Kenya for the return leg set for September 18.

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4) EPL

English Premier League Fixtures as Ronaldo (CR7) makes a return to The Theater of Dreams

Fixtures (Saturday)

games to watch out for

1)

Head-to-head

• Arsenal are unbeaten in the past seven Premier League meetings and have lost just two of 18 overall (W9, D7).
• The Canaries triumphed 4-2 in their maiden Premier League fixture at Arsenal in 1992. However, they are winless on all eight league visits since, conceding 24 goals.
• Norwich have won only two of their 26 league away matches versus Arsenal (D7, L17).

Arsenal

• Arsenal have started a league season with three straight defeats for the first time since 1954.
• They are bottom of the table after three matches of a top-flight season for the first time in 47 years.
• The Gunners' record of three defeats with no goals scored and nine conceded represents their worst start to a league campaign.
• Arsenal can equal the club record of losing four games from the beginning of a league season, last set in 1923.
• They can also match the club Premier League record of four consecutive defeats.
• However, the Gunners are unbeaten in 30 Premier League home matches against promoted opposition (W25, D5).
• Arsenal have won 13 of their past 15 Premier League matches when scoring the opening goal (D1, L1).
• Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has scored four goals in his two Premier League appearances against Norwich.

Norwich City

• Norwich can equal the club record of losing four games from start of a league season, last set in 1938 in the second tier.
• They have lost 13 successive Premier League matches by an aggregate score of 34-2.
• The Canaries are winless in their last 23 top-flight fixtures played in London (D6, L17).
• Norwich have lost 41 of the past 42 Premier League games in which they conceding the opening goal, including each of the last 28.

2)

MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head

• Manchester City are vying to claim a third consecutive away league win against Leicester, a feat they last accomplished as part of a run of five straight victories between 1934 and 1954.
• None of the past 11 league meetings have been drawn, with the Foxes claiming four wins to Manchester City's seven.

Leicester City

• The Foxes can win their opening two home games in a top-flight season for the first time since 1966.
• Leicester have won three of their last five Premier League home matches against reigning champions, including a 3-1 win versus Liverpool in February.
• Only one of their 23 most recent top-flight home games has ended level (W12, L10).
• Jamie Vardy has scored eight goals in 10 Premier League fixtures against Pep Guardiola's Manchester City (including two hat-tricks), more top-flight goals than any other player has netted against sides managed by the Catalan.
• Kelechi Iheanacho could make his 100th Premier League appearance for Leicester. He previously played 46 top-flight games for Manchester City.

Manchester City

• Manchester City are in danger of losing their opening two Premier League away games for the first time since 2006.
• They have lost four successive matches away from the Etihad Stadium, including defeats at neutral venues in last month's Community Shield and May's Champions League final.
• Gabriel Jesus has scored five Premier League goals against Leicester - the only side he has a better record against is Everton, with eight goals.
• Ferran Torres has seven goals in his past nine league appearances.
• Jack Grealish is set to make his 100th Premier League appearance. The first of his 16 top-flight goals came against Leicester in 2015.

3)

MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head

• Manchester United's only defeat in their past 36 home league games against Newcastle was by 1-0 in December 2013 (W26, D9).
• Newcastle have opened the scoring in six of the eight most recent top-flight meetings but have gone on to win just two of those matches, losing the other four.
• The Reds have scored 108 Premier League goals versus Newcastle, their joint highest total against a particular opponent (alongside Everton).

Manchester United

• Manchester United have scored in 14 successive Premier League home games, netting 40 times in total.
• The Reds have lost just three of their previous 35 league matches (W21, D11).
• Cristiano Ronaldo is set to break the record for the longest gap between Premier League appearances. If he features against Newcastle it will be 12 years and 118 days since his last game in the English top flight versus Arsenal in May 2009.
• Ronaldo has scored 392 goals in 390 league appearances since leaving Old Trafford.
• Mason Greenwood is vying to become the fourth teenager to score in four consecutive Premier League appearances, emulating Robbie Fowler, Nicolas Anelka and Francis Jeffers.

Newcastle United

• This will be Newcastle's 1,000th Premier League match. They are the eighth club to reach the milestone.
• The Magpies have dropped five points in this season's top flight, which is a joint high with Southampton.
• Newcastle have claimed one point from their opening three games - only in 1999, when they were pointless, have they made a worse start to a Premier League campaign.
• They have conceded a penalty in all three of their league matches this season.
• Steve Bruce's solitary win in 26 attempts as a manager against Manchester United was Newcastle's 1-0 home victory in a Premier League match in October 2019 (D5, L20).
• Bruce has lost 11 of his 12 away fixtures versus his former club during his managerial career, only avoiding defeat when his Sunderland side drew 2-2 at Old Trafford in October 2009.

Cristiano Ronaldo says he has not returned to Manchester United "for a vacation" as the Portugal captain prepares for his Old Trafford homecoming on Saturday.

