Kenya: Battle for a share of the low- end alcohol market is set to go a notch higher. This follows plan by Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) to introduce a low-priced brand in the market, to counter illicit brews. While there is a ban on spirits sold in sachets, most of these brands have surfaced in rural areas where business is booming.
Following a few weeks of silence, she has unleashed a new set of pictures, which many would say are a little more decent that her previous ones
Ken wa Maria has released a new song dubbed Lupita Nyong’o in which he proposes marriage to the Oscar award winning actress. In the song, Ken wa Maria promises to take Lupita to his home in Matuu and together they will bring forth many
A certain police woman on Kiambu road has caught the public eye, not sure whether its for a good or bad reason. The officer in question has her photos making rounds on the internet thanks to her tight skirt.
Daniel Ndambuki, better known as Churchill, yesterday became the first Kenyan individual to reach 1 million likes on Facebook.
On the EPL updates on Saturday, arsenal won 3-0 against Aston Villa at St. James park.
The game that was to follow was west Ham vs Liverpool.
The scores updates???
Check below,,,
Westham 2 - 0 Liverpool, 75 seconds;
The second goal was at the 6th minute by Sakho.
What a shame to Brendan Rodgers
Arsenal to complete £10m Debuchy
move on Thursday
Arsenal will finally complete the 10
million pound signing of Newcastle
defender Mathieu Debuchy on
Thursday. The France international
will replace Bacary Sagna who leff
the Gunners for Manchester City.
Brazil boss Luiz Felipe Scolari said
he had experienced the worst day
of his life after seeing his side lose
7-1 at home to Germany in the
World Cup semifinal at Estadio
Mineirao on Tuesday.
Scolari had claimed prior to the
match that his team could cope
without the injured Neymar and
suspended skipper Thiago Silva,
but Brazil soon capitulated against
Joachim Low's men and found itself
5-0 down after half an hour.
"It's the worst day of my life,"
Scolari said after the game. "We
ask for forgiveness for the result
and we thank the fans for their
support even during this defeat."
And he added: "I am responsible
for the catastrophic result. I made
the choices. I am responsible.
After the first goal went in we
became disorganized and after that
it was one goal after another.
There was no time to change
anything.
"This is a loss of catastrophic
proportions, it's the worst loss in
our history, but we have to learn
how to deal with it."
Scolari says Neymar's absence had
nothing to do with the defeat and
admitted that Germany had just
been better than his side.
"Neymar is one of the team, but he
is a striker and he wouldn't have
helped us defend those moves,"
the Brazil boss said. "There's no
reason to think it would have been
different with Neymar.
"Let's not try to find an excuse
with Neymar. What happened is
that Germany imposed themselves
in a few moments which defined
the match. Germany made use of
those moments and it's nothing to
do with Neymar."
The 65-year-old now hopes his
players can pick themselves up in
time for Saturday's match for third
and fourth place against either
Argentina or Netherlands.
"I will have to wait until Saturday
to see how they will react," he
said. "Before that we will look at
this match again to see what went
wrong and how we can improve,
Life goes on."
Argentina beats Switzerland
1-0 in extra time to reach
World Cup quarterfinals. Di Maria is amazing.
Messi had lots of chances but was playing as an assist by supplying the ball to other players, however, Di Maria confirmed that he could score by putting Argentina 1 place ahead of Switzerland at the very last minute. AWESOME!
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Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba has
thanked his club for enabling him
to make his debut with the France
national team.
The youngster, who turned 20 last
week, earned his first call-up in
France’s World Cup this year 2014.
France and
Nigeria engaged in a spirited
match in the 2014 World Cup
Round of 16 that saw the France almost loosing it, only at the 75th minute as paul pogba secured a goal by scoring for France from a corner reach.
Nigeria led the first half by thrusting on France but guess what, they were denied one penalty and there were many fouls that the referee assumed, in favour of France.
Were it not that, Nigeria could have won amazingly.
W ith the departed Jermain
Defoe now too busy
watching ice hockey, Harry
Kane no longer the darling of Tim
Sherwood and Roberto Soldado no
longer the darling of anyone,
Tottenham need a hot young thing
to partner Emmanuel Adebayor up
front and fire them to a Europa
League place. Spurs’ scouting
department have been too busy
swigging beer and watching the
World Cup to care, but in
watching Belgium’s 1-0 victory
over Russia on Sunday, they
managed to spot the goalscorer
Divock Origi, and promptly
phoned up his club, Lille, for a
quote.
