- LOS Angeles, USA, Apr 25 – The Oklahoma City Thunder recovered a 29-point deficit to beat the Memphis Grizzlies 114-108 and take a 3-0 series lead in the Western Conference play-offs. Trailing by 26 points at half-time, the top-seeded Thunder completed the second biggest second-half comeback in NBA…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 24 – The National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOC-K) did not have its elections as planned after a push and pull on four federations who failed to decide on the voter. Here is how the long day unfolded on Thursday. The polls were adjourned on Thursday afternoon after four…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 24 – National Olympics Committee of Kenya (NOC-K) presidential candidate Francis Mutuku has bemoaned the postponement of the body’s national elections that were earlier scheduled for Thursday. Mutuku said the adjournment of the polls due to an impasse within four federations…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 24 – The elections for the National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOC-K) have been postponed following an impasse involving four federations. In a statement, NOC-K Secretary General, Francis Mutuku said the postponement is necessary to enable the four federations decide on who…
- LONDON, United Kingdom, Apr 24 – Manchester United will be one of the eight clubs competing in the inaugural Women’s World Sevens tournament in May. The new seven-a-side competition kicks off three days before this year’s Women’s Champions League final and there is a prize money pool of $5m dollars…
- LONDON, United Kingdom, Apr 24 – Carlos Alcaraz has withdrawn from the Madrid Open because of injury – but is hopeful of being fit for his French Open title defence. The Spanish world number three said he had injured his hamstring and groin during the second set of Sunday’s Barcelona Open final. “…
- LONDON, United Kingdom, Apr 24 – Leicester City captain Jamie Vardy will leave the club at the end of the season. Announcing the news on Wednesday, the Foxes described Vardy as “our greatest ever player”. The 38-year-old striker, who joined in 2012 from non-league side Fleetwood Town, is the club’s…
- LOS Angeles, USA, Apr 24 – Kristaps Porzingis suffered a bloodied forehead during the Boston Celtics’ 109-100 win over the Orlando Magic in game two of the NBA first-round play-offs. Centre Porzingis, who is 7ft 2in, was caught on the forehead by the stray elbow of Orlando’s Goga Bitadze with one…
- LONDON, United Kingdom, Apr 24 – Crystal Palace twice came from behind to draw at second-placed Arsenal and leave Liverpool one point from being crowned Premier League champions for the second time in six seasons. A draw against Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield on Sunday (16:30 BST) would now be enough…
- LONDON, United Kingdom, Apr 24 – Kenya’s track queen Faith Kipyegon is among ten world record-holders and 23 reigning global individual champions entered for the star-studded fields for the first Wanda Diamond League meeting of the year in Xiamen on Saturday. This will be Kipyegon’s first race of…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 24 – The Golf Park golf course will Friday host the seventh leg of the ongoing 2025 NCBA Golf Series. The tournament, which will also double as the club’s Monthly Mug event for April, is set to attract at least 100 golfers to Kenya’s only Pay-and-Play golf facility. Players will…
- LONDON, England, April 23, 2025 – Three-time Olympic 1500m champion Faith Kipyegon is to attempt to become the first woman to run a sub-four minute mile. The 31-year-old Kenyan will make the attempt in Paris on 26 June. It will not be recognised as an official record because Kipyegon is likely to…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, April 23, 2025 – National under 20 football team coach Salim Babu is looking to assess their match-readiness when they play Ghana in a friendly on Thursday. Babu says the match will be the perfect appetiser before the main course, which is their opening tie at the Africa Cup of…
- RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, April 23, 2025 – Former Brazil head coach Tite says he is taking an indefinite break from football to take care of his health. The 63-year-old managed Brazil between 2016 and 2022 and guided them to the Copa America title in 2019. Tite, who was hospitalised last August…
