The eagerly awaited regional football elections was held Thursday across the country with voters turning up to elect football officials who will serve in their respective roles for the next four years. Voters picked the branch chairman, secretary general, treasurer, youth representative and women representative. The national elections is scheduled December 7th. Several contestants […]
Sports Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has extolled the national women’s amputee football team for finishing fourth at the recently concluded Amputee Women’s World Cup in Colombia. Murkomen hosted the team to a luncheon in Nairobi on Thursday and used the opportunity to reiterate the government’s commitment to support the team in future continental and […]
FIFA has unveiled the official FIFA Club World Cup Trophy that will be lifted for the first time at next year’s tournament, set to be staged at 12 world-class venues across 11 Host Cities in the United States from Sunday, 15 June to Sunday, 13 July 2025. The new trophy, designed by FIFA and crafted […]
Three-time continental champions Nigeria were among four sides to qualify for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) without kicking a ball on Thursday. Gabon, South Africa and Uganda are also assured of their places in Morocco after results in their respective groups went their way. Ten-man Tunisia netted a 93rd-minute winner to triumph […]
Claudio Ranieri has been appointed head coach of Roma until the end of the season – six months after announcing his retirement. Ranieri has also taken on a role advising the Italian club’s owners and will help in the search for a permanent manager. At the end of the season the 73-year-old will “transition […]
The national rugby 15’s team head coach Jerome Paarwater has named his 25 man squad ahead of the Elgon Cup return leg scheduled Saturday in Kampala Uganda. Kenya won the first leg 27-25 and will be eyeing to complete a double against their rivals at KingsPark, Bweyogerere. Kenya went into residential training after Sunday’s […]
Record breaking Ruth Chepngetich has been named the LG/SJAK Sports Personality of the Month (SPOM) for October 2024 following her exploits at the 46th Chicago Marathon in the USA on October 13, where she ran 2:09:56 breaking the one-year record (2:11:53) held by Ethiopia Tigst Assefa, by almost two minutes. Chepngetich, who arrived in […]
64 teams from will compete in this year’s edition of the Miraj Soccer tournament bringing together over 2,000 players from Likoni,Changamwe,Jomvu,Kisauni,Mvita and Nyali Constituencies. The tournament under the patronage of Monbasa Senator Miraj Abdillahi which kicked off on 9th November will see the final played on 14th of next month. Among the teams participating include […]
The national women’s sevens rugby team,Lionesses, lost to South Africa 19-10 in the final of the Africa Rugby Sevens Women’s Championship held at University of Accra grounds,Accra,Ghana. Enroute to the final Kenya had beaten Uganda 19-0 in the semi final. In the group stages Kenya beat Madagascar 22-17,hammered Mauritius 61-0,saw off hosts Ghana 10-5. […]
Pedro Neto drilled in a 22-yard equaliser as Chelsea and Arsenal played out an entertaining 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge. The visitors opened the scoring when Gabriel Martinelli slammed the ball past Blues keeper Robert Sanchez at his near post after collecting a back-post cross from the returning Martin Odegaard. Chelsea’s leveller was deserved. […]
Golf administrators in the country are considering having one umbrealla body that will handle several facets of the game which include the amateurs, ladies, professionals and juniors. A new constitution that’s in tandem with the Sports Act 2013 will see the formation of a Golf Kenya Federation which will consolidate the functions of the […]
