- Haaland scored a hat-trick on his debut as a substitute in Germany's Bundesliga, needing just 20 minutes to bang in three goals and seal a 5-3 win at Augsburg
- Gor's bid to reclaim the league title has been derailed by inconsistencies in performance and FIFA transfer ban that meant they had to rely heavily on their youth team to boost their squad
- Victory over Leicester on Sunday made it 10 points from five matches and lifted the Toffees out of the drop zone into 16th place, one point ahead of both Burnley and Leeds with a match in hand.
- And this dominance by varsity sides trickles down even to the regional level where for instance, in Mombasa, Mombasa RFC, Kisumu RFC in Kisumu, Western Bulls(Kakamega) and Kisii RFC dominated the league but have slowly faded away due lack of the much needed financial safeguard.