The French club are holding out
for £8m for the 19-year-old but
canny negotiator Daniel Levy will
start at £5m and hope to end up
somewhere in the middle. Origi
might only have scored five goals
in 30 league appearances last
season but remember, he’s a
‘starlet’ and most importantly of
all, he’s BELGIAN. Sign him up!
Somebody who didn’t score over
the weekend, but nevertheless
impressed in failing to do so
against a far superior opposition,
is Ashkan Dejagah . The Iranian
shone against Argentina on
Saturday and nearly gave his
nation a shock lead with a diving
header. The 27-year-old is set to
play in the Championship next
season after being relegated with
Fulham but after playing in Brazil
he has decided that might not be
for the best, with Everton
reportedly keen. “I don’t know
what will happen next season. I
still have a contract at Fulham
and have liked it there, but it is a
hard situation. Of course I want
to play in the Premier League, but
I will focus here and then we will
see what happens,” he shop-
windowed.
Another player in Brazil hoping
for a move is Victor Moses. The
Nigerian was hauled off against
Iran in their opening match and
didn’t make it off the bench
during their win over Bosnia. Vic
Mo over the hill? Alan Irvine
doesn’t think so, with West
Bromwich offering the Chelsea
winger a loan move for the
coming season.
Elsewhere, Steve Bruce thinks that
his son could do with some more
competition at centre-back at Hull
and is set to table a £4m offer for
Tottenham captain Michael
Dawson, while Swansea are
poised to offer free-agent
Bafetimbi Gomis a whopping
£80,000-a-week in order to beat
Newcastle and QPR to his
signature.
Real Madrid is "only" willing to sell Angel
di Maria, Sami Khedira and Fabio
Coentrao this summer for the right
price.
"Less money, stay away" , that's it.
Divock Origi scores against Russia: Belgium 1 - 0 Russia
Origi makes Belgium debut in
rampant victory.
Lille FC forward Divock Origi made
his Belgium debut on Monday
night in the Red Devils' rampant
win over Luxembourg, with
Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku
bagging a hat-trick.
Origi, 19, and son of Kenyan
international Mike Okoth, was
brought in on the hour mark
replacing Lukaku.
Lionel Messi has
signed a new and
improved contract
with Barcelona, the
club have
announced.
The Argentina international reached a
provisional agreement over a new deal
at the end of last week following
months of speculation that he had
reached an impasse over fresh terms.
The 26-year-old released a statement
earlier on Monday claiming he could
be forced to consider his options
should he no longer feel the
"affection" of the club he joined as a
youngster, though he maintained he
was eager to continue his Camp Nou
career.
Louis van Gaal has
vowed to "make
history" with
Manchester United
following his
appointment as the club's new
manager.
The Netherlands boss was announced
as David Moyes's permanent successor
on Monday and will begin his role
following the conclusion of the World
Cup in Brazil.
Van Gaal will be assisted by United
legend Ryan Giggs, who took
temporary charge of the Red Devils
back in April and steered the club to
two wins from his four games, and the
Dutchman is confident that the new
managerial set-up can help make
history at Old Trafford.
He told the club's official website: "It
was always a wish for me to work in
the Premier League. To work as a
manager for Manchester United, the
biggest club in the world, makes me
very proud.
"I have managed in games at Old
Trafford before and know what an
incredible arena Old Trafford is and
how passionate and knowledgeable
the fans are.
"This club has big ambitions; I too
have big ambitions. Together I'm sure
we will make history."
"In football, anything can happen"
-Toboa siri
This picture is worth so many
words. #Arsenal squad 2015
"Never forget your closest friends of all the times"
-Toboa siri
Harambee Stars will on Sunday
embark on a long route to the 2015
African Cup of Nations finals when
they host the lowly ranked
Comoros at the Nyayo National
Stadium in the first encounter of a
two-leg preliminary phase tie.
The last time Stars made an
appearance at the continental
showpiece was way back in 2004
under the tutelage of former
coach-turned-television pundit
Jacob ’Ghost’ Mulee.
Since then, the team’s successive
attempts to earn a ticket to
Africa’s premier football
competition have ended in
heartbreak.
When Stars last took part in the
competition, the squad was a
blend of youth and experience with
former long-serving skipper Musa
Otieno, Mike Okoth, Robert Mambo
and custodian Francis Onyiso
forming the spine of the team.
