Top Five Stories From Thursday You Must Read Today
24th May 2019
Brave Simba SC edged 5-4 by Sevilla FC in Dar es Saalam, Gor Mahia FC coach Oktay bags April coach of the month award
- Five-time UEFA Europa League winners Seviila FC left it very late to break the hearts of brave Simba SC 5-4 in an enthralling SportPesa Challenge
- With two tournaments left to close the 2018/19 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series Kenya Shujaa are in thick of the fight to avoid relegation from Core Status.
- Fresh from leading his side to the 2018/19 SportPesa Premier League title, Gor Mahia FC coach Hassan Oktay had a Thursday morning to relish after he was named the Fidelity Insurance Coach of the Month Award winner for April
NAIROBI, Kenya- Five-time UEFA Europa League winners Seviila FC left it very late to break the hearts of brave Simba SC 5-4 in an enthralling SportPesa Challenge, La Liga World historic friendly at the National Main Stadium in Dar-es-Salaam on Thursday evening.
With two tournaments left to close the 2018/19 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series Kenya Shujaa are in thick of the fight to avoid relegation from Core Status.
Gor Mahia FC will be coronated as the 2018/19 SportPesa Premier League (SPL) champions on Saturday evening at the Kenyatta Stadium, Machakos after they take on struggling Posta Rangers FC in what is billed to be another memorable title party for their devoted fans.
Fresh from leading his side to the 2018/19 SportPesa Premier League title, Gor Mahia FC coach Hassan Oktay had a Thursday morning to relish after he was named the Fidelity Insurance Coach of the Month Award winner for April.
Here are the top five stories from Thursday compiled by SportPesa News that you must read today:
Sevilla Leave It Late To Down Brave Simba In SportPesa
Challenge 9-Goal Drama
DAR-ES-SALAAM, Tanzania- Five-time UEFA Europa League winners Seviila FC left it very late to
break the hearts of brave Simba SC 5-4 in an enthralling SportPesa Challenge,
La Liga World historic friendly at the National Main Stadium in Dar-es-Salaam
on Thursday evening. On their first ever tour to East Africa, the Spanish
giants completed a stirring comeback from 2-4 down in the last five minutes and
time added on when they struck thrice without reply as freshly minted Tanzania
Premier League (TPL) champions imploded in spectacular fashion. READ
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London 7s: Limping Shujaa Running Out Time To Save Core
Status
LONDON, England- With two tournaments left to close the 2018/19 HSBC World Rugby Sevens
Series Kenya Shujaa are in thick of the fight to avoid relegation from Core
Status. Head coach Paul Murunga is running out of time to rally his troops
starting with this weekend's penultimate London 7s round at the famous
Twickenham Stadium in England. READ
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Gor Set For Machakos SPL Title Coronation, Club Back On
Twitter
NAIROBI, Kenya-
Gor Mahia FC will be coronated as the 2018/19 SportPesa Premier League (SPL)
champions on Saturday evening at the Kenyatta Stadium, Machakos after they take
on struggling Posta Rangers FC in what is billed to be another memorable title
party for their devoted fans. The three-peat league winners who sealed the
crown on Wednesday despite being held to a 1-1 draw by relegation-threatened
Vihiga United FC also made their return to micro-blogging social media platform
Twitter with a new handle @FCGorMahia after their previous account that had
almost a million followers was closed. READ
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The Splash Of Victory: SPL Title-Winning Coach Oktay Bags
April's Finest Gong
NAIROBI, Kenya-
Fresh from leading his side to the 2018/19 SportPesa Premier League title, Gor
Mahia FC coach Hassan Oktay had a Thursday morning to relish after he was named
the Fidelity Insurance Coach of the Month Award winner for April. The Turkish
Cypriot-born boss accepted his second monthly award in three months after
coming tops in February as reward to his side's storming finish to the season
that saw them clinch a third successive and record-extending 18th domestic
league crown. READ
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I Will Crucify, Destroy The Legend Of Manny Pacquiao-
Thurman Vows
BEVERLY HILLS, United States- Keith Thurman vowed to retire Philippine boxing legend Manny Pacquiao
as the two fighters traded verbal jabs ahead of the World Boxing Association
battle for welterweight supremacy. The undefeated Thurman, 30, takes on
Pacquiao in Las Vegas on July 20 in a contest that pits the WBA's "super
world champion" against the body's secondary "world" champion. READ
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