Sakata Ball – The Safaricom Challenge

Sakata Ball – The Safaricom Challenge is back… bigger and better than ever, and for boys and girls. Kenyan soccer superstars were discovered at Sakata Ball 2010… and now it’s your turn! If you are a jamaa or a chick aged 17-23 and soccer means the world to you, then the 2011 Sakata Ball Challenge is looking for you and your team!

That’s right! So register your team of between 13 and 18 players by calling 0712 333 222 or 0717 333 222, emailing sakataball@safaricom.com, or downloading the entry form from www.safaricom.co.ke/sakata

Get your Supa Strikas comic

Supa Strikas fans in Kenya… don’t miss this month’s Supa Strikas comic, Trapped! In this month’s comic, Coach searches for a new defender ahead of the team’s Cosmos game, but can the new player stop the high-class Cosmos strike force? It’s another breathtaking adventure PLUS the comic includes fact files on North Shaw and Twisting Tiger!

Get your FREE copy of Supa Strikas on 26 February, only in The Star! And remember, the action continues in Supa Strikas Weekly – the exciting weekly page, every Saturday in The Star.

Check out our YouTube channel

Supa Strikas is growing every day, and if you want even more action than the comic and our website you can also check out our YouTube channel – www.youtube.com/thesupastrikas.

The Supa Strikas YouTube channel has everything you need to know about your favourite team. So far the channel has a total of 301 154 views from fans across the world… and counting!

The channel features the cool Supa Strikas animated series, the Supa Strikas THEME SONG, Supa Strikas adverts, cool freestyle videos and loads more…

Are you a Supa Strikas Fan?

Test your knowledge and see if you really do know Supa Strikas. What was Shakes’ first jersey number in the first issue of Supa Strikas? The answer’s easy to find if you do Google image search on your computer or mobile!

Go to www.google.com then click on images. Then type the key phrase “Supa Strikas issue 1” and see if you can be one of the millions Supa Strikas fans who get to know Shakes’ first jersey number before Coach gave him the number 10 jersey that was also wore by his dad.

Supa Strikas now in The Star

Supa Strikas is the world’s largest circulating comic book with over 1 million copies distributed in more than 10 countries worldwide. Supa Strikas fans in Kenya can now look forward to getting their favourite comic in The Star on the last Saturday of every month. The next FREE 24-page full-colour copy of Supa Strikas will be in The Star on 30 October 2010.

And the action continues in Supa Strikas Weekly – the exciting weekly page, every Saturday in The Star.

(Kenya only)

Fan showcases her talent

Supa Strikas has won the hearts of millions since 2001, when the first comic was launched in South Africa. Today the comic is available in Africa, Europe and Asia. And Mary Angel Campo from Quezon City, Philippines is one of our biggest fans.

Mary is a regular fan on Supa Strikas’ Facebook Fan Page, and she has drawn different characters the likes of Shakes, Dancing Rasta and North Shaw. Her drawings have got her noticed as one of our number one fans in the Philippines.

Check out more of Mary's art on our Facebook Fan Page - www.facebook.com/SupaStrikasFC. You can also upload your drawings of Supa Strikas characters and showcase your talent too!

Supa Strikas theme song motivates fan

“The song motivates me! Every day! Before match day and after… My chance will come when I’ll be living my dream,” says Moima J-Claudinho Özil, a Supa Strikas fan in South Africa.

Thousands of fans are downloading the Supa Strikas theme song via their phones, so if you still don’t have it SMS Supa to 3 33 33 to download the THEME SONG now!

(South Africa only)

Extra Time!

Supa Strikas Extra Time offers Supa Strikas fans insight into the world of soccer! Besides the latest, most goal-storming soccer action, look out for posters, compos, games and gossip about your favourite players... in the Supa Strikas Super League and every other league in the world!