Also in the squad was a
sensational teenager by the name
Dennis Oliech who had just
announced his arrival on the big
stage.
Ten years on, as the team begins a
journey whose destination is
Morocco their aim is to make up
for past failures.
BIG NAMES
The current squad boasts of a
number of big names including
team captain Victor Wanyama,
MacDonald Mariga and Dennis
Oliech, all of whom bring a wealth
of experience into the team.
For Oliech and Duncan Ochieng,
the only survivors from the 2004
squad, the campaign presents an
opportunity to take another bite at
the cherry while the returning
Mariga desires to make his debut
at the Nations Cup.
“I have been away from the team
for too long, but what is important
is to put our heads together and
make our country proud. I am glad
to be back and I want to give my
best,” said Mariga.
National duty
The Inter Milan midfielder, who
has been sidelined with injury for
nearly two years, will be playing
alongside his younger sibling
Wanyama and Oliech for the first
time since October 2011.
Other foreign-based players
scattered in various leagues abroad
have likewise responded to the
call of national duty by diligently
trooping to camp.
Latest arrival Lawrence Olum
believes success at this stage
would provide the team with the
much needed morale boost going
forward into the campaign.
POSITIVE START
The midfielder, who plays for
Sporting Kansas City in Major
League Soccer in the United States,
said whichever player takes to the
field today will have only one thing
in his mind - victory.
“On paper it looks like we are the
favourites in this match, but we
still have a job to do and make
that statistic count. I want to
assure Kenyans that we will do
our part to conjure up a win, so let
them show patriotism by coming
out to support us tomorrow
(today),” Olum said Saturday when
the team was hosted to a luncheon
at a city hotel by the football
governing body in the country.
Indeed, Olum, who earlier in the
week risked missing to report to
camp, demonstrated his
commitment to the team by
purchasing his own air ticket
following local football authorities’
failure to send him tickets on
time.
“It is always an honour to
represent the country and when I
was called up I had to stand up for
my country with or without
receiving the air tickets,” he said.
Former team captain Oliech
stressed the need for a positive
start to the campaign for them to
build momentum.
“We do not know much about our
opponents (Comoros) but what is
important is to have a good start
and reach the group stages. We
want to qualify and for us to have
a chance we must work hard,”
Oliech said.
THE OPPOSITION
Stars coach Adel Amrouche echoed
his players’ ambition but warned
them against underrating the
opposition.
“We have said it time and again
that we need to improve. The time
has come to walk the talk because
this is about the country. If we
reach next year’s Africa Cup of
Nations, then the whole country
will have achieved something. That
is our goal,” Amrouche said.
During the luncheon, the team
received Sh1 million in cash for
their allowances.
Although the islanders are ranked
at a lowly position 184, 78 slots
behind Kenya and have not won a
major title, Harambee Stars will be
wary of the unfancied opposition.
If Kenya manages an aggregate
win over Comoros they will face
either Lesotho or Liberia in the
next round of the qualifiers with
the winner advancing to the group
stage where Angola, Gabon and
Burkina Faso lie in wait.
'CLEAN SHEET'
Meanwhile, Comoros coach Amir
Abdou said they will not be cowed
by the big names in the Kenyan
team.
“They (Harambee Stars) have very
good players such as Dennis Oliech
who I have followed for long in
France, but we are here to fight
and give our best,” Abdou said.
“I have assembled a very good
side capable of doing well against
any team. We are fully focused on
Sunday’s (today) match. We want
to do well against a very strong
side. Our goal is to keep a clean
sheet in Nairobi,” he added.
Needless to say, the hopes of 40
million plus Kenyans rest on the
shoulders of Wanyama and his
team mates.
Abdou will be counting on his
skipper Najim Abdou, who turns
out for Millwall FC in the English
second tier league to lead his side
against Harambee Stars.
“My players can cope with the
intimidating atmosphere that we
expect to receive from the home
fans. Playing away from home is
always very tricky, but my boys
are psychologically prepared for
the match.”
Harambee Stars will on Sunday
embark on a long route to the 2015
African Cup of Nations finals when
they host the lowly ranked
Comoros at the Nyayo National
Stadium in the first encounter of a
two-leg preliminary phase tie.
The last time Stars made an
appearance at the continental
showpiece was way back in 2004
under the tutelage of former
coach-turned-television pundit
Jacob ’Ghost’ Mulee.
