- LONDON, United Kingdom, May 9 – World governing body Fifa is facing the threat of legal action from world players’ union Fifpro and the World Leagues Association – which includes the Premier League – if it continues with plans to host a 32-team Club World Cup at the end of next season. They say the…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, May 9 – Even as they grapple with financial challenges, the national women’s rugby 7s team remain focused on making history by qualifying for the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series. Head coach Dennis ‘Ironman’ Mwanja says they are looking to inspire a new generation of women rugby…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, May 9 – New stars appear in La Liga every year, and the 2023/2024 season was no exception. Reliable bookmaker 1xBet selected several football players who pleasantly surprised with their mature play and became leaders of their teams. We deliberately do not include players of the…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, May 9 – Kenyan basketball fans will be served with what to expect in this season’s play-off early on, when the top six teams in both the men and women’s leagues compete in the Eliud Owalo Foundation tournament to be staged at the Nyayo Gymnasium and Ulinzi Complex. The tournament,…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, May 9 – Kenya might see a team play at the FIFA World Cup for the first time ever, if the national Under-17 girls’ team can successfully navigate two home and away games in the coming weeks. The Junior Starlets arrived in Addis Ababa Wednesday evening, ready to take on host Ethiopia…
- MADRID, Spain, May 9 – Getafe hope to keep Manchester United’s on-loan forward Mason Greenwood for another season, says club president Angel Torres. Neither Getafe nor United expect the 22-year-old to return to his parent club. “If it was up to the lad, his parents and the club, I think he would…
- DENVER, United States, May 9 – Denver Nuggets centre Nikola Jokic has joined some of the NBA’s all-time greats by winning the league’s Most Valuable Player award for the third time. The Serb, who was previously named MVP in 2021 and 2022 and was runner-up last year, is just the ninth man to win the…
- MADRID, Spain, May 9 – The former head of the Spanish football federation, Luis Rubiales, will stand trial for sexual assault over his unsolicited kissing of Women’s World Cup player Jenni Hermoso. The kiss, which Hermoso said was “unwanted”, happened at last year’s 1-0 World Cup against England…
- ROME, Italy, May 9 – Naomi Osaka beat France’s Clara Burel in straight sets in the Italian Open first round on her first appearance at the tournament since 2021. Former world number one Osaka won 7-6 (7-2) 6-1 against Burel, who is ranked 45th in the world. It was Osaka’s first win against a top-50…
- MADRID, Spain, May 9 – Bayern Munich manager Thomas Tuchel says the decision from officials to stop play before his side scored an injury-time equaliser against Real Madrid “feels like a betrayal”. The Germans led 1-0 in the second leg of their Champions League semi-final up until the 88th minute…
- MADRID, Spain, May 9 – Real Madrid snatched victory from the jaws of defeat as Joselu scored twice at the death to grant them a 2-1 win over Bayern Munich in a thrilling UEFA Champions League semi-final second leg tie at the Santiago Bernabeu. Los Merengues were on the brink of elimination when…
- MARSEILLE, France, May 8 – The Olympic torch has reached Marseille amid an “unprecedented level of security”, 79 days before the opening ceremony of the Paris Games. A three-masted ship brought the torch to the Mediterranean coastal city in southern France from Greece’s ancient Olympia, where the…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, May 8 – The national women’s rugby team bid bye to their hopes of qualifying for next year’s World Cup in England after a 63-5 loss to South Africa in Madagascar on Wednesday afternoon. The Lionesses were hoping to devour the Boks but it was their opponents who showed more hunger…
- LONDON, United Kingdom, May 8 – Andy Murray is set to return from injury at the Geneva Open this month. The three-time Grand Slam champion has been a given a wildcard for the clay-court tournament in Switzerland, which begins on 18 May. The 36-year-old Briton, who is expected to retire this season…
- MADRID, Spain, May 8 – Getafe hope to keep Manchester United’s on-loan forward Mason Greenwood for another season, says club president Angel Torres. Neither Getafe nor United expect the 22-year-old to return to his parent club. “If it was up to the lad, his parents and the club, I think he would…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, May 8 – Reigning Africa Champion Karan Patel and Junior Africa Champion Hamza Anwar will be among the star attractions at this year’s Pearl of Africa Uganda Rally scheduled for May 10-12. The Kenyan duo are among the over 30 crews listed in this year’s event alongside 2022 winner…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, May 8 – Kenya Rugby Union (KRU) and Jamii Telcom, through its Faiba Mobile brand, have inked an approximately Ksh 4 million sponsorship deal towards the ongoing Rugby Super Series (RSS). The union chair Alexander ‘Sasha’ Mutai described the partnership as the start of an exciting…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, May 8 – Kenya Rugby Union (KRU) chair Alexander Sasha Mutai reveals they are in the final stages of signing a partnership deal for the national women’s team. Mutai said putting pen to paper on the partnership is part of a larger agenda of equipping all national teams with the…
