Lavine Oduck
Kisure contributor covering football stories, match updates, analysis, and the wider sports conversation.
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Cameroon 2-1 Burkina Faso: Africa Cup of Nations – as it happened
Burkina Faso, who were without their coach Kamou Malo and six players who tested positive for COVID-19 in the build-up to the match, gave away two clumsy p...
Bernardo Silva leads Manchester City’s big guns past Swindon in FA Cup
Manchester City do not take these assignments lightly, regardless of the trying circumstances and, perhaps unsurprisingly, almost half a billion pounds’ wo...
Arsenal cement top-four spot with 5-0 win at Norwich
Arsenal cruised to a 5-0 win at hapless bottom side Norwich City on Sunday, with Bukayo Saka’s double helping them to secure the victory as they consolidat...
Premier League confirm stance on Wolves vs Chelsea after Aston Villa postponement
This weekend's football scheduled has been heavily affected by Covid-19 - with a host of fixtures postponed due to outbreaks at a growing number of clubs....
Gor’s Ulimwengu and John cleared to travel back to nairobi after Covid-19 fright
The two players, namely Jules Ulimwengu and John Ochieng have since tested negative for the virus they were detained in Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of...
Messias revitalises rossoneri
Milan got back on track by flattening Andriy Shevchenko’s Genoa with a Zlatan Ibrahimovic free kick and splendid Junior Messias brace. This was a very spe...
Michael Olunga crowned Asian Football Confederation (ACL) Champions League top scorer
Olunga, who features for Al Duhail in Qatar scored nine goals in the 40-team tournament held between April 14 and November 23 this year. All his goals came...
Zidane not interested in United
Zinedine Zidane has turned down the chance to manage United for the second time in his career, according to reports. El Partidazo de Cope say there are th...
Barça win tough Derby in Xavi debut
The Xavi Era at Barcelona began with a win in the Catalonia Derby against Espanyol at Camp Nou, but it wasn’t easy. After a sublime first half the Blaugran...
Kenya recorded their first win in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers
Stars captain Michael Olunga and midfielder Richard Odada scored in the first half as Kenya registered their first win in the qualifiers. Oliver Niyonzima...
Official: Newcastle United hire Eddie Howe as manager
Newcastle United on Monday appointed Eddie Howe as the English Premier League football club's senior team manager in the wake of Steve Bruce's departure l...
Chelsea missed the chance to extend their lead at the top of the Premier League
With Liverpool not in action until Sunday, the Blues were looking to go five points clear at the head of the table, but were punished for some wasteful fi...