 Hello and good evening. Welcome to Sports Friday and you know when you see us, kilam tona juwaga sports imifika so yes, we are in the house and we are here to represent for all the sports lovers and fans all over the world when you're not a skia sasa. Now, I go by the name Eidi Ogoe and of course this is Sports Friday but as usual I'm not alone. I have my guest or should I say my analysts of the day on my end, of course, to kuna nanada dan Eidi Ogoe, when you come up and look to say Diyako breakdown, of course, or to it wa nyoba. Yes, and Karibuna mimi here just like in between us. We have Xavier Maluku. Yes, Xavier Maluku is also here with us to actually help us breakdown. Now a lot has been happening in the world of sports despite the losses we've had in the country like losing of course our former president Daniel Toritich Arabmoy who was one great, great, great helper and elevator of sports in Kenya na Mesaideasana. I think we can all agree on that one. Despite everything that has been said kwa sports niya ali cheza. I have to go to nuskeki zishi daza pesa like a rambiwa nanda akunda kucheza, akuna do. Very true. And that's for that and so much more will for my president. Now moving on to the stories that we have today. Let's start with the issue of the Olympics. Now we've been happy in the Olympics ever since it was announced the date that it akua held. This is because we are Olympic fans and we are also here to support our Olympic team. Now Kenya has taken issue with the Olympics kit. Yes, Kenya in public has taken issue with the Olympics kit. Now the Nike incorporated on Tuesday in New York and build part of team Kenya competition kit and world 1500 championship champion, Timothy Cheryot modeled for the main athlete competition kit alongside other countries like U.S. and Nigerian Brazil. Now this has packed nationwide reaction on social media as not most Kenyans were impressed with the design. Some even insinuated that if it is to be used, then Kenya team will have a bad luck going forward. Now guys, what do you think about it? Do you think it's that horrible? For example, a team like Manchester United wana po kuna waka tu ali kwa na taka kubarilisha Jezi, wali patia mashabi kilefursa kweza kugizain Jezi yamba waka waka na taka. So just to be clear about what you've just said, kitu waka wana wange patia public at least a chance yako participate kwa kutengelozei Jezi. Exactly. Alafu kitu apili mi, he Jezi kwa kwa haiku fraisha takidomu. Paeni fraishi, nakaki tenge jo. Okay, Xavier. But anyway, however, have you achieved still win in the Olympics? So it takes no precedent on our performance? No precedent but also I think I don't know who designs and who manufactures but the person who designed if is from Kenya he was sleeping on the job because if you check the USA, the Brazil Jezi, they are very, they are wow but when you check the Kenyan ones, very fake. But I'm still waiting on the rugby side and the volleyball side. But most likely takotuni kitu kama I assume because normally tunavaga kitu like zina align. So I wouldn't really expect them to bring something different but then again I would actually, I would actually how would I put this delicately. Now Nailaum grievances enyum but me I really don't think it's that bad. Me personally I think this time at least to lijaribu kitu to 40 but it's like nikama veni nijeru alibadi lisha Jezi yaya tin watu enkwa nyi nijeru alitata but sa isu na onatu wa me kubali wa kutu sa Ami sii ya kata kubadi lisha kubadi lisha sii ma kosa Sii da li kenya li badili siya? Ata sii sii shidam, sii da ni isu ati mi tiniwali badili siya nai shidi anguni hawa kupati wa kenya elefursa piya kweza kupatisipati in the design. Jumi na jiyo kuna ma design wa kali wakuni je hapa nchi ni ken. We focus on the pit what will be on the pit so we don't want to go with a lot of fashion right now let us wait in olympics in julei and see what's kwa this is the first time that kenya has actually taken issue with the Jezi that we are going to use in the olympics. I have never really had any other Jezi being so much causing so much commotion ever since I started watching olympics naba de nilianza kucho olympics kitambosana yes yes nilianza kucho olympic mini oji yes now moving forward to the next story now Fifa had a hands decision to ban kenyan players kpl players that is on when is the defender festas o o kirin currently of ulinzi festas omukuto omukuto of western steamer anima festas wengi and moses chikita of homeboys who are banned for three years each while Ugandan George Mandela was handed life ban for taking part in any kind of football related activities at national and international level following the involvement in march manipulation kakamega homeboys team manager boniface imbenzi has faulted the federation for ignoring some of the allegations and complaints for the affected teams a development that threatens to ruin the credibility of local football now guys this is not the first time that we have in these cases there was a time that there was uh i remember there was a time when fc lopas was also struggling and people used to say that the players were well were participating in gambling so walu kuanauza ma game but at at this point we need to mefika do you do you feel like uh this is something that should actually by now kunafa kuna better ways to actually deal with this because such things i think ivenye the homeboys kundinana say ma it really does discredit the credibility of local football in kenya what do you think we should do with such cases because before in fact before even go forward do you think that uh the punishment was harsh or just if uh i think for each i think the punishment is very harsh on the players but uh kitu chaku wa blame sanatana government the issue of money i