Author: SS News Correspondent
Title winning Gor Mahia coach who also guided K’Ogalo to their first ever CAF Confederation Cup quarterfinal in 2019 Hasan Oktay has extended his splendid managerial streak to Botswana’s Premier League where his club Township Rollers have won three of their first league matches. Oktay who joined the ambitious Southern African outfit at the beginning of the 2021/2022 season has infected the team with positivity which reflects in results. His tactics and influence coupled with vast talent at the club has awakened the Botswana Premier League following months of Covid-19 enforced slumber. Playing his customary direct football, the tactical Englishman…
With utmost humility and gratitude, Salient Sports Management takes this opportunity to thank the great people of South Sudan through their esteemed Football Association (SSFA) and gallant Women National Football Team, The Bight Starlets, for opting to work with Salient Sports over the two legs of Africa Women Cup of Nations (AWCON) qualifiers held in Nairobi on 20th and 23rd October 2021. Salient Sports Management, an integrated logistics and management company, is proud to have organized and tended to the needs of the team from touchdown to departure with dedicated service and professional efficiency a federation of South Sudan’s caliber deserves. Salient Sports Management will always strive to offer the…
South Sudan national women’s soccer team, Bright Starlets, were a class below their Kenyan counterparts, Harambee Starlets, who progress to the next stage of Africa Women Cup of Nations qualifiers after a 15-1 aggregate score. Both legs were played in Kenya as South Sudan opted to stage their home leg at Nyayo stadium. While the scoreline is significantly lopsided, South Sudan’s very young squad picked plenty of positives as they continue to build a team from scratch. The Bright Starlets effort and improved display was epitomised by a sumptuous 71st minute goal netted by former Makolanders forward Amy Last. After sustained…
South Sudan Bright Starlets have stepped up preparations for the upcoming Africa Women Cup of Nations (AWCON) qualifier against Harambee Starlets on Wednesday 20th October 2021 with the return leg slated for this weekend. Both games will be staged at Nyayo stadium after the Bright Starlets opted to host their return leg in Nairobi rather than Juba, South Sudan. The team flew straight from South Africa where they participated in this year’s COSAFA Championships to Nairobi where they have been camping for the past nine days. A young bubbly squad under the tutelage of South African Shilene Booysen assisted by Kenya’s…
Botswana giants Township Rollers have signed Salient Sports clients Iradukunda Jean Bertrand Kinyarwanda and Mohamed Diallo in a swoop described as ‘blockbuster’ by Chief Executive Officer of the club Bennett Mamelodi.Iradukunda is a bubbly 29-cap international for the Amavubi of Rwanda and last joins Township Rollers from Gasogi United. The 26 year-old will link up with his new teammates after the conclusion of International fixtures where he’s in the running for a role for Amavubi in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Uganda in Kigali. Iradukunda has represented Rwanda at the Under17, Under20, Under23 and currently in the senior…
The highest ranked Eastern African national football team Uganda Cranes have touched down in Nairobi, Kenya for a crucial derby with Harambee Stars that commences an elusive journey to the pinnacle of world football, the FIFA World Cup, to the two nations. Grouped with Rwanda and Mali in one pool with the West African nation hosting Rwanda a day earlier, Cranes and Harambee Stars will line up at the Nyayo stadium on Thursday evening looking to seize early impetus in the group. Kenya and Uganda have faced off fifteen times since 2007 with the Cranes winning seven times to Harambee…
Enterprising South Sudan national team captain Peter Maker Manyang has joined the fastest-rising football club in sub-Sahara Zesco United on a two-year contract. The FAZ/MTN Super League champions unveiled Manyang’ on Tuesday 17th August 2021 ahead of his medicals. The former Munuki football club defender becomes ZESCO United’s third signing following the arrival of Dickson Chapa from Napsa Stars and Edward Lungu from Kitwe United. “ZESCO United is a big football club and a competitive team at the continental level. I played against them in 2016 when they reached the CAF Champions League semi-finals. I am extremely delighted to join…
There’s a raging debate regarding the standards of a sporting facility coming up in the lakeside city of Kisumu. Kisumu is a cradle for great sporting talents and rightfully deserves an international stadium to enhance the city’s standing in the sporting world. While barbs are traded over the quality and standard of the Jomo Kenyatta International Stadium, Salient Sports Management notes with great admiration that the facility will have 59 washrooms for the convenience of spectators. Not even Kasarani, whose standard is undoubtedly world class, can talk of that laudable number of washrooms within its vast reaches. A 2013 survey…
Once again the sporting fraternity in Kenya is waiting with bated breaths as the Ministries of Sports and Health work a plan for resumption of activity following a six-week lay-off occasioned by Covid-19 second wave. Team sports which must undertake meticulous pre-season conditioning in order to compete professionally will be once again bear the brunt owing to the limited time left for leagues to conclude. Remember the current football season was delayed and the envisaged ending in May/June is untenable. League organizers will have to rejig their calendars to ensure the more than half the season not yet played is…
Salient Sports Management wishes to thank the gallant people of South Sudan through the South Sudan Football Association and national team, The Bright Stars for choosing Nairobi, Kenya for a nine-day training camp before a very crucial Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Malawi in Khartoum. During their stay in Kenya the Bright Stars enjoyed a serene and productive camp highlighted by affordable but classy accommodation, efficient transportation, availability of standard training facilities and worthy opposition (Harambee Stars and Wazito) for build-up matches. Salient Sports Management wishes the resilient Bright Stars the best of luck in their upcoming Africa Cup…