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Covering Barcelona so far this season has been just like covering Bayern Munich in Bundesliga. The win is all but guaranteed, goals are guaranteed, the question is only how big and easy the win will be. It’s no secret that the absolute goal for Barcelona this season is to win the Champions League and they started that quest in the best possible manner, by crushing Feyenoord 5-1. In five games so far (in all competition), Barcelona scored five goals in the four of them. Their attack is looking fearsome, although it has to be noticed, the only real tough opponent among those five teams was Athletic Bilbao and they only scored two goals against them. Elche, Rayo and Valencia are certainly not top Spanish teams, while Feyenoord is not even the leader in the Netherlands.No Dutch team has ever won away from home against Barcelona in European competition, and Feyenoord’s coach Giovanni van Bronckhorst has a terrible record in the Champions League – 12 games with two teams, 11 losses. So, if w..

New Tusker striker Victor Mbaoma says it is non-negotiable that his team will find a way to make progress into the second preliminary round of the CAF Confederation Cup, when they host Sudanese side Al Ahli Wad Madani in the first round return-leg on Saturday, 12 September.Download our MozzartSport App For More NewsMbaoma, who scored both of Tusker’s goals in the 2-2 away draw in Kigali, Rwanda on Sunday, 6 September, is confident that The Brewers will show improvement at home, and keep their continental journey alive.##NAJAVA_MECA_9945915##“We are determined to succeed, it is not negotiable,” Mbaoma told the club media, while looking forward to the second-leg tie set for Nyayo Stadium at 3PM East African Time. “We will do our best because we know where we actually faulted; where we made some little errors, and I am sure we will look into that, put in a strong game on Saturday, and God willing, go to the next round.”Harambee Stars defender to play under new coach at Polish clubIn the f..

Tanzanian striker Clare Luvanga has made history after becoming the first player from her country to join the National Women’s Soccer League.Download our MozzartSport App For More NewsThis follow the 21-year-old’s signing by American side Washington Spirit on Wednesday, 9 September, for a four-year contract through the 2029 season.##NAJAVA_MECA_9945915##As part of the move, Spirit, as per multiple reports, are set to pay a world-record women’s transfer fee to Luvanga’s former club Al-Nassr FC, of the Saudi Arabian top-flight.The transfer fee being mooted is close to $2 million (Ksh259,000,000), a figure that would beat the approximately $1.93 million London City Lionesses paid Paris Saint-Germain for French star Grace Geyoro in September 2025.Luvanga, whose youth career began at Yanga Princess, joins Spirit after three illustrious seasons in Saudi Arabia.Harambee Stars striker completes switch to new English clubUpon joining Al-Nassr FC in 2023, the striker led her side to three straig..

So, who would you say is Africa’s in-form striker at the moment?Victor Osimhen, who torments rivals’ defenses at Galatasaray on a regular basis? Serhou Guirassy, who marked the start of Borussia Dortmund’s Champions League campaign with a brace? The resurgent Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who scored in every game for Deportivo A Coruna and led the fallen giants to fifth place in La Liga?Regardless of which big name you picked, we are sorry to inform you that you are wrong, because the hottest African striker at the moment is the lad you’ve most likely forgotten.Auba quits Gabon duty: “This was the last straw”His name rings a bell, that’s for sure, but many haven’t heard a thing about him in months, and some might even think he’s retired.He is Kelechi Iheanacho, and he’s been one of the most ruthless goalscorers in Europe this season.After spells at Manchester City, Leicester City, Sevilla, Middlesbrough, and Celtic, the Nigerian found a new home in the Turkish second flight, at Bursaspor ..

During his visit to Kenya last week, FIVB president Fabio Azevedo led the ground breaking ceremony for a modern volleyball court for one of the country’s leading acedemies, Githurai Kimbo Academy, a facility meant to advance the sport in the country.Download our Mozzart Sport app for more newsSupported by the FIVB Volleyball Foundation, the Academy is creating opportunities for 216 young people, aged 5 to 18, through volleyball training, mentorship and life skills development, alongside 41 education scholarships.The new court is meant to support the academy’s efforts to advance grassroots volleyball, education and personal development within the local community, with more success stories from the academy that produced current Wafalme Stars assistant captain, Brian Kamonde, expected.Malkia Strikers captain opens up about dark period of processing loss to Egypt“All of the kids, coaches and volunteers here are part of the Global Volleyball Movement, and each and every one of them is as im..

