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Harambee Starlets captain Mwanalima Adam played the full 90 minutes as Danish side HB Køge Women secured their maiden UEFA Women’s Champions League victory, thrashing Servette FC 5-1 on Thursday night.Download our Mozzart Sport app for more newsThe experienced attacker earned another starting role after featuring in Køge’s opening league-phase fixture against Arsenal Women, where the Danish side suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat after Mariona Caldentey’s stoppage-time penalty.##NAJAVA_MECA_10000272##Making their second appearance of the season in the competition, Køge responded strongly against Servette to register a landmark victory in their campaign.The Danish side made a bright start and took the lead in the ninth minute through Macy Schultz, who finished from Mille Gejl Jensen’s assist.Køge doubled their advantage two minutes before the half-hour mark when Nadia Nadim found the back of the net after being picked out by Kyra Carusa.The hosts continued to dominate and extended their lead ..

Kenyan basketball sensation Madina Okot on Thursday, 1 October, took a step closer to claiming a historic Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) title on her rookie year, this after her Atlanta Dream side punched their way into the playoff semifinals for the first time in eight years.Download our Mozzart Sport app for more newsOkot, 22, was on the court for four minutes as the fourth-seeded Dream completed a 2-0 sweep over fifth-placed Washington Mystics at CareFirst Arena, winning 93-75 in Game Two of the best-of-three first-round series.##NAJAVA_MECA_9997646##The Kenyan center, having played a key role in Dream’s 92-77 triumph in Game One, was on the early-dawn contest deployed again from the bench, featuring in three of the four quarters to see her side book a meeting with eighth-seeded New York Liberty in the second round.Okot’s first appearance on the floor came with 3:41 left in the first quarter, when she came on for fellow star center Angel Reese.President Ruto watches ..

Croatia host England behind closed doors in this UEFA Nations League Group A3 clash in Rijeka, with both sides knowing three points are a near necessity if they are to have any realistic hopes of claiming top spot in the group.These two nations meet just under four months after the Three Lions claimed a 4-2 victory over the Checkered Ones in their opening group-stage match at the 2026 World Cup.Download our MozzartSport App For More NewsThomas Tuchel’s England bounce into this fixture following a 2-0 away victory against Czechia to recover from an opening 3-2 defeat to Spain, whereas Slaven Bilić’s Croatia look to rebound after suffering a 4-1 loss against the world champions.##NAJAVA_MECA_9997243##With England aiming to extend a strong competitive away run and Croatia boasting formidable home form, an intriguing battle awaits at Stadion HNK Rijeka.Kick-off: 7:00 PM (Kenyan Time), Saturday 03 SeptemberVenue: Stadion HNK Rijeka, RijekaGroup: UEFA Nations League (League A, Group 3)Curren..

National Assembly’s Sports and Culture Committee Chair Dan Wanyama has shut down any suggestions that Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania will not be ready to host next year’s Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), expressing satisfaction with ongoing construction works around earmarked facilities.Download our Mozzart Sport app for more newsWanyama, speaking during a joint parliamentary committee on Sports extensive tour at Kenya’s Talanta Sports City Stadium, said it is “not possible” that the Confederation of African Football (CAF) would consider seeking alternative options for 2027 AFCON, owing to delayed construction of stadia.“It is not possible. It cannot happen,” Wanyama said, responding to a question quoting a report from French newspaper Le Monde, which indicated that sources within the CAF Executive Committee were hesitant on East Africa’s ability to host the tournament, and had in-turn sounded out several countries that could potentially host the competition at short notice.##NAJAVA_MECA_999..

Jurgen Klopp’s early days at Germany’s helm were rocky, but on Thursday night, fortune finally smiled as Die Mannschaft swept past Serbia with a commanding 2-0 victory in the UEFA Nations League Division A game.Though the scoreboard showed just a two-goal difference, Klopp’s side controlled every moment, leaving the packed Allianz Arena wondering how they didn’t see a goal fest. Bischof broke the deadlock just before halftime, pouncing after Florian Wirtz’s shot ricocheted off the post. By then, only the heroics of Serbia’s standout keeper, Djordje Petrovic, now at Bournemouth, kept the score respectable.##EDITORS_CHOICE##The second half brought no relief for Serbia, as Germany pressed relentlessly and were rewarded midway through. Wirtz weaved through defenders once more, slotting home to seal the result. Newcastle United’s Nick Woltemade had squandered a golden chance moments earlier, but Serbia’s lifeless response meant those missed opportunities hardly mattered.On the other hand, X..

