Gor Mahia fans rally their team against AFC Leopards during the Mashemeji derby on March 08, 2020 at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani. These two clubs were to face-off in Sudan’s capital Khartoum on December 15 in a warm-up tie in readiness for the 2020/2021 Caf Africa Champions League first-round matches later this month. But Football Kenya Federation (FKF) on Wednesday refused to grant the Kenyan champions permission to travel citing a congested domestic schedule. FKF’s refusal to give a thumbs up for this trip is also attributed by insiders to a feud between football boss Nick Mwendwa and Rachier primarily over an estimated Sh800 million broadcast rights deal involving the top-flight football league. Gor defeated Rwanda’s Patriotic Army 4-3 on aggregate in the preliminaries of the Champions League and are now in line to face Algeria’s CR Belouizdad.

Source: Daily Nation December 10, 2020 07:02 UTC