Since then, the team’s successive
attempts to earn a ticket to
Africa’s premier football
competition have ended in
heartbreak.
When Stars last took part in the
competition, the squad was a
blend of youth and experience with
former long-serving skipper Musa
Otieno, Mike Okoth, Robert Mambo
and custodian Francis Onyiso
forming the spine of the team.
Also in the squad was a
sensational teenager by the name
Dennis Oliech who had just
announced his arrival on the big
stage.
Ten years on, as the team begins a
journey whose destination is
Morocco their aim is to make up
for past failures.
BIG NAMES
The current squad boasts of a
number of big names including
team captain Victor Wanyama,
MacDonald Mariga and Dennis
Oliech, all of whom bring a wealth
of experience into the team.
For Oliech and Duncan Ochieng,
the only survivors from the 2004
squad, the campaign presents an
opportunity to take another bite at
the cherry while the returning
Mariga desires to make his debut
at the Nations Cup.
“I have been away from the team
for too long, but what is important
is to put our heads together and
make our country proud. I am glad
to be back and I want to give my
best,” said Mariga.
National duty
The Inter Milan midfielder, who
has been sidelined with injury for
nearly two years, will be playing
alongside his younger sibling
Wanyama and Oliech for the first
time since October 2011.
Other foreign-based players
scattered in various leagues abroad
have likewise responded to the
call of national duty by diligently
trooping to camp.
Latest arrival Lawrence Olum
believes success at this stage
would provide the team with the
much needed morale boost going
forward into the campaign.
POSITIVE START
The midfielder, who plays for
Sporting Kansas City in Major
League Soccer in the United States,
said whichever player takes to the
field today will have only one thing
in his mind - victory.
“On paper it looks like we are the
favourites in this match, but we
still have a job to do and make
that statistic count. I want to
assure Kenyans that we will do
our part to conjure up a win, so let
them show patriotism by coming
out to support us tomorrow
(today),” Olum said Saturday when
the team was hosted to a luncheon
at a city hotel by the football
governing body in the country.
Indeed, Olum, who earlier in the
week risked missing to report to
camp, demonstrated his
commitment to the team by
purchasing his own air ticket
following local football authorities’
failure to send him tickets on
time.
“It is always an honour to
represent the country and when I
was called up I had to stand up for
my country with or without
receiving the air tickets,” he said.
Former team captain Oliech
stressed the need for a positive
start to the campaign for them to
build momentum.
“We do not know much about our
opponents (Comoros) but what is
important is to have a good start
and reach the group stages. We
want to qualify and for us to have
a chance we must work hard,”
Oliech said.
THE OPPOSITION
Stars coach Adel Amrouche echoed
his players’ ambition but warned
them against underrating the
opposition.
“We have said it time and again
that we need to improve. The time
has come to walk the talk because
this is about the country. If we
reach next year’s Africa Cup of
Nations, then the whole country
will have achieved something. That
is our goal,” Amrouche said.
During the luncheon, the team
received Sh1 million in cash for
their allowances.
Although the islanders are ranked
at a lowly position 184, 78 slots
behind Kenya and have not won a
major title, Harambee Stars will be
wary of the unfancied opposition.
If Kenya manages an aggregate
win over Comoros they will face
either Lesotho or Liberia in the
next round of the qualifiers with
the winner advancing to the group
stage where Angola, Gabon and
Burkina Faso lie in wait.
'CLEAN SHEET'
Meanwhile, Comoros coach Amir
Abdou said they will not be cowed
by the big names in the Kenyan
team.
“They (Harambee Stars) have very
good players such as Dennis Oliech
who I have followed for long in
France, but we are here to fight
and give our best,” Abdou said.
“I have assembled a very good
side capable of doing well against
any team. We are fully focused on
Sunday’s (today) match. We want
to do well against a very strong
side. Our goal is to keep a clean
sheet in Nairobi,” he added.
Needless to say, the hopes of 40
million plus Kenyans rest on the
shoulders of Wanyama and his
team mates.
Abdou will be counting on his
skipper Najim Abdou, who turns
out for Millwall FC in the English
second tier league to lead his side
against Harambee Stars.
“My players can cope with the
intimidating atmosphere that we
expect to receive from the home
fans. Playing away from home is
always very tricky, but my boys
are psychologically prepared for
the match.”
Arjen Robben and Thomas Mueller
scored extra-time goals as Bayern
Munich won the German Cup with
a 2-0 victory over rivals Borussia
Dortmund on Saturday.