think i'll discredit my kupanelia i think uh when you're a professional player i think you're supposed to know the rules of the game so if you are participating in any much fixing it's supposed to be life ban i support what fifa did and actually i must congratulate the kakamega homeboys chairman kliu fashimanyula for raising the issue early address the issue with uh with our local federation but they did not do any action so i concur with the decision that fifa took and i support that action but these things goes with the way we run our football like right now you are seeing there's financial issues in our deal so if you can able to carb such issues maybe maybe there'll be no room for much fixing i always like when my analysts disagree because it actually gives me both sides of the story in fact in this particular one they have just given me both sides of the story and from what i'm getting you guys do not agree on the ban now you i think kila mtwa moelewa but here's my second question okay what do you think we should do to actually prevent such actions from moving forward i think we run of football in the country should at least improve from the government side and the federation they should be working towards working together also in our players we should create some awareness some education so that because these players only come from the streets and go to the pitch to play and earn money there should be at least some education there's one thing you said you said the reason the reason as to which this is happening is because of the struggles that these players are going through and that's the reason why a player would actually go to the extent of going to to to gamble despite the fact that he is also involved in the match that is being played at that very specific moment so here's my question to you guys seeing that we know the causes the causes is financial causes what caused the problem problem was one we lost a very big sponsor now the government till today hasn't done anything to actually support that they've just been chipping in where they were chipping in before so moving forward how do we fix the issue of finance so that the players do not feel the need to actually go and gamble and throw away matches in regards in in in the in a bid to actually make money okay kituja kwanza kuna mpango anbao karo ral blu lal kwa me transition pangu wa kujaza study if we feel our stadium we as fans that is one of the kandona kujaza stadium sponsors should also step in we should also take our game so serious okay okay on this same issue i want to blame the government i think the management side also of the clubs if you see a club like gormayo they are struggling yet financial but the management is there so if you can create some good management in these other clubs they'll be they'll be sponsored well i think uh from serakalis idea to serakalis the issue we now know where we stand with that now we just hope that all will be sorted well and moving forward uh fkf will have better ways to actually deal with this so that fifa does not feel the need to intervene and take precedence on taking on making such judgments now moving to rugby a monday will be a doubt for los angeles and vankuva sevens kenya sevens keeper andruo monday is a doubt for los angeles and vankuva later this month the veteran forward picked a knock on his knee he has in shuja's 19 five loss to new zeland and will have to be assessed in the next days before the team resumes training next week without a short turn round time to the north american leg in the circuit the team will be named on february 20th and will depart for los angeles on february 22nd the powerhouse for powerhouse forward oska o'uuma and play maker sami oliech and utility back denise ombachi are in contention for a place in the squad having trained with the rest of the squad last month now guys this is something very interesting uh i i think moving this is this uh i have i i i i i i i i i i i i i have been watching the way we have been progressing ever since we had the new coach Hey, and I think despite the losses we've had because – Michua naka we have quite a few by the way – although this is a serious so that's bound to happen at some point. I think the rugby team is actually moving on in a good direction and most of our players as we go to Vancouver and Los Angeles most of our players, I think the best ones, like whether you see Oscar Umainehhh and Samio Lihatchan also Dennis Ambache being available – I don't think Andrew Monde will be such a miss, unless mimi kwa na different opinion na yinye, yinye mno naji? Structure wise, from the other regimes, there is some structure in the rugby team, the way they are bringing the deputants, the players from the other clubs, schools, the way they bring them to the national team, there is a good integration. And if you can see the losses even we had in Sydney and in Hamilton, New Zealand, where we had our best got 11 points. You can see even the way we are losing, but there is some progress in the team. Now, before we even move forward, that came in particular the one that you just mentioned, we were asked versus New Zealand. That was a very, very big loss and my question is moving forward, what do you think that Feyenei needs? Because we have been in a situation where we have all our best players, but we are still not performing as we used to. So what do we need to move forward and perform better as we go forward? In the whole series, if you see our first half, we are really winning or maybe holding for a draw, but when you see the second half, you are not able to hold and win the matches. So if maybe we can put some effort in the second half of the games, we are likely to do it better. If you see the way we have been pulled in Los Angeles, you