- NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 28 – Kenya women’s sevens Team Manager Camilyne Oyuayo is one of the 15 selected for a leadership and governance training program run by Moving The Goalposts (MTG) and Sports Connect Africa. The program dubbed “She Drives Sport”will run for six months where participants will…
- LONDON, United Kingdom, Nov 28 – World number two and five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek has accepted a one-month suspension after testing positive for a banned substance. The 23-year-old reigning French Open champion tested positive for a heart medication, trimetazidine (TMZ), in an out-of-…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 28 – All is set for the 2024 NCBA Golf Series Grand Finale this Friday, November 29th, at the 18-hole Muthaiga Golf Club. The highly anticipated event will bring together more than 230 golfers from across the East African region who triumphed during the qualifying phase at their…
- ZURICH, Switzerland, Nov 28 – Ahead of the draw of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025, Gelson Fernandes, FIFA Director of Member Associations in charge of Africa, has reiterated that the expanded competition will provide a unique opportunity for the 32 participating teams including the African…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 28 – Nairobi City Thunder head coach Brad Ibs says his side is ready to attack as the Elite 16 round of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) 2025 qualification tips off at the Nyayo National Stadium on Thursday. Thunder start their campaign to become the first ever Kenyan side to…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 28 – For those who savour the adrenaline of motorsports, Vipingo Ridge is now home to 2 kilometres of dirt racetrack for motorbikes, buggies and quad bikes to race around. And on the weekend of December 14-15, Vipingo will play host to the second and final round of the…
- LONDON, United Kingdom, Nov 28 – Shoaib Bashir led England with four wickets as the tourists chipped away at the New Zealand batting on the opening day of the first Test in Christchurch. Opting to field first on a green pitch that played true, England battled a stiff breeze and the brilliance of…
- LONDN, United Kingdom, Nov 28 – Manchester City midfielder Rodri hopes to return to action before the end of the season. Rodri ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee during City’s 2-2 draw with Arsenal in September, an injury boss Pep Guardiola said would keep him out for…
- BUSIA, Kenya, Nov 28 – The second edition of the Busia Half Marathon will be held on December 15,2024. The 21km event is expected to attract big names given the lucrative prize fund on offer for the winners. Winners in the men and women category will each receive Sh.200,000 while the runners-up…
- LONDON, United Kingdom, November 27 – Barcelona and Spain’s Lamine Yamal has won the 2024 Golden Boy award. The award, founded by Italian newspaper Tuttosport, is given to the best European men’s player under the age of 21, with journalists voting using a points system. Yamal, 17, established…
- MONZA, Italy, November 27 – The Italian Grand Prix at Monza will remain on the Formula 1 schedule until at least 2031. Monza, the oldest track on the calendar, has signed a six-year extension to its existing deal. The move comes after modernisation works were completed at the track, the oldest on…
- MANCHESTER, United Kingdom, November 27 – Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim said he is ready to nurture Marcus Rashford back to top form as he urged the England international to show his desire. The forward scored the first goal of the Amorim era at Ipswich on Sunday. After that he…
- TBILISI, Georgia, November 27 – Former Manchester City striker Mikheil Kavelashvili is set to become the president of Georgia after the country’s ruling party nominated him as their candidate. The 53-year-old joined City from Georgian club Dinamo Tbilisi during the 1995-96 season and went on to…
- LONDON, United Kingdom, November 27 – Tottenham goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario will be out for “months, not weeks” with an ankle injury, Ange Postecoglou has confirmed. Vicario had surgery after playing 60 minutes with a broken ankle against Manchester City on Saturday. The 28-year-old needed…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, November 27 – Football Kenya Federation (FKF) Premier League champions Gor Mahia returned to winning ways with a 2-0 triumph over Kakamega Homeboyz at the Kenyatta Stadium on Wednesday evening. K’Ogalo drew first blood in the 33rd minute through Boniface Omondi, who tapped in at the…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, November 27 – Brian Michira scored a quickfire double as Shabana beat AFC Leopards 2-1 in a Football Kenya Federation (FKF) Premier League encounter at the Gusii Stadium on Wednesday evening. Michira got the first in the 33rd minute via a bullet header off a cross from Matthew…
- LONDON, United Kingdom, November 27 – The Football Association says it is investigating an allegation that referee David Coote discussed giving a yellow card with a fan before a Championship match. Coote, 42, says he denies the new claims and calls them “false and defamatory allegations”. The…
