Kenyan goalkeeper Lilian Onyango Awour has helped Farul Constanta win the 2023/2024 Romania League title.

Farul Constanta beat Universitatea Cluj 2-1 on Sunday to clinch the title with two more matches to be played. It was also Farul Constanta’s first-ever league title in their first season in top flight football.

Awour who participated in almost every match since joining in February has been instrumental for the team.

Farul thus dethroned Universitatea Cluj, the reigning champion for the previous twelve years. ” Winning the title with Farul Constanta is a very good feeling because it has been real hard work, ” said Awour.

The 24-year-old shot-stopper, who initially signed a three-year deal with Soyaux in January 2022 also had a stint with Olympique De Valence. Before her European ventures, she had a successful spell with Vihiga Queens FC where she also played a pivotal role in the team’s representation at the inaugural 2021 CAF Women’s Champions League in Egypt.

Awuor who also features for the national team represented Kenya at the 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations.

Taifa Stars defender Novatus Dismas Miroshi has helped FC Shakhtar Donetsk win the 2023/2024 Ukrainian Premier League title.

Shakhtar Donetsk won the title after seeing off arch-rivals, Dynamo Kyiv, winning 1-0 in a League match played last Saturday.

The win sent Shakhtar Donetsk top with 70 points with two matches to yet to be played, while Dynamo Kyiv have 63 points. Shakhtar Donetsk will now represent Ukraine in the UEFA Champions League 2024/2025 qualification.

The young Miroshi has been with Shakhtar Donetsk after moving on loan from the Belgian Zulte Waregem in the summer.

Miroshi who has lately been a main player for the Taifa Stars also featured for the national team at the TotalEnergies Caf Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) held in Cote d’Ivoire early this year.

Apart from Miroshi, FC Shakhtar Donetsk also boost of another African player Lassina Traore from Burkina Faso.

Uganda Cranes youngster Travis Mutyaba has said he is happy to join Egypt Premier League side, Zamalek FC.

The 18-year old Mutyaba was unveiled by his new club on Monday. ” I am happy to join one of Africa’s biggest teams. Thanks to everyone for the wishes, ” added Mutyaba.

Mutyaba becomes the first Ugandan to sign a contract with Zamalek who are five-time Confederation of African Football Champions League winners.

Mutyaba who is considered the next big Ugandan star last year helped the Uganda U-18 team win the regional CECAFA U-18 Championship in the final played in Kisumu, Kenya. He also featured in Uganda Cranes two group matches in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers losing 2-1 to Guinea and defeating Somalia 1-0.

The attacking midfielder last featured for Uganda Premier League side, SC Villa in the 2022/2023 season before he was reportedly set to join Georgian outfit Dinamo Tbilisi.

Besides featuring for the senior national team, Mutyaba also helped Uganda’s U-15 team win the CECAFA U-15 Championship in Eritrea in 2019 and the CECAFA U-17 Championship held in Rwanda in 2020.

Mutyaba’s new team Zamalek FC are placed 11th on the Egypt Premier League table after playing eight matches. He joins three other Ugandan players plying their trade in Egypt for other teams; Joseph Ochaya, Richard Basangwa and Allan Kyambadde.

The Eritrean National Football Federation (ENFF) has confirmed the withdrawal of the national team from the FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifiers which start later this month.

After Eritrea’s withdrawal, the Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) will now have ten teams compete in the qualifiers.

On Friday FIFA and CAF confirmed that Eritrea and written and confirmed withdrawing. The world body said Group E will now be compete for by five teams that include ; Morocco, Zambia, Congo, Niger and another team from the CECAFA Zone Tanzania.

” All of Eritrea’s matches have been cancelled, while the rest of the match schedule for Group E remains unchanged, ” said the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

When CECAFA contacted Paulos Weldehaimanot, the ENFF President for comment, he didnot respond to the messages.

The ten teams from the CECAFA Zone that will tussle it out in the FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifiers include ; Ethiopia, Djibouti, Sudan, South Sudan, Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya, Burundi, Uganda and Somalia.