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25^TH OCTOBER 2013   MMU FM     SPORT NEWS 3.30    DORIS NYAGA   

GOR MAHIA ARE THE 2013 KENYAN PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS AFTER THEY WERE AWARDED THE POINTS FROM THEIR ABANDONED MATCH AGAINST SONY SUGAR.

THE INDEPENDENT DISCIPLINARY AND APPEARS COMMITTEE AWARDED GOR THE ABANDONED MATCH WHICH HAS HALTED SIX MINUTES FROM TIME AS SONY PLAYERS PROTESTED THE AWARDING OF GOR EQUALIZER.

THE DECISION MEANS THAT GOR HAVE AN UNASSAILABLE LEAD OF 56 POINTS, 12 MORE THAN SECOND PLACED AFC LEOPARDS.

GOR STILL HAVE THREE GAMES TO PLAY AND WILL ON SUNDAY FACE WESTERN SIDE KAKAMEGA HOMEBOYZ IN NAIROBI, BEFORE FACING BANKERS KCB.

THEY WILL THEN TRAVEL TO NAKURU TO PLAY ARMY SIDE ULINZI STARS IN THEIR LAST GAME OF THE SEASON.

GOR ARE CURRENTLY TOPPING THE KENYA PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE WITH 56 POINTS, AFC ARE SECOND WITH 44 POINTS, SOFAPAKA COME THIRD WITH 43 POINTS, BANKERS KCB HAVE GUNNERED 40 POINTS TO TAKE FOURTH PLACE, TUSKER FC ARE FIFTH WITH 38 POINTS.

  

25^TH OCTOBER 2013   MMU FM     SPORT NEWS 3.30    DORIS NYAGA   

THE KENYA FOOTBALL FEDERATION HAS SET NOVEMBER  15^TH AS THE FINAL DATE FOR THIS YEARS GOTV SHIELD TOURNAMENT.

DUBBED TO BE THE MASHEMEJI DERBY ROUND THREE, THE MATCH WILL BE PLAYED AT NYAYO STADIUM IN NAIROBI.

FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE TOURNAMENT HAS PRIZE MONEY WITH THE WINNER WALKING AWAY WITH A COOL 2 MILLION.

THIS WILL SERVE TO BE THE CLIMAX OF THE KENYA PREMIER LEAGUE AND ALREADY ASCETIC GOR MAHIA B FANS HAVE EXPRESSED OPTIMISM AND LOOK TO WIN THE SHIELD TO ADD TO THEIR TROPHY CABINET AFTER CLINCHING THIS YEAR’S LEAGUE CUP.

25^TH OCTOBER 2013   MMU FM     SPORT NEWS 3.30    DORIS NYAGA   

TOTTENHAM CLOSED IN ON A PLACE IN THE EUROPA LEAGUE KNOCKOUTS STAGES WITH A 2-0 WIN AWAY TO MOLDOVAN CHAMPIONS SHERIFF TIRASPOL ON THURSDAY.   

25^TH OCTOBER 2013   MMU FM     SPORT NEWS 3.30    DORIS NYAGA   

FORMER UNITED STRIKER MARK HUGHES BELIEVES HIS OLD CLUB ARE A LITTLE BIT VULNERABLE AS HE PREPARES HIS STOKE CITY SIDE FOR SATURDAY’S PREMIER LEAGUE CLASH AT OLD TRAFFORD.

NEW UNITED MANAGER DAVID MOYES HAS ENDURED A ROCKY START SINCE REPLACING ALEX FERGUSON IN THE CLOSE SEASON AND HIS SIDE HAVE ALREADY DROPPED 13 POINTS IN EIGHT MATCHES.