During his first spell with the Red Devils, the 36-year-old scored 118 goals in 292 games over six successful years in the North West.
"I am capable," Ronaldo told the club's official website. "I am ready to go."

United host Newcastle in the Premier League in a 15:00 BST kick-off.

The re-signing of Ronaldo for £12.8m from Juventus was one of the biggest transfer stories of the summer as United's rivals Manchester City had looked to be one of the favourites to land the forward.

The Portuguese star, who will wear the number seven shirt once again, won three Premier League titles, one Champions League, two League Cups and one FA Cup - as well as the Fifa Club World Cup and Community Shield - under former manager Sir Alex Ferguson.



4)

MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head

• Chelsea have lost just one of their past 16 home league games against Aston Villa (W11, D4).
• Villa's 2-1 triumph on the final day of last season means they can win consecutive league meetings for the first time since 1993.
• Their biggest league defeat was 8-0 at Chelsea in the Premier League on 23 December 2012.

Chelsea

• Chelsea can become only the second club, after Manchester United, to win 600 Premier League games this Saturday.
• They have earned 45 points under Thomas Tuchel - a tally bettered only by Manchester City's 51 during that time.
• The Blues have conceded a league-low 14 goals since Tuchel took charge.
• Two of Tuchel's three Premier League defeats have been in home games, with the other coming away at Aston Villa.
• Chelsea's seven goals in all competitions this season were scored by seven different players.
• Jorginho has been closed down by an opposing player when in possession of the ball an unrivalled 160 times this season.
• Romelu Lukaku has failed to score in all 14 appearances at Stamford Bridge in all competitions.

Aston Villa

• Aston Villa have taken four points out of a possible nine this season, having won their opening four games in 2020-21.
• Villa can score multiple goals in five consecutive Premier League away matches for just the second time.
• They have scored a league-high three Premier League goals from set-pieces this season.
• Since Villa returned to the top flight in 2019, Anwar El Ghazi has scored a team-high 15 Premier League goals.
• Danny Ings has scored six goals and assisted two in his past nine league starts.

 

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FIFA should increase the no. of African teams in the world cup

 

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FIFA should increase the no. of African teams in the world cup

the idea was there with an expanded number of teams but since the proposal was refused, we might have to be content with 5 slots. unless we improve our results

 

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some results

If Chelsea win today, they'll be the second team to reach 600 wins in the EPL

CAF Champions League

Tusker have an away goal

 

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Other GOATs helping their teams. (Lewa and Haland)
Juventus are slipping futher with a loss today. will they make the UCL or will they be in the Europa Conferfence league next season? (still early stages, anything can happen)

 

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Women's Champions League: Chelsea and Arsenal discover opponents

current winner

Past Winners

group stage draw

The first UEFA Women's Champions League group stage kicks off on 4 and 5 October and the fixtures are set.

Under the new format, the 16 contenders compete in four groups, playing home and away until 15 and 16 December. The top two teams in each group will progress to the quarter-finals.

Key facts
Group A

• Chelsea are facing Wolfsburg for the fifth time in seven seasons. Wolfsburg knocked out Chelsea in the 2015/16 round of 16, 2016/17 last 32 and 2017/18 semis but the Blues – having signed Pernille Harder from the German side – came through in the quarter-finals last season, both legs played in Budapest.
• Juventus have an additional motivation to reach this season's final, with the May showpiece to be held in their men's stadium.
• Servette have never previously made the last 16 under any format.

Group B

• Two-time runners-up Paris beat former quarter-finalists Breidablik 7-1 on aggregate in the 2019/20 round of 32.
• Breidablik are the first club from Iceland to reach a major UEFA club home and away group stage.
• Real Madrid reached the group stage on debut with a victory against Manchester City.
• Kharkiv are in the last 16 for the first time under any format.

Group C

• Barcelona, in their debut European tie, lost 3-0 at home and 4-0 away against Arsenal in the 2012/13 round of 32.
• Both Hoffenheim and HB Køge are making European debuts.

Group D

• Lyon's five-year reign as champions was ended last season; they have a record seven titles overall.
• Lyon beat Bayern 2-1 in a one-off quarter-final in Bilbao in August 2020.
• Bayern made the semis last season; Häcken (previously known as Göteborg) are also past quarter-finalists.
• Benfica are the first Portuguese team to be among the last 16 in UEFA women's club competition.

How does the group stage work?
Teams in every group face each other home and away. The top two teams in each group progress to the quarter-finals, drawn on 20 December and played in March.

 

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Michael Olunga bagged a brace as Al Duhail opened their Qatari Stars League season with a 4-1 win over Al Khor on Sunday afternoon.

all the best to him and others who are playing outside Kenya.
maybe one day they return and help grow Kenyan football. (ata kaa nikupea young turks kits, shoes, balls.....)