- MANCHESTER, United Kingdom, November 27 – Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says he did not intend “to make light” of self-harm when he answered a question about scratches on his face. City blew a 3-0 lead to draw 3-3 with Feyenoord in the Champions League on Tuesday and Guardiola was later…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, November 27 – Kenya’s hour of reckoning beckons as a group of Confederation of African Football (Caf) officials land in the country to inspect its readiness for next year’s Africa Nations Championships. The group of inspectors arrived in the country on Wednesday and are expected to…
- PLYMOUTH, United Kingdom, November 27 – Plymouth Argyle head coach Wayne Rooney says the club’s junior team could have done better than his first XI in the 6-1 loss at Norwich City. The Pilgrims were second-best for much of the game and could have conceded more goals had Norwich not been as…
- MANCHESTER, United Kingdom, November 27 – Pep Guardiola said his Manchester City side were “fragile”, while they were also labelled “weak” and “frail” after surrendering a 3-0 Champions League lead against Feyenoord at Etihad Stadium. Instead of heading to Liverpool on the back of a morale-boosting…
- LIVERPOOL, United Kingdom, November 27 – Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah is not being distracted by contract talks and speculation about his future, says manager Arne Slot. Salah, whose current contract expires at the end of the season, told reporters he was “disappointed” at not being offered a…
- MIAMI, United States, November 27 – Former Argentina, Liverpool and Barcelona midfielder Javier Mascherano has been appointed head coach of Major League Soccer side Inter Miami. The 40-year-old, who also played for River Plate and West Ham, has signed a three-year contract to the end of the 2027…
- MADRID, Spain, November 27 – Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham says he has got his smile back after “feeling a bit like the scapegoat” for England’s failure to win Euro 2024 in the summer. Bellingham scored England’s first goal of the tournament in a 1-0 victory against Serbia, before scoring a 95th-…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, November 26 – Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) and Kenya Police played out an entertaining 1-1 draw in a midweek Football Kenya Federation (FKF) Premier League fixture at the Dandora Stadium on Tuesday afternoon. On-form striker Francis Kahiro found the back of the net after only three…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, November 26 – Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) ladies volleyball team captain Edith Wisa is unworried about their struggles in the 2024/25 Kenya Volleyball Federation (KVF) league. Wisa insists they remain top contenders for the league title despite a mixed start to their season. “We are…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, November 26 – National boys under 17 team coach Salim Babu has named a 77-player provisional squad ahead of next month’s Cecafa qualifiers for the Africa Cup of Nations in Uganda. The team, which majorly include players from different secondary schools around the country, will begin…
- LONDON, United Kingdom, November 26 – Zambia and Orlando Pride forward Barbra Banda has been voted BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year. She received the most votes from readers of the BBC Sport website after a five-player shortlist was announced last month. The shortlist – based on performances from…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, November 26 – Athletics Kenya (AK) have promised to make the World AIDS Day Half Marathon a international class race in the near future. Chair of AK, Nairobi region, Barnaba Korir, said the federation have the expertise to enhance the stature of the road race, set to be held for the…
- LONDON, United Kingdom, November 26 – US car giant General Motors has reached an agreement in principle to enter Formula 1 in 2026 with its Cadillac brand. A statement on Monday said that GM and its partner, the US group TWG Global, had committed to name a new team after GM’s luxury Cadillac brand…
- LONDON, United Kingdom, November 26 – Mohamed Salah is “selfish” for publicly expressing his disappointment at Liverpool’s failure to offer him a new contract, says former Reds defender Jamie Carragher. Salah, whose current deal expires at the end of the season, told reporters after Sunday’s win at…
- LONDON, United Kingdom, November 26 – Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta wants his players to make a Champions League statement by recording a big win against Sporting on Tuesday. The Gunners ended a run of three games without victory in all competitions with a 3-0 win against Nottingham Forest in the…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, November 25 – The Kenya Motorsports Federation has cancelled this weekend’s Guru Nanak Rally in Nairobi and Machakos due to heavy rains pounding the country. In a statement, the federation said the decision was taken in response to a request for the same by the organiser of the…