have been pulled in South Africa, land and also Canada. And South Africa will beat them. So it is a pull that we are supposed to come as winners or maybe second runners up. But also the good thing is that there is a traditional way and they will be picking two teams, one and two. So maybe we can do better and move to the quarters. Okay, Edgar, what do you think, what opinion you have? Do you share the same opinion or do you have a different one? Yes, I concur with him. What Feyenei actually should actually be doing right now is focusing on kujia bada yalema pumziko. Just focus, concentrate on the game and kill the matches now. Okay, now one thing I have noticed personally as a fan in the Kenyan part to be precise is our team is struggling as much as they are making progress. It's like we're making two steps ahead and one step back. It feels like we're at least. But most of it has been blamed with the fact that we do have injuries that occur every now and then. Once we start progressing in a better direction, a very important player goes off due to injury and replacing him. Before that player catches up to the momentum, the other one at left becomes a problem and we end up struggling so much. But this is a tournament that always progresses. And I think this is something that we should look at seeing that this is a very, very, very important competition that we are in. This is a world recognized competition. I agree with you. That's why we need to use a lot of players during this series' time so that when you are going for the Olympics, we have much quality, we can just pick anyone and not seeing any big loss. Okay, now moving on to the next story we have, we actually moving to the international story of the day. Our Premier League has taken notice in banning players who are caught in discriminatory and abusive violent behaviors. This is all in relation to trying to reduce issues of racism. Now, all 20 Premier League clubs have committed to a league-wide ban for anyone who is found guilty for discriminatory and abusive and violent acts. Last season, England and Wales, a number of racism had raised to 47% from 131 marches to 193. In a bid to reduce such cases this week, a football supporter who made monkey gestures to Chelsea striker Tamiya Abrahamanspat towards rival fan has been banned for attending the marches for four years. Elsewhere, 17-year-old Bournemouth Fan has been given three years' football banning order after pleading guilty to chanting racist abuse during march against Tottenham. Now, I love the initiative that the Premier League is taking to actually reduce cases of racism. As you can see, there was reported increase of 47% from 131 to 193. That is a very big increase from 131 to 193 cases of racism. One case is 131 to 100. That's a very, very big margin. So Premier League has taken initiative to actually reduce such things, but do you think it's enough to ban a fan for four years, three years? Do you think it's enough? It's not an easy task to cut it, but I think the body that fights racism has really been letting us down, and if you see players... Wait, here's one thing I don't get. You say one of the reasons, according to what you've just said, one thing I've gathered is this sum. The increase is because it has been there for a while, right? So, now that it has been there for a while, don't you think that by now Tunafakwa na better ways to actually deal with it, because seeing that the way we're going in E, in Ezafika Mali, that atwezi control, na atwezi ka shindatuki se ma, racism iko, so iko, so tukai tunayo, because mimi vene mimi na yona. This is just how I see it, okay? Racism, yes, has been there, and it has taken us a very, very long while to actually get to a position where a white man and a black man can stand in the same place and have a conversation and laugh. But at this point, we have places where we go and enjoy a match together, and we are struggling to enjoy the match because the things that are being said there are offending us in one way or another. Now, I'm seeing us because I'm a black person as well, but this is in regards to the players who are in the field, who are suffering the same issues each and every time they go to the field. And each and every time they do come out and protest against it, but there is no firm action taken. Now, yes, FIFA has gone to an extent where they have banned a player for what, they have banned a fan for three years, four years, but do you believe that that is all that they need to do? Should there be a more strict measure to actually ensuring that, because Mugini Ambienis yende stadi, for three years, aina shida TV iko? One of the tough people I will really advocate for is relegating a team. If you are really a fan, you will not want your team to be relegated. So you believe the action should be taken against the team so that the team can take serious caution in educating their fans to do better when they come to the field? Yes, these teams, you are supposed to be ducted points, relegated, and also it's a collective response from the players. When you see a case in the Juventus game where Kin was racially abused, he scored, went to celebrate the fans, and then you could see the players not trying to support him, but trying to support the fans who are busy racially abusing Kin. So I think it's a collective response from all the players, the fans, and everyone. When you see England, Pokemon, Starling, I've tried this in the Premier League. True, true, true. Yes, I've seen it quite so many times there, but it has worked for them. Now Edgar, what do you think we should do? What do you believe should be best done in such a situation? Okay, as my co-analyst has said, mimi kwa pandewangu, kandona kwa maybe kwa tohazile puhinti kwa timu, vlevele faini