- BOSTON, United States, May 8 – Jaylen Brown led Eastern Conference top seeds the Boston Celtics to an emphatic win over the Cleveland Cavaliers in game one of their NBA play-off semi-final. Brown scored 32 points alongside Derrick White’s 25, which included seven three-pointers, as the Celtics…
- LONDON, United Kingdom, May 8 – Thiago Silva will join Brazilian club Fluminense following Chelsea’s final Premier League game of the season on 19 May. The Blues have agreed that Silva, 39, can join his new team-mates prior to his registration transferring on 1 July. The Brazil centre-back has…
- BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, May 8 – Diego Maradona’s “stolen” Golden Ball trophy, awarded for being named the best player at the 1986 World Cup, has been found and will be auctioned off in France on 6 June. The Aguttes auction house announced on Tuesday that the item had resurfaced and they expect it…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, May 8 – Nairobi City Stars head coach Nicholas Muyoti has asked FKF Premier League leaders Gor Mahia and Kenya Police FC to let the season end before they can battle to sign their star player Samuel Kapen. The two clubs have been engaged in a bidding war for the player who has […]…
- PARIS, France, May 8 – Borussia Dortmund produced a fine away performance to beat Paris St-Germain and reach their first Champions League final since 2013. Dortmund held a 1-0 advantage following the first leg of the semi-final and doubled their lead when Mats Hummels was left unmarked five yards…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, May 7 – The African Blogtable brings together some of the top basketball minds from across the continent to answer some of the league’s most pressing questions this season. The 2023-24 Kia NBA Awards finalists were unveiled in April. Three international players, Shai Gilgeous-…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, May 7 – Coach Paul ‘Pau’ Murunga has made three changes to his squad ahead of the Lionesses’ must-win Rugby Africa Women’s Cup tie against South Africa in Madagascar on Wednesday afternoon. Mitchelle Akinyi, who started off the bench in Saturday’s 22-29 defeat to Madagascar, has…
- LONDON, United Kingdom, May 7 – Crystal Palace are celebrating their first league double over Manchester United, with Michael Olise rightly taking a lot of the praise after his two goals helped the Eagles to a 4-0 win. But there is another player that many are speaking about after the game – Adam…
- NOTTINGHAM, United Kingdom, May 7 – Nottingham Forest have failed with an appeal against their four-point punishment for breaching Premier League profit and sustainability rules. The club’s case was held on 24 April and an appeal board has upheld the original decision of an independent commission…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, May 7 – World 800m champion Mary Moraa, world 5000m silver medalist Beatrice Chebet, Commonwealth Games 3000m steeplechase champion Abraham Kibiwott and 2016 Olympics silver medalist Julius Yego will be among several Kenyan athletes who will be in action at this Friday’s Doha…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, May 7 – Kenya’s Angella Okutoyi continues her quest for Olympics qualification at the International Tennis Federation (ITF) W75 Zephyrhills Tournament in Florida, United States. The week-long tournament served off yesterday and continues Tuesday with first round ties. The 2022…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, May 7 – Kenyan sprinter Mark Otieno is keeping hope alive despite failure to qualify for the Paris Olympics as part of the men’s 4x100m relay team at the past weekend’s World Relays in Bahamas. Otieno, who was competing in his first international assignment, expressed his pride and…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, May 7 – In the wake of his defeat at the Tokyo Marathon in March, two-time Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge endured a barrage of trolls on social media after his 10th place finish. It was yet another episode into the former world record holder’s tough start to the year, which had…
- SAN ANTONIO, United States, May 7 – San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama has been named NBA Rookie of the Year. The 20-year-old is the first Frenchman to win the award after averaging 21.4 points, 10.6 rebounds, 3.9 assists, a league-high 3.6 blocked shots and 1.2 steals a game. Wembanyama, the…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, May 7 – James Kibande stuck his head between his hands and shed tears, losing the strength to celebrate as he scored the lone goal that more or less drives the relegation nail deeper into his former side, Nzoia Sugar’s coffin. Kibande netted a 79th minute header as Tusker FC beat…
