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Gedion Were (left) of FC Talanta vies for the ball with Harun Nyakha of Mount Kenya United during their National Super League match at Camp Toyoyo grounds, Nairobi on October 21, 2019.

| Chris Omollo | Nation Media Group

Dandora Love FC and other teams with horrible names

What you need to know:

  • All said and done, I can only wish Dandora Love FC all the love they deserve.

The quirkiest, yet wittiest, headlines on the sports pages usually involve the names of teams or even the players themselves. The Daily Nation once ran a story under the headline “Just let me fight with Al Shabaab, want-away Opiyo pleads with AFC.”

That was back in September 2013, at the height of Al Shabaab insurgency within the borders of Kenya. Indeed, it was the very month that the Somalia-based terrorist organisation executed their deadliest attack on Kenyan soil when they stormed and laid siege on Westgate Shopping Mall in Nairobi for several days, leaving a trail of death and destruction.