pii ita fanya, it will work much better. A team should also be fined for such cases. Because we should not go beyond management, and we should not be forced to do so. Education, kwa, mba, sisi, wote, whether you are black or white, sisi, sote ni, bina damu. Here in Sports Friday we do advocate for non-racism. So we do believe that the measures that FIFA is taking are better, but they could do better. Or are good, or they could do better. Because personally, I believe, many tumifika, we shouldn't be having cases of racism. We are way too far from that. But then again, we cannot control each and everything that happens around the world. Now moving on to the next story, could Leonel Messi be set for summer exit? That's the question that most people are wondering. Considering the fact that Leonel Messi is or in his contract, there is a clause that allows him to live at the end of the season. Now the sixth time Ballon dior wina got into a heated public role with backersporting director Eric Abidal this week after he accused the player of not working hard enough and a former manager Ernesto Valvad. The 32-year-old disagreement, along with clause in his contract that allows him to live Barcelona for free at the end of the season, has led to reports he could be set to move in the summer windows. Pep Guardiola has urged Messi to stay at Barcelona amid speculation that he could leave the Camp Nou and join him at the 80th stadium. Now do you guys believe that there is a chance in the world that Messi and Izakatoka Barcelona? No, I don't think so. For me personally, the way I know the Barcelona management runs, Barcelona is Messi and Messi is Barcelona. One or another. I don't think so, but there could be a possibility since the contract runs till 2021, but he has a clause where if he's able to talk to the board by May, they could allow him to for free in the summer and we have transfer rumors that he could be linked to Man City. Yes. So there is a possibility because he was coached by Guardiola. He had the best days with Guardiola. So I think if he was to move out, the only club he can go to is Man City because I don't think Messi would want to play with Ronaldo in Juventas. Because there is a high possibility Ronaldo, if he wins the Champions League, he will take the 6th Bernaldo this time. So it will be 6 and 6. So I don't think Messi will want to go get the 7th playing alongside Ronaldo. Edgar, your opinion on this particular matter? Okay. The two players, Messi and Ronaldo, we've seen their dominance in the last decade na levele tume. Neza semakwa mbo tume, baya tika kuona wachiza, dikama wa kwaeza kuchiza. Kivi yungu, newa katimuafa kwaeza kwaeza kwaeza kwaeza kwaeza Barcelona na kujarebu kutafutana the challenge. Kwa sababu, unapuagyu na mutu kwaeba between Messi and Ronaldo, who is better. Mutua Ronaldo at a stand at the fact that Ronaldo has played Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus, and Messi has just stayed at Barcelona. So Messi at after challenge, lafutuana at a fanyagi. Kwaeza kwaeza kwaeza, I would actually love to see Messi play in another league. I would actually love him to see, I would love to see him play in another team at a ramasio, but at a ramani the same league, but another team, because I think this would be a little bit fun, this would be a little bit interesting. Seeing that, not just because he is being compared to Ronaldo, because that we all know how it will always go. Yaw ni nagogani amato rupino, it's like beauty, eyes of the beholder and everything. Messi has been linked out of Barcelona for several years now. Yes, and the reason why I mentioned PSG is because I remember a story way back when Barcelona wanted to take silver from PSG and when they made the first bid, the owner of Paris in Jemain, the prince, he was calm and didn't issue a statement at all. And when the second bid was issued, he also smiled and said, okay, no problem. And then when the third bid was issued, he said okay, that's just too much. You guys, if you issue another bid from today in Sforth, I tell you the truth, I will issue a bid for Messi and we will see if he will come or not. And from there, it was a different case, because ever since then, Barcelona have never actually ever bid for silver again. But then again, from what I've gathered from this story, I would really like to see Messi play in another league. I would like him to come to the Premier League, but then again, that's just not me. Now, your final comments on this story. So, for me, I ask the talker, but he also, he can't go to PSG because you remember when Barcelona were trying to get back the name. Football has shown as wonders. But you see, when it comes to transfers, also they must be good blood between the teams that are doing the transfers. That's why you were saying name could not be, could not go back to Barcelona because PSG were very adamant you're not saying. So, I'm very sure when PSG go for Messi, it would be, we're not saying. Edgar, what's your opinion on that? Well, this promises to be a very interesting summer transfer windows and we are really eagerly waiting to see what will happen. But from us to you, it's goodbye since we are out of time. I was your host, you'll go away. And of course joining me on set was none other than Edgar Obiru, who is one of my analysts and Xavi Xaviya. Yes, Xaviya Maluku. Sorry about that. Xaviya Maluku was also joining us today and helped us break down each and every story that we have discussed today from us. It's goodbye and we hope to see you next Friday when we bring you more sports from to, oh, or rather throughout the week. There are as much is that is coming up actually kuna gemi nakam after iso for the footwork, for the lovers of sports. Stay tuned more to come from this. Goodbye.