Harambee Stars defender Erick ‘Marcelo’ Ouma will play for his third permanent club coach in less than a year, following the appointment of Tomasz Kaczmarek as Raków Częstochowa’s new tactician.Download our MozzartSport App For More NewsKaczmarek, 41, was on Tuesday, 8 September officially unveiled by the Polish club, signing a three-year contract at the side.##NAJAVA_MECA_9945915##His appointment came just eight days after Rakow’s previous head coach Dawid Kroczek handed in his resignation on 31 August, following the side’s disappointing exit in the final qualifying round of the UEFA Conference League against Croatian opposition Hajduk Split.Kroczek, who had been in-charge of the club since 4 May, coached just 14 matches, winning six, drawing two, and losing six times.Harambee Stars striker completes switch to new English clubHis short spell came on the back of another brief tenure for his predecessor – Łukasz Tomczyk – who had been appointed in December 2025, only to leave on 3 May, ..

Kenya’s top Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighters will be in action on Saturday, 19 September, as ANZA MMA Pro Nights 3 takes place at Village Market, Nairobi.Download our MozzartSport App For More NewsThe trio of George ‘The Maverick’ Itumo, Brian Munyi and Kevin Odongo are part of the event’s main-card, which is set to feature eight international fights, bringing together fighters from Kenya, Angola, Uganda, Tanzania, Madagascar and South Sudan.##NAJAVA_MECA_9945915##Itumo, who holds a 2-1-0 professional record, is lined up as the headline act, when he takes on Angola’s Jorge Correia in a bantamweight contest.Itumo, whose last two fights have seen him secure stoppage victories in the first round, will be looking to extend his hot form in the pros, but also with a goal to avenge his only defeat (against Clelio Diogo), which came from an Angolan international.Kenyan duo handed chastening defeats in African Knockout (AKO) debutMunyi, on the other hand, comes up against Uganda’s Cyplian Katu..

A grim evening at the Westfalenstadion. It was supposed to be a night of celebration for Borussia Dortmund’s 77,000 supporters, but instead, everyone in Dortmund is holding their breath and praying for the health of Konstantinos Karetsas. The young Greek, whom the Germans signed from Genk for exactly 30,000,000 euros just a month ago, was carried off the pitch on a stretcher and taken to a local hospital, where doctors are still trying to determine what caused him to end Borussia’s opening Champions League match against Villarreal (3:2) after just 27 minutes.Dortmund c’est terriblement triste leur début de saison, tu avais le potentiel de créé un duo absolument iconique avec Konstantinos Karetsas et Giannis KonstanteliasRésultat, Konstantelias se fait les ligaments croisés au bout de 2 matchEt maintenant c’est au tour de Karetsas…— JeanBonBeurre #KaneBallonDor (@JeanBonBeurreL) September 8, 2026 The outstanding attacking player, who had been dazzling in Belgium and made his Greece debu..

Long-serving Sports Registrar Rose Wasike has retired.Wasike was the first person to hold the position following the enactment of the Sports Act in 2013.Download our Mozzart Sport App for more newsThe Sports Act transferred the registration of federations and clubs to her office from the Registrar of Societies.Wasike, who has held the position for the last 11 years, retired at the end of August bringing to an end a tumultuous stint that was largely marred with conflict with some clubs and federations.##NAJAVA_MECA_946125##During her 11 years career at the Ministry of Sports, Wasike was tasked with implementing the Sports Act and ensuring sporting entities conduct business legally. It is a task that put her in constant friction with clubs and some federations, as officials seemingly struggled to comply with the requirements needed to be registered as officials of either clubs or federations.Among her major achievements was the move to ensure that all federations are supported by the gov..

Up against some of the best teams on the continent, the senior national men’s volleyball team, Wafalme Stars, will have to dig deep if their target for a podium place at the 2026 CAVB Men’s African Nations Volleyball Championship is to be realised.Download our Mozzart Sport app for more newsWafalme Stars are ramping up preparations for the Championship, scheduled to take place from Sunday, 13 to Saturday, 26 September in Tunis, Tunisia. Initially slated for Kinshasa, DR Congo, the Confédération Africaine de Volleyball (CAVB) moved the continental showpiece to Tunisia due to health and safety concerns.Malkia Strikers captain opens up about dark period of processing loss to EgyptKenya earned its place in Tunis after dominating the CAVB Zone V qualifiers in June, winning all four matches without dropping a set to finish top with 12 points. The Gideon Tarus-led side saw off Tanzania, hosts Uganda, South Sudan and Burundi to qualify as the best team from the zone.A top three finish for Taru..