After the first 90 minutes finished
goalless, Robben broke the drought
in the 107th-minute before Mueller
added a second in time added-on.
Coach Pep Guardiola finishes his
first season in charge of Bayern
with four trophies having already
won the Bundesliga title, Club
World Cup and UEFA Super Cup.
Bayern won the German Cup for a
record 17th time to claim the
domestic league and cup double --
the Champions League was the
only title to evade the Bavarian
giants this season.
Having also scored the late winner
in the 2013 Champions League
final against Dortmund at
Wembley, Netherlands winger
Robben again broke Dortmund
hearts.
And there was no fairytale finish
for Poland striker Robert
Lewandowski who had promised to
finish his four years at Dortmund
by lifting the cup before joining
Bayern next season.
This was the fourth and final time
Germany's top two sides met this
season with both sides finishing
with two wins a piece.
But it was a nervy, tense affair in
front of a 71,967 crowd at Berlin's
sold-out Olympic Stadium which
also included Hollywood star Tom
Hanks who is filming 'A Hologram
for the King' in Germany's capital.
Bayern were forced into a late
change when Austria left-back
David Alaba dropped out with a
stomach muscle injury and Brazil's
Rafinha slotted into his place.
Munich were already without
defensive midfielder Bastian
Schweinsteiger, ruled out with a
knee injury while striker Mario
Mandzukic having been dropped.
Guardiola opted to play a new
3-4-3 system and included 18-year-
old midfielder Pierre-Emile
Hoejbjerg, who was making only
his 11th first team appearance.
Dortmund were at near full
strength with Lewandowski
making his final appearance in the
yellow-black shirt.
Bayern made a bright start as
Mueller and Robben both forced
Dortmund captain and goalkeeper
Roman Weidenfeller into early
saves.
LAHM LEG INJURY
There were worrying scenes ahead
of next month's World Cup in
Brazil when Bayern's Germany
captain Philipp Lahm limped off
with half an hour gone to be
replaced by Franck Ribery.
The Bayern bench said Lahm had
taken a knock to the fibula, but it
was not serious and he is expected
to join the Germany training camp
which starts on Wednesday.
Hoejbjerg squandered a great
chance with half-time approaching
when he fired wide from the
penalty area after being left
unmarked.
At the other end, Lewandowski
cannoned his shot over the bar
moments later.
Both teams had clear chances in
the second half as Mueller's shot
at point-blank range was
smothered by Weidenfeller on 56
minutes.
And at the other end, Dortmund
defender Mats Hummels' header
was saved off the line on 64
minutes by Bayern's Dante.
After the game went to extra-time,
Robben broke the drought when
he fired home at the near post
from five metres out.
Mueller then took advantage of
tired Dortmund legs when he held
off Germany team-mate Marcel
Schmelzer and rounded
Weidenfeller just before the final
whistle as Bayern defended their
cup title.
Bayern
Munich's French midfielder Franck
Ribery (right) celebrates with
Bayern Munich's Dutch midfielder
Arjen Robben after scoring during a
past match.
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l
Ramsey's extra-time winner
ensured Arsenal ended their nine-year wait for a trophy as they came from two goals behind.
Giroud wasn't.
Missing in action were the two Germany stars: Ozil and
Podolski.
Lukas Podolski hasn't even got
that excuse. An extremely poor
display from a man with 112
international caps. Not good
enough.
A number of penalty appeals were turned down.
Luck always plays a part but on
another day Wenger's men could
have had not one, not two but
three penalties awarded.
Giroud and Cazorla were felled
on two separate occasions while
Jake Livermore seemed to
handle the ball in the box in
between.
When your opponent has an off
day you have to capitalise and
the Tigers did that at Wembley.
The blistering start left the
Gunners floundering and they
defended for their lives
thereafter.
Regardless of the result they
certainly didn't look like a team
just one year removed from the
Championship.
They were a credit to their city
and the legion of orange and
black who travelled the length
of the country to roar them on.
Ramsey proved
why he's now Arsenal's top
gun.
Ramsey proved
why he's now Arsenal's top
gun.
Ramsey is now, without doubt
the Gunners' best player and he
showed why on the biggest
stage.
Yaya Sanogo
@Yayasanogoal22
"Last tweet bfore history, who
would have guess we wld be in
this position 1 month ago ? So
José how much trophy did you
get this year ? #AFC"
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