Portugal’s UEFA Nations League trip to Denmark has been overshadowed by a growing Cristiano Ronaldo storm, with the country’s biggest footballing symbol reportedly walking away from the national team unhappy with his role and lack of playing time.The situation is particularly intriguing given that Ronaldo and Jorge Jesus worked together at Al-Nassr last season, with expectations that their relationship would continue smoothly when Jesus took charge of Portugal.##LINKED_NEWS_69493##Instead, the veteran coach’s decision to leave Cristiano on the bench against Norway – and reportedly plan the same for the clash in Copenhagen – has triggered a furious reaction from the five-time Ballon d’Or winner. Yet Jesus insists he has no regrets.Asked ahead of the Denmark game whether his conscience was clear after everything that had happened, the Portugal boss was unequivocal.”Completely. They were tense hours because we had two games. Now we have another one… I have many years in football behind ..

Harambee Stars remained winless in the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers after a slender 1-0 defeat at the hands of Guinea in a clash staged at the Stade 28 Septembre in Conakry on Thursday, 1 October.Download our Mozzart Sport App for more newsSerhou Guirassy’s first-half strike proved decisive as Guinea held off Kenya’s second-half pressure to secure their first victory of the qualifying campaign.The meeting marked the first clash between the two nations in 18 years. Kenya won the opening leg 2-0 before Guinea claimed a 3-2 victory in the return fixture in Conakry during the qualifiers for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.MPs raise concerns about Talanta Stadium ahead of AFCON 2027Both sides entered Thursday’s encounter searching for their first win of the Group D campaign. Kenya had opened their qualifiers with a 1-1 draw against Eritrea, while Guinea suffered a 2-1 defeat to South Africa.Guinea started brightly and threatened inside the opening 10 minutes when Yadaly Diaby combined with..

A section of MPs have raised minor concerns about the 60,000-seater Talanta Stadium but also praised the progress of the state-of-the-art facility ahead of the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).Download our Mozzart Sport app for more newsThe National Assembly Sports and Culture Committee made the remarks on Thursday, 1 October, after inspecting the stadium to assess Kenya’s preparedness for the continental tournament, which will be jointly hosted by Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania.The committee, led by its Chairperson Dan Wanyama, was informed that the stadium had reached 94 per cent overall completion, with the main stadium works at 95 per cent, outdoor training facilities at 92 per cent, and external works at 93 per cent.##NAJAVA_MECA_9998545##Wanyama said the inspection had given the committee confidence that Kenya would be ready to host the tournament.“As a committee, our tour has given us an indication that all is well and Kenya will be in a position to host AFCON because so far what..

The chaos surrounding Manchester City and their 115 charges is about to reach its pinnacle in the next few days, but – believe it or not – European football has just been hit by another huge bomb, massive, enormous, both in terms of size and its potential consequences.The renowned Spanish sports newspaper AS reports that Real Madrid have asked UEFA to strip Barcelona of the titles they won during the years in which the Catalan club paid €8.4m to former Spanish refereeing chief Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira – as UEFA formally opens a disciplinary case into the explosive Negreira affair!##LINKED_NEWS_28331##The dossier is enormous: 50,000 pages, thousands of documents, evidence, and statements submitted by Real Madrid as European football’s governing body takes a closer look at what happened between 2001 and 2018.UEFA has now confirmed that its Ethics and Disciplinary Inspectors have received a “substantial” amount of documentation from Real Madrid concerning its ongoing investigation int..

Hello and welcome from wherever you are joining us from, Harambee Stars battle Guinea in their second Group D 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers with redemption in mind after a lackluster draw at home against lowly-ranked Eritrea.Download our Mozzart Sport app for more newsThe game is slated for a 7PM (EAT) kick off at the Stade 28 Septembre in Guinea’s capital of Conakry.Guinea opened their qualifier campaign with a 2-1 loss to South Africa with the latter currently topping Group D after following up their win over Syli National with a 5-0 demolition of Eritrea.The two nations have locked horns eight times in the past with each possessing four wins and interestingly a draw is yet to be registered.