Marked for Emmanuel Lwangu
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad22 Nov 2027
A fracture rules Timothy Imala out for 114 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Kariobangi Sharks will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad22 Nov 2027
Zakaria Messibah was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad22 Nov 2027
Words at Kariobangi Sharks training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alassane Coulibaly is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
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Upbeat
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 40. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market7 Sep 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at AFC Leopards, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match5 Sep 2026
Whatever happens, AFC Leopards do not lose
8 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Kennedy Odhiambo was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match5 Sep 2026
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Maxwell Otieno. 1‑0 against Ulinzi Stars, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Marked 8.18 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Words at AFC Leopards training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Hassan Beja is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad7 Sep 2026
A month that belonged to Hassan Beja
The young player of the month award goes to a 20-year-old at AFC Leopards who has looked like the finished article for four weekends running. The next four are the ones that decide whether he is.
Squad7 Sep 2026
A place in the month's best eleven for Tyson Otieno
Four or five weekends of consistency, judged against everybody in the division doing his job. Tyson Otieno has come out of that comparison in the side, and AFC Leopards have had the benefit of every one of those afternoons.