#LunchTimeSport with #Andrew_Wamono Uganda Cranes will miss the services of Gor Mahia trio for the international friendly against Ethiopia on Sunday. This is a reality as the match comes just a day after the last day of the Kenya Premier League (KPL) on which the title winners will be decided. Table Leaders Gor Mahia FC who have in their ranks left back Godfrey Walusimbi, midfielder Geoffrey ‘Baba’ Kizito and striker Daniel ‘Mzee’ Sserunkuma play hosts to Ushuru FC at Kisumu Municipal Stadium. ………… AS Vita Club striker Yunus Sentamu is being trailed by Tunisian giants CS Sfaxien for a possible move according to reports. The ex-Vipers SC striker impressed the Tunisian side during the recently concluded Orange CAF Champions League where he scored two goals including one against them in the semi-finals as Vita reached the finals. In case the deal is done, he will become only the third Ugandan to feature for a Tunisian club after Emmanuel Okwi who signed for Etoile Du Sahel albeit leaving the club a few months into his contract over alleged breach of contract and Jackson Mia Mia Mayanja who played for Espearance in the 90s. ………… African sport ………… Juventus defensive midfielder Kwadwo Asamoah has been ruled out of the 2015 Africa Nations Cup qualifiers tie against Uganda after suffering injury.The news was delivered to the Ghana FA by the Italian champions Juventus in an official statement. “Kwadwo Asamoah will be out for a precautionary period of 15 days in order to fully recover from the injury he sustained during last Saturdays Serie A meeting with Empoli.” Ghana plays Uganda on November 15 before hosting Togo in the last of two qualifying matches in the campaign. ………… Ulinzi Stars FC to change its policy in player recruitment, the club has revealed that future youngsters will only be picked from military teams set up as opposed to past trends where civilians have had open and easy chances of joining the team. Club boss Juma Mwinyikai told the club website that they will strengthen the squad but only with “home grown talents”. John Makwatta and Boniface Onyango are some of the civilian players that have joined the military side and later incorporated into military training. ………… The Ghana Football Association has refunded the loan of US$ 4,003,761.08 it received from the Government to help fund the Black Stars participation in the 2014 World Cup this has been confirmed by the Ghana FA president Kwesi Nyantakyi. The amount was paid to the Ministry of Youth of Sports on Thursday afternoon in furtherance of an agreement with government before the tournament in Brazil. FIFA paid Ghanas prize-money last week and the GFA is happy to refund to Government in pursuance of the agreement reached. ………… Stephen Keshi was not part of the final training of the home-based Eagles ahead of Friday’s friendly against arch-rivals Ghana. An official statement said Keshi has stayed away in Abuja to attend to “personal issues” but some yet to be confirmed media reports suggested he was still in Abuja to press for his unpaid salaries among other things. ………… International sport ………… Bordeaux 37-year-old coach Willy Sagnol has apologised and explained his comments earlier this week about African players but denied that he is racist. He had said they were powerful but also suggested they lack intelligence and discipline. If my lack of clarity or my imperfect semantics hurt or offended people, Im sorry, he said. However Sagnols captain at Bordeaux is Senegal international Lamine Sane, who called Sagnols comments clumsy before defending him, as did club President Jean-Louis Triaud. ………… Arsene Wenger has confirmed Olivier Giroud is to resume training with Arsenal next week as the striker looks to make a return against Manchester United in two weeks time. Giroud was ruled out for the rest of 2014 after sustaining a tibia injury in August, but Wenger revealed last month that the France international was ahead of schedule. Sundays trip to Swansea is Arsenals last match before the international break, and it appears the striker could be in contention when they return to action against United at the Emirates on November 22. ………… Newcastles fears that Gabriel Obertan had suffered a serious thigh injury have been realised with the winger set to be sidelined for the next four months. ………… Dinamo Moscow, Legia Warsaw and Salzburg have all secured their places in the last 32 of the Europa League. Veteran German striker Kevin Kuranyi scored the only goal of the game as Dinamo beat Estoril Praia in Group E. Salzburg cruised through with a 5-1 demolition of Dinamo Zagreb in Group D thanks to Jonathan Sorianos hat-trick. In Group L Legia beat Metalist Kharkiv 2-1 in Warsaw and the Polish clubs spot was confirmed after Lokeren drew 1-1 with Trabzonspor. ………… Transfer talk ………… Leyton Orient has signed former Liverpool, Napoli and Sunderland full-back Andrea Dossena until the end of the season. The 33-year-old Italy international was a free agent after leaving the Black Cats at the end of last season. ………… Everton midfielder Leon Osman has agreed a one-year contract extension. The 33-year-old, who came through the clubs academy and had his testimonial in August, will remain at Goodison Park until at least the summer of 2016. ………… Wilfred Bony is close to agreeing a new contract with Swansea City. The 25-year-old Ivorian was linked with a move away from Swansea in July, after scoring 25 goals in his first season. Bony joined for a club-record fee of £12m in 2012 and still has three years left on his current deal. ………… Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure is set to leave the club for the right price, according to reports. Toure joined the Blues from Barcelona in 2010. ………… Juventuss Paul Pogba and Everton youngster Ross Barkley as potential replacements for the former Barcelona midfielder, should he leave the Etihad Stadium. ………… Fiorentina are lining up a loan move for Arsenal forward Theo Walcott. ………… Arsene Wenger is considering a move for Manchester United centre-back Chris Smalling in January. Celtics Virgil van Dijk and Aston Villas Ron Vlaar are also on Arsenal’s radar. ………… Arsenal is preparing a £10 million offer for FC Basel centre-back Fabian Schar. ………… Arsenal will reignite their interest in Southampton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin after Adrien Rabiot signed a new deal with Paris Saint-Germain. ………… Anderson wants to fight for his future at Manchester United and believes he can win over Louis van Gaal. ………… Chelsea may recall Marco van Ginkel early from his loan spell at AC Milan with neither the player nor his parent club happy with the amount of playing time he is getting in Italy. ………… Isco will be the main objective for Liverpool and Manchester City next summer; although they must hope the Spaniard continues to find game time scarce at the Bernabeu. ………… Manchester City’s owners will explore the possibility of a move for Pep Guardiola next summer as a replacement for Manuel Pellegrini. ………… Manchester United have taken the extraordinary step of inquiring about Nanis interest in returning to Old Trafford in January just 12 weeks after they allowed him to join Sporting on an expensive season-long loan. # MULEMBE
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