- LONDON, England, April 23, 2025 – Marcus Rashford feels it is unlikely he will play for Manchester United again under Ruben Amorim, but will not be rushed into making a decision about his future. Rashford scored his fourth goal since joining Aston Villa on loan in February during their 2-1 loss at…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, April 23, 2025 – National under 20 football team captain Amos Wanjala had underlined their ambitions to qualify for the World Cup via the Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. Wanjala says the prospect of qualifying for the global competition in Chile is a key motivator for the Rising…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 23 – The International Table Tennis Foundation (ITTF) Foundation aims to amplify the spirit of diversity and inclusion ostensibly to inspire a more accepting society worldwide. Speaking in Nairobi during the World Table Tennis Day (WTTD) Main Celebration, ITTF President Petra…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 23 – Robert Lihalakha, a Kenyan American sports executive, basketball coach, and founder of the Impact Scholars platform, is in Nairobi hosting youth basketball camps for promising Kenyan student-athletes. The camp open for boys under 18 will be held from April 24-25 at the…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, April 23, 2025 – National Under 17 girls football team captain Halima Imbachi says they have a masterplan in place to beat Cameroon in this Friday’s return leg of the World Cup qualifier in Yaounde. Imbachi says they have worked on the mistakes that led to their 1-0 defeat to the…
- LOS ANGELES, United States, April 23, 2025 – Luka Doncic scored a game-high 31 points for the Los Angeles Lakers as they beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 94-85 to level their Western Conference first-round play-off series at 1-1. Doncic sank 16 of his points in the first quarter as the home side…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, April 23, 2025 – Gor Mahia coach Sinisa Mihic says he has ironed out his differences with the technical bench following weeks of tumult among them. The Croatian says they have had a heart-to-heart talk as well as with the players and have resolved to focus on upcoming matches. “We…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, April 21, 2025 – Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) and General Service Unit (GSU) recovered from their disappointing starts to win on Day Three of the Africa Club Volleyball Championships in Misrata, Libya. KPA beat home side Al Nasr in straight sets of 25-23, 25-20 and 25-10 to wipe away…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, April 21, 2025 – Newly-crowned Boston Marathon champion Sharon Lokedi says she was determined not to lose another race to fellow Kenyan, Hellen Obiri, on her way to victory on Monday. Lokedi says she had vowed not to play second fiddle to the immediate former champion, in what was…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, April 21, 2025 – Newly-crowned Boston Marathon champion John Korir is delighted to be the faster athlete compared to his older brother, Wesley. Korir says he cannot wait to crack jokes at his brother, who won the same race in 2012. “Yeah, I cannot wait to crack jokes at him because…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, April 21, 2025 – Kenya’s Sharon Lokedi edged a tightly contested race to win the Boston Marathon on Monday afternoon. The 2022 New York Marathon champion clocked a course record of 2:17:20 to cross the finish line first, ahead of immediate former defending champion Hellen Obiri and…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, April 21, 2025 – Kenya’s John Korir put in a dominant performance to win the men’s race at the Boston Marathon on Monday morning. The Chicago Marathon champion clocked 2:04:45 to cross the finish line first, ahead of Tanzania’s Alphonce Felix Simbu ( 2:05:04) and fellow Kenyan,…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, April 21, 2025 – Mombasa Golf Club, sponsored by NCBA Bank, claimed their first-ever Tannahill Shield victory in the centennial edition of the prestigious Easter Golf Tournament, with a total gross of 48 points across four intense rounds of play. Hosted at the scenic and historic…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, April 21, 2025 – National under 17 girls’ football team coach Mildred Cheche has warned Cameroon of a tough time in the return leg of their World Cup qualifier in Yaounde on Friday. Cheche says the Junior Starlets will come out guns blazing from the first whistle, as they seek to…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, April 21, 2025 – Shabana FC head coach Peter Okidi says the team are determined to give fans something to smile about come the end of the season. Okidi says the fans have been Tore Bobe’s 12th man and deserve all the good things for their unwavering support. “We want to encourage…
- KISUMU, Kenya, April 21, 2025 – Leads United and Mali Mali Ladies are the BingwaFest national football champions following their respective triumphs in the finals held on Sunday, April 20th, at the Jomo Kenyatta Stadium, Mamboleo, Kisumu County. The national champions received KES 2.5 million each…
- ROME, Italy, April 21, 2025 – Monday’s four scheduled matches in the top flight of Italian football have been postponed following the death of Pope Francis. The Vatican announced on Monday morning that Pope Francis had died at the age of 88, having recently been discharged from hospital following…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, April 21, 2025 – AFC Leopards head coach Fred Ambani has blamed an injury pandemic for his team’s winless run in the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) Premier League. Ambani says the loss of crucial players have greatly hampered their title run. “We cannot be happy with the loss (…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 21 – USA-based Kenyan marathoner Sharon Lokedi is eyeing another podium finish and a possible victory, as she lines up against what she terms as a quality field at Monday evening’s Boston Marathon. Lokedi finished second behind two-time winner Hellen Obiri last year and as she…
