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Visiting Gor Mahia on Wednesday edged 10-man Sony Sugar 3-2 in a thrilling SportPesa Premier League match held at Moi stadium in Kisumu. Substitute Nicholas Kipkirui netted  K'Ogalo's winning goal in the 77th minute from the spot after Maxwell Onyango was adjudged to have handled the box attempting a clearance. Jacques Tuyisenge and Samuel Onyango also netted a goal a piece for Gor, while Sony's goals were scored by Enoch Agwanda and Joshua Otieno. Sony were reduced to 10 men deep in extra time after their goalkeeper Samuel Njau was shown a straight red card for handling the ball outside his area. Sony were lucky not to have conceded early when Tuyisenge's header hit the goalpost, before the defending champions failed to convert from three successive corner-kicks. Agwanda troubled Gor's defence with his 14th minute long throw-in, Joash Onyango coming to the rescue of the visitors with a timely clearance. Agwanda fired the sugar millers ah...

By AFP More by this Author MILAN Juventus starlet Moise Kean has whipped up a storm by taking a stand when targeted by racist chanting during his team's Serie A match against Cagliari on Tuesday, but his actions raised barely a murmur in Italy, where racist abuse has become a recurring problem which football authorities remain reluctant to tackle. Even Kean's Juventus teammate Leonardo Bonucci and coach Massimiliano Allegri partly blamed the 19-year-old, born in Italy to Ivorian parents, for provoking Cagliari fans with his celebrations after scoring the second goal in a 2-0 win. Kean -- along with his French teammate Blaise Matuidi and Brazilian Alex Sandro -- had been targeted by monkey chants throughout the match, but they increased in intensity after the Italy international bagged his fourth Serie A strike of the season. The youngster celebrated with his hands outstretched on front of the Cagliari fans, drawing a barrage of racist abuse. World Cup wi...

ARIS Football legend Pele was taken to a Paris hospital as a precaution on Wednesday after suffering from an "infection" but is "doing well", according to members of his entourage. The 78-year-old Brazilian three-time World Cup winner was being treated for "a light fever" prior to the long flight back to his home country, the sources told AFP, confirming earlier reports by French radio station RMC. The sources indicated that he was still in hospital on Wednesday afternoon. Pele, who won the World Cup in 1958, 1962 and 1970, was in Paris for a promotional appearance alongside France star Kylian Mbappe. The declining health of the player known as 'O Rei' has been a cause for concern in recent times, and the planned meeting with Mbappe had already been postponed last November. Previously, Pele had admitted to not being up to the task of lighting the flame at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Rio Olympics. Before that, Pe...