Kenya’s rising football star Aldrine Kibet has officially joined Spanish La Liga club Celta Vigo in a €6 million transfer, marking a major breakthrough in his promising career. Nairobi Woman Representative Esther Passaris celebrated the news on her X page, calling it a huge achievement for the 18-year-old midfielder. “Kenyan wonderkid Aldrine Kibet has completed […]
Cole Palmer scored two goals and made another as Chelsea stunned Paris Saint-Germain in the final of the Club World Cup on Sunday, beating the European champions 3-0 at the MetLife Stadium to win the first edition of FIFA’s new competition. PSG were the favourites for a game attended by Donald Trump after coming to […]
Born on June 13, 2006, Aldrine Kibet (often referred to as “Alvine”) first made headlines in August 2023 during the Kenya Secondary School Sports Association (KSSSA) Games in Kakamega. Representing St. Anthony’s Boys Kitale, he smashed records—25 goals and 27 assists—leading his team to a national title and earning MVP of the tournament His heroics […]
Top-ranked Jannik Sinner moved past a crushing defeat to Carlos Alcaraz at last month’s French Open to win their highly anticipated rematch 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 on Sunday and claim his first Wimbledon title and fourth major championship. Just five weeks after the world Nos. 1 and 2 played the second-longest men’s major final on […]
Beleaguered Police Minister Senzo Mchunu was placed on a leave of absence, with immediate effect, by President Cyril Ramaphosa. He also announced the appointment of a commission of enquiry to probe claims made by KwaZulu/Natal police commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi at a press briefing last Sunday. Professor Firoz Cachalia will be acting Minister of Police […]
It’s the FIFA Club World Cup final on Sunday, and Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea will battle it out at MetLife Stadium for the honor of becoming the first winner of the 32-team tournament. After a monthlong competition in the United States, which has at times been overshadowed by low attendance, weather-enforced delays and extreme heat, […]
Nottingham Forest are considering legal action over Tottenham’s interest in midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White, sources have told BBC Sport. Forest are believed to be looking at whether a specific confidentiality agreement in the £60m release clause in Gibbs-White’s contract has been breached. BBC Sport reported on Thursday that Gibbs-White was set to have a medical on […]
Kenyan football enthusiasts are set to enjoy unprecedented access to top-tier European football after TV47 announced a simulcast partnership with SportyTV to broadcast major leagues on free-to-air television. The deal, which covers the 2024/25 season, will see matches from the English Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, and Bundesliga available to millions of Kenyan households […]
Kenya’s storied history in the World Championships goes back to the first edition in 1983 in Helsinki, Finland. Thirty-two years later only the United States have outperformed Kenya as the most successful country in the history of the biennial competition, which brings together 200 member federations. Thus far, Kenya boasts 171 medals, which include 65 […]
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has provisionally suspended marathon world record-holder Ruth Chepng’etich over a doping violation. According to a statement by the AIU, the Kenyan athlete tested positive for Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ), a banned diuretic, in a sample collected on March 14, 2024. The results, reported to the AIU on April 3, showed a concentration […]
Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice was sentenced to five years probation and 30 days of jail time on Thursday following a multi-car crash last year, according to the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office. Rice pleaded guilty to third-degree felony charges – collision involving serious bodily injury and racing on a highway causing bodily […]
Marathon world record-holder Ruth Chepng’etich was provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) following a positive doping test for a banned diuretic, Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ). The AIU confirmed that a sample collected from the Kenyan on March 14, 2025, tested positive for the substance at an estimated concentration of 3800 ng/mL, far above WADA’s reporting […]