- MANCHESTER, United Kingdom, November 25 – Kevin de Bruyne says he is unsure whether this will be his last season at Manchester City after putting talks over a contract extension on hold. The Belgium midfielder, 33, is out of contract at the end of the season, but paused negotiations while…
- LIVERPOOL, United Kingdom, November 25 – Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah says he is “disappointed” by the club’s failure to offer him a new contract – and looks more likely to leave than stay. The 32-year-old, Liverpool’s top scorer this season with 12 goals in all competitions, is out of contract…
- MANCHESTER, United Kingdom, November 25 – Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says it is tough for his players to “defend a legacy” and questioned why he should change his tactics despite a run of five successive defeats. Not since his first season at City in 2016-17, when for a long time it looked…
- MADRID, Spain, November 25 – Real Madrid forward Vinicius Jr will miss his side’s Champions League game against Liverpool after sustaining a hamstring injury. The Brazilian played the whole of Real Madrid’s 3-0 La Liga win against Leganes on Sunday. Madrid, who are 18th in the 36-team Champions…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, November 25 – After periodic financial struggles that have affected their preparations for competitions, the national women’s rugby 7s team can now breathe easy following a two-year sponsorship worth Ksh 90 million from Safaricom — through its Mpesa brand. In an elaborate ceremony…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 25 – Teams that have qualified for the group stage of the Sakaja Super Cup were on Monday kitted ahead of the next round. The 136 teams that have made it to the group stage were each kitted with playing uniform courtesy of the event’s sponsors the Johnson Sakaja Foundation. The…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, November 25 – Sports Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen is hopeful competition rules will be changed to allow him compete for Bunge FC at the upcoming East Africa Community (EAC) InterParliamentary Games in Mombasa. Murkomen reminisced on past editions of the competition, noting…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, November 25 – Sports Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has reiterated the government’s unbowed efforts to fight Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in the sports sector. Murkomen said the newly-formed Gender Protection and Implementation Committee is a critical step towards achieving a…
- IPSWICH, United Kingdom, November 24 – Manchester United had to settle for a point at Ipswich in Ruben Amorim’s first game in charge despite striker Marcus Rashford providing the perfect start with his 81-second opener. Omari Hutchinson levelled for Ipswich before the break, with United keeper…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, November 24 – Kenya Prisons beat Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) 3-2 in the 2nd leg of the Kenya Volleyball Federation (KVF) Division 1 Women’s League at the Nyayo Stadium on Sunday evening. The defending champions won 25-15 in the first set before the wardresses clinched the second one…
- LEICESTER, United Kingdom, November 24 – Leicester City have sacked manager Steve Cooper with the club 16th in the Premier League after 12 games. The Foxes were beaten 2-1 by a Chelsea side managed by former boss Enzo Maresca on Saturday – a defeat which left them two points above the relegation…
- SOUTHAMPTON, United Kingdom, November 24 – Liverpool extended their lead at the top of the Premier League to eight points but were forced to come from behind to earn a vital late win at struggling Southampton. As so often this season, much of Southampton’s good work was undermined by individual…
- LAS VEGAS, United States, November 24 – Max Verstappen says his fourth consecutive world title came after a “very challenging” season and he is “hungry” to bid for more success in 2025. The Red Bull driver’s fifth place in the Las Vegas Grand Prix put his points total beyond the reach of his…
- SAN ANTONIO, United States, November 24 – Victor Wembanyama scored 25 points on his return as the San Antonio Spurs fought back for a 104-94 win over the Golden State Warriors. The Spurs trailed by 17 late in the third but Wembanyama, who had missed San Antonio’s previous three games due to a knee…
- LAS VEGAS, United States, November 24 – George Russell says his victory at the Las Vegas Grand Prix was “a dream of a weekend”. Russell took a dominant win from pole position ahead of Mercedes team-mate and fellow Briton Lewis Hamilton, who fought back from 10th on the grid. Mercedes were fastest…
- LAS VEGAS, United States, November 24 – McLaren’s Lando Norris is confident he will be capable of challenging newly-crowned 2024 champion Max Verstappen more closely for the title next season. Verstappen’s fifth place in the Las Vegas Grand Prix on Sunday put his points total beyond the reach of…
- LAS VEGAS, United States, November 24 – Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won his fourth consecutive World Drivers’ Championship with fifth place in the Las Vegas Grand Prix. The race was won by Mercedes’ George Russell, who held off a charge by team-mate Lewis Hamilton, the seven-time champion taking…