- GOLDEN STATE, United States, April 21, 2025 – Stephen Curry scored a game-high 31 points as the Golden State Warriors began their play-off campaign with a 95-85 win at the Houston Rockets. The seventh-seeded Warriors made it successive wins in Houston, with Curry also adding six rebounds and three…
- RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, April 21, 2025 – Lewis Hamilton described his Saudi Arabian Grand Prix as “horrible” and said he had no explanation for his lack of pace in the Ferrari. The seven-time champion finished seventh and was 31 seconds behind team-mate Charles Leclerc, who scored Ferrari’s first…
- MANCHESTER, England, April 21, 2025 – Ruben Amorim made his point with his very first answer after watching Manchester United’s worst ever Premier League season hit a new low. “If we don’t score goals nothing matters, because in the end it is the result that counts,” said the Portuguese, whose…
- RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, April 21, 2025 – Max Verstappen refused to discuss his unhappiness with a penalty he was given in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix because he was concerned about retribution from Formula 1’s governing body the FIA. The four-time champion’s five-second penalty for leaving the track…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, April 21, 2025 – Dennis ‘Decha’ Wanjala scored a screamer as Tusker beat Nairobi City Stars to climb to the top of the FKF Premier League at the Kenyatta Stadium in Machakos on Sunday evening. The brewers came into the tie, licking their lips at the chance to claim control of the…
- LONDON, England, April 21, 2025 – Late goals from teenager Tyrique George and Pedro Neto gave Chelsea a dramatic derby win at Fulham to boost the Blues’ hopes of Champions League football next season. Having failed to win in their previous eight Premier League away trips, Chelsea’s travel woes…
- MANCHESTER, England, April 21, 2025 – Struggling Manchester United returned to type as Pablo Sarabia curled home a brilliant 77th-minute free-kick to secure a fifth straight top-flight win for Wolves for the first time since 1970 and end any lingering fears of relegation. United’s performance could…
- IPSWICH, England, April 21, 2025 – Arsenal denied Liverpool the chance to win the Premier League title this weekend as they comfortably beat 10-man Ipswich at Portman Road. In their first match since seeing off Real Madrid to reach the Champions League semi-finals, the Gunners produced another…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, April 21, 2025 – Austin ‘Lastborn’ Odongo and Brian Michira each scored a brace as Shabana continued their scintillating form in the FKF Premier League with victory over Talanta at the Dandora Stadium on Sunday evening. Odongo put Tore Bobe in front with his first strike in the 23rd…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, April 20, 2025 – The national under 17 girls’ football team have a lot to do in their bid for a second consecutive World Cup appearance after losing to Cameroon in the first leg of the qualifiers at the Nyayo Stadium on Sunday evening. Tiwa Melong put the Baby Lionesses into the…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, April 20, 2025 – Nairobi City Thunder (NCT) head coach Brad Ibs has underlined the team’s ambition to become the best in Africa. Ibs says the team are aiming at continuous improvement with every game as they seek to become giants of the sport on the continent. “Competition is what…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, April 20, 2025 – Three Kenyan teams will be in action on Sunday at the Africa Club Volleyball Championships in Misurata, Libya. National champions Kenya Prisons kick off proceedings at 1:10 pm against PAD Douala of Cameroon. The warders are coming off a glorious night on Thursday…
- RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, April 20, 2025 – Lando Norris says he has a “big job” on his hands to try to recover in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix from his crash in qualifying. The Briton, who leads McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri by three points in the drivers’ championship heading into the race, starts…
- MINNESOTA, United States, April 20, 2025 – The Los Angeles Lakers slumped to a 117-95 defeat at the hands of the Minnesota Timberwolves in the opening game of their NBA Western Conference first-round play-off. Jaden McDaniels top scored with 25 points for the sixth-seeded Timberwolves, who were the…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 20 – In their hunt for a maiden place in the Rugby World Cup, the Kenya Simbas are set for a six week training camp in