- NAIROBI, Kenya, January 21, 2025 – Kenya Volleyball Federation (KVF) president Charles Nyaberi says a key objective of the newly-established Kenya Cup is to help the men’s national team qualify for the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028. Nyaberi says the competition will be used to scout for talented…
- LONDON, United Kingdom, January 21, 2025 – Trevoh Chalobah is the unbreakable man at Chelsea. The 25-year-old centre-back has gone from the so-called ‘bomb squad’ – a group of nearly a dozen players exiled out of Enzo Maresca’s first team – to being described as “the best solution” to shore up…
- LONDON, United Kingdom, January 21, 2025 – A dominant second-half display helped Chelsea beat Wolves to end their five-game winless run in the Premier League and move into the top four. Having seen Tosin Adarabioyo’s opener cancelled out by Matt Doherty, two goals in five second-half minutes from…
- MELBOURNE, Australia, January 21, 2025 – Paula Badosa stunned Coco Gauff at the Australian Open to reach her first Grand Slam semi-final – just one year after fearing she would have to retire from tennis. The Spaniard, a former world number two, spent almost two years struggling with back problems…
- MANCHESTER, United Kingdom, January 20, 2025 – In the age of social media and endless football coverage, it is not often a player arrives at a club as a relatively unknown quantity. In that sense, Manchester City’s signing of Uzbekistan defender Abdukodir Khusanov is a throwback to a bygone time.…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, January 20, 2025 – Harambee Stars defender Vincent Harper has been discharged from hospital after he suffered a concussion during Saturday’s League One encounter between his Exeter City side and Birmingham at the West Midlands. In a statement on X, the 24-year-old said he was back…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, January 20, 2025 – Sikh Union skipper Sukhdeep Singh has praised the level of unity in the team after commencing their Nairobi Provincial Cricket Association (NPCA) T20 campaign with a win on Sunday. Singh says a mix of youth and experience in the team has provided them with the…
- MANCHESTER, United Kingdom, January 20, 2025 – Ruben Amorim thought he would make headlines, and he was absolutely correct. The Manchester United manager described his team as “maybe the worst” in the 147-year history of the club after their 3-1 defeat against Brighton on Sunday. Pundits are…
- MANCHESTER, United Kingdom, January 20, 2025 – Marcus Rashford has not abandoned all hope of playing for Manchester United again. Rashford has not featured for United since being substituted in the Europa League victory over Viktoria Plzen on 12 December, after which his training performances were…
- LONDON, United Kingdom, January 20, 2025 – Liverpool duo Diogo Jota and Joe Gomez should be out for a “weeks rather than months” through injury, says head coach Arne Slot. Forward Jota came off the bench to score an equaliser at Nottingham Forest last Tuesday but missed Saturday’s win at Brentford …
- NAIROBI, Kenya, January 20, 2025 – Tusker FC head coach Charles Okere says the team are increasingly getting confident about their league title chances after cementing their lead at the top with a win over Gor Mahia. Okere says their improved performances has worked wonders for their self-belief,…
- LONDON, United Kingdom, January 20, 2025 – Chelsea are set to sign French defender Mamadou Sarr from partner club Strasbourg. The £11.9m deal for the 19-year-old central defender, who has played just 14 times for Strasbourg, is with a view for him to join in the summer. It represents the first…
- MELBOURNE, Australia, January 20, 2025 – Labelling Novak Djokovic as an underdog at the Australian Open is unfamiliar territory. Djokovic is Melbourne’s greatest men’s champion after winning 10 singles titles and he remains in the hunt for a record-extending 11th triumph on Sunday. But the 37-year-…
- MARANELLO, Italy, January 20, 2025 – Lewis Hamilton says he has “realised his dream” and his first official day at Ferrari marked a “new era in the history of this iconic team”. Hamilton, 40, began his preparations for his debut season with his new team on Monday at the Ferrari factory in Maranello…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, January 20, 2025 – Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) RFC coach Oliver Mang’eni says the team still lack a killer instinct despite a flawless run in the Kenya Cup thus far. Mang’eni says they still have levels to go to decisively put their opponents to the sword. “I feel there’s a bit more…
- MELBOURNE, Australia, January 20, 2025 – The World Anti-Doping Agency will not appeal against the ban given to Poland’s Iga Swiatek. The five-time major winner tested positive for heart medication trimetazidine (TMZ) in an out-of-competition sample in August 2024. The International Tennis Integrity…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 20 – The football fraternity in Kenya is mourning following the demise of Mathare United Chairman and founder of the Mathare Youth Sports Association (MYSA) Robert ‘Bob’ Munro. Munro breathed his last on Sunday evening, January 19, 2025 at his Nairobi home, according to a…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, January 20, 2025 – Kenyan runner Loice Chemnung says she has become better ever since her return from maternity leave. The 27-year-old said the considerable period out of action has worked out well for her. “In 2019, I was recruited into the Kenya Prisons Service and then won the…
- MELBOURNE, Australia, January 20, 2025 – An Australian broadcaster has apologised to Novak Djokovic for comments he made on TV that the 24-time Grand Slam champion considered “insulting and offensive”. Channel Nine’s Tony Jones shouted “Novak, he’s overrated, Novak’s a has-been, Novak kick him out…
- MELBOURNE, Australia, January 20, 2025 – Defending champion Jannik Sinner came through a tough physical battle against Holger Rune to reach the Australian Open quarter-finals. In a match disrupted by medical timeouts and a broken net, both Sinner and Rune seemed to struggle with the 32C heat on Rod…
- MANCHESTER, United Kingdom, January 19, 2025 – Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim has labelled his team “maybe the worst” in the 147-year history of the club. United’s 3-1 home defeat by Brighton was their fourth loss in five home Premier League games. They have collected 11 points in 11…
- IPSWICH, United Kingdom, January 19, 2025 – Manchester City looked like their old selves as they recorded the biggest Premier League win of the season by thrashing struggling Ipswich at Portman Road to move back into the top four. After letting slip a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with Brentford in…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, January 19, 2025 – Mathare Youth Sports Association (MYSA) founder Bob Munro is dead. In a statement, Munro’s widow, Ingrid, said the 78-year-old passed away on Sunday evening at his residence in Westlands. “My darling husband Bob, as he is affectionately referred to in Kenyan…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 19 – Walter Okeyo Okombo, an auto electrician from Homabay, is the talk of the town after turning a Ksh 20 bet jackpot into a life-changing Ksh 500,000 Daily Jackpot win with Maybets. Having only joined the platform late last year after being referred by a friend, Walter struck…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, January 19, 2025 – Ryan Ogam scored twice as Tusker FC beat Football Kenya Federation (FKF) Premier League defending champions Gor Mahia 2-1 at the Kenyatta Stadium in Machakos on Sunday evening. The brewers were out to claim the scalp of a second major team in less than three days…
- NOTTINGHAM, United Kingdom, January 19, 2025 – Nottingham Forest moved level on points with second-placed Arsenal after withstanding an unlikely comeback by bottom club Southampton at the City Ground. The hosts looked in total control with a 3-0 lead inside 41 minutes, only for a fortuitous Jan…
- MADRID, Spain, January 18, 2025 – Kylian Mbappe scored twice as Real Madrid came from behind to beat Las Palmas and go top of La Liga. Fabio Silva’s close-range effort gave the visitors a surprise lead but Mbappe levelled from the penalty spot after Sandro Ramirez fouled Rodrygo. Brahim Diaz…
- MELBOURNE, Australia, January 18, 2025 – Coco Gauff says she is “sad” TikTok is no longer usable in the United States – but it will help her “read more books instead”. The American, 20, wrote “RIP TikTok USA” and drew a broken heart on a camera lens shortly after her win over Belinda Bencic in the…
- MELBOURNE, Australia, January 18, 2025 – Novak Djokovic set up a mouth-watering Australian Open quarter-final against Carlos Alcaraz with a convincing victory over Jiri Lehecka. Djokovic continued his bid for a record 25th Grand Slam title with a 6-3 6-4 7-6 (7-4) win against the Czech 24th seed.…
- MANCHESTER, United Kingdom, January 18, 2025 – Brighton capitalised on a disastrous mistake from Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana to condemn their hosts to a fourth defeat in five Premier League home games and leave Ruben Amorim’s side rooted in the bottom half of the table. The visitors…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, January 19, 2025 – African Games 10,000m champion Janeth Chepng’etich has set her sights on the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships, set for Canfranc-Pirineos, Spain in September this year. Chepng’etich says she is up for the challenge and will be eager to make her…
- GETAFE, Spain, January 19, 2025 – Barcelona dropped points for a fourth La Liga game in a row as they were held to a draw at Getafe – after which full-back Alejandro Balde reported receiving racist abuse from fans. The defender said he informed the referee during the game, which led to a public…
- MELBOURNE, Australia, January 19, 2025 – Coco Gauff fought from a set down to beat Belinda Bencic and join defending champion Aryna Sabalenka in the Australian Open quarter-finals. The American third seed was not at her best but outlasted Switzerland’s Bencic 5-7 6-2 6-1. Earlier, Sabalenka breezed…
- MELBOURNE, Australia, January 19, 2025 – British number one Jack Draper ran out of steam at the Australian Open as he retired injured against Spanish third seed Carlos Alcaraz in the fourth round. Draper, seeded 15th, called a halt to the match when trailing 7-5 6-1 against four-time major champion…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, January 18, 2025 – Nondescripts RFC handed Kenya Harlequin their first loss of the 2024/25 Kenya Cup, edging them 26-24 at the Ngong’ Racecourse on Saturday evening. The Red Lions drew first blood with a converted try before Quins responded in kind in a fiery start to proceedings.…
- LONDON, United Kingdom, January 18, 2025 – Arsenal had a late goal disallowed as they dropped two points in the Premier League title race after throwing away a two-goal lead at home to Aston Villa. Kai Havertz thought he had found the winner with a minute left in normal time but the goal was…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, January 18, 2025 – Minnows Talanta FC gave AFC Leopards a dose of reality, thrashing them 4-2 in Football Kenya Federation (FKF) Premier League encounter at the Dandora Stadium on Saturday evening. Ingwe were playing their first match of the year, having last featured on December 22…
- NEWCASTLE, United Kingdom, January 18, 2025 – Justin Kluivert scored a hat-trick as Bournemouth claimed a thoroughly deserved victory at St James’ Park to stretch their unbeaten Premier League run to 10 matches and wreck Newcastle’s own nine-match winning streak. The Magpies were hoping to set a…
- LONDON, United Kingdom, January 18, 2025 – Substitute Darwin Nunez scored a late double to guide Liverpool to victory at Brentford and extend their lead at the top of the Premier League table to seven points. It looked like Liverpool’s wait for a league win in 2025 was going to stretch to three…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 18 – Tusker FC will look to remain perched top of the FKF Premier League log, and extend the gap to a possible six points when they take on Gor Mahia at the Kenyatta Stadium in Machakos Sunday evening. The 12-time champions, who have played a match more, are three points ahead…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, January 18, 2025 – Javan Omondi scored as Ulinzi Stars continued their resurrection in the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) Premier League with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Kariobangi Sharks at the Dandora Stadium in Nairobi on Saturday afternoon. The soldiers came into the game,…
- MELBOURNE, Australia, January 18, 2025 – Jannik Sinner says he “still has room to improve” in his Australian Open title defence after beating Marcos Giron to reach the fourth round. World number one Sinner was not at his fluent best but stepped up when needed to beat the American 6-3 6-4 6-2. The…
- ISTANBUL, Turkey, January 18, 2025 – Former Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been confirmed as the new head coach of Besiktas. The 51-year-old Norwegian has signed an 18-month deal – with an option for the 2026-27 season – in what is his first managerial position since being…
- HOMABAY, Kenya, Jan 18 – Walter Okeyo Okombo, an auto electrician from Homabay, is the talk of the town after turning a Sh20 bet into a life-changing Sh 500,000 Daily Jackpot win on betting platform Maybets. Having only joined the platform late last year after being referred by a friend, Walter…
- PARIS, France, January 18, 2025 – Paris St-Germain have signed Napoli forward Khvicha Kvaratskhelia until June 2029. The Georgia international, who was linked with Liverpool and Chelsea,, external asked to leave Serie A leaders Napoli last week after failing to agree a contract extension. While no…
- LONDON, United Kingdom, January 18, 2025 – “All I have to say is, I’m sorry, I’m here to stay.” That message from Erling Haaland, released in a social media video by Manchester City after the Norwegian striker signed a new contract until 2034, was aimed at Premier League defenders. But the message…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, January 16, 2025 – Global Esports Federation (GEF) vice president Tommy Sithole believes the future of the sport in Kenya is bright after the recognition of the Kenya Electronic Sports Federation (KESF) by the National Olympics Committee of Kenya (Nock). Sithole believes this will…
- MELBOURNE, Australia, January 16, 2025 – Emma Raducanu suffered the joint-heaviest defeat of her career as second seed Iga Swiatek demonstrated her superiority in a one-sided Australian Open third-round match. Britain’s Raducanu was thrashed 6-1 6-0 in a chastening afternoon on Rod Laver Arena. The…
- MIAMI, United States, January 16, 2025 – Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler returned from a seven-match suspension as his side lost 133-113 to the Denver Nuggets. The 35-year-old was sidelined earlier this month by the Heat because of “conduct detrimental to the team” and has requested a trade.…
- MELBOURNE, Australia, January 18, 2025 – Gael Monfils rolled back the years with a fabulous performance to oust fourth seed Taylor Fritz and reach the Australian Open fourth round. The 38-year-old Frenchman, known as a showman on the court, thrilled the crowd in a 3-6 7-5 7-6 (7-1) 6-4 win over his…