- LONDON, United Kingdom, May 7 – Crystal Palace sealed a first league double over Manchester United with a rampant 4-0 win at Selhurst Park. Michael Olise ran 20 yards under no challenge to eventually slot beyond Andre Onana to put Oliver Glasner’s side in the lead after 13 minutes. Jean-Philippe…
- KIEV, Ukraine, May 7 – Weightlifter Oleksandr Pielieshenko, who represented Ukraine at the Rio 2016 Olympics, has died during the conflict with Russia. Two-time European champion Pielieshenko, 30, joined the armed forces soon after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, according to the National…
- LONDON, United Kingdom, May 6 – Manager David Moyes will leave West Ham at the end of the Premier League season, the club have confirmed. It comes after BBC Sport’s Guillem Balague reported earlier on Monday that former Wolves boss Julen Lopetegui had agreed a deal to replace Moyes. Moyes, 61, had…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, May 6 – Kenyans Victor Kimutai and Benson Mutiso shared the podium place at the Mainz Half Marathon after both finished first in the men’s race on Sunday. The two clocked 1:01:01 in an enthralling photo finish as another Kenyan, Collins Kipkemboi, came third in 1:01:38. Just outside…
- LONDON, United Kingdom, May 6 – A referee will wear a video camera for the first time in a Premier League game during Monday evening’s match between Crystal Palace and Manchester United. Jarred Gillett will use a head-mounted device called a ‘RefCam’, although the footage will not be broadcast live…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, May 6 – Kenya Pipeline’s Pamela Adhiambo believes the team will win their seventh Africa Club Volleyball Championships in the near future despite falling short in the recent past. The outside hitter said the team remain committed to their quest for a continental crown and will…
- MANCHESTER, United Kingdom, May 6 – Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag is convinced captain Bruno Fernandes is committed to the club. Fernandes gave an interview to DAZN, external last week in which he appeared to cast doubt on his future at Old Trafford. Ten Hag says his quotes were “taken out…
- LEVERKUSEN, May 6 – Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen thrashed Eintracht Frankfurt as they made it 48 matches unbeaten in all competitions. A sensational 12th-minute Granit Xhaka strike from outside the box set Leverkusen on their way to a stunning success. Frankfurt levelled through Hugo…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, May 6 – Nzoia Sugar travel to Nairobi, seeking to douse their struggles with a pint of three points in their quest to remain in the Footbal Kenya Federation (FKF) Premier League. The sugar millers take on 12-time champions Tusker FC at the Dandora Stadium on Monday, where a win will…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, May 6 – The Equity Bank men and women’s basketball teams improved their chances of finishing in good play-off positions in the Kenya Basketball Federation Premier League after winning their games at the Nyayo Gymnasium on Sunday. The men’s team, the Dumas, hugely rotated, put on a…
- MIAMI, United States, May 6 – McLaren’s Lando Norris beat Red Bull’s Max Verstappen with help from the safety car to take his maiden Formula 1 victory at the Miami Grand Prix. Norris jumped to the front because he was able to make his pit stop when a safety car was deployed at about half […]
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- LIVERPOOL, United Kingdom, May 5 – Tottenham’s dramatic decline continued as their hopes of reaching the Premier League’s top four faded even further after they were well beaten by Liverpool at Anfield. Aston Villa’s defeat at Brighton left the door open for Spurs to make a late push for next…
- DAKAR, Senegal, May 5 – Rwanda’s Armée Patriotique Rwandaise (APR) defeated Tunisia’s US Monastir 89-84 in an overtime nail-biter, and Nigeria’s Rivers Hoopers beat Senegal’s AS Douanes 77-68 when the BAL’s Sahara Conference tipped off for the third consecutive year at the Dakar Arena in Dakar,…
- LONDON, United Kingdom, May 5 – Chelsea strengthened their chances of securing European football next season, cruising to victory against West Ham at Stamford Bridge. It took just 15 minutes for Chelsea to get their noses in front with Cole Palmer reacting quickest to meet a loose ball in the West…
- MINNESOTA, United States, May 5 – Anthony Edwards scored 43 points for the Minnesota Timberwolves as they beat the Denver Nuggets 106-99 in the opening game of their NBA Western Conference semi-final series. Edwards made 17 of 29 shots from the floor, while making three from seven from three-point…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, May 5 – Clifton Miheso’s 35th minute strike handed AFC Leopards a precious 1-0 win at home against Bandari at the Dandora Stadium in Nairobi, a result that scaled them into the top six of the FKF Premier League for the first time this season. Ingwe have moved into 41 points with the…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, May 5 – Kenya’s Bilal Mohamed won the gamrX African Championship at the Landmark Convention Centre in Lagos, Nigeria on Saturday night. The 25-year-old outclassed Nigeria’s Chukwudi Okoli 3-2 in a thrilling Street Fighter 6 final to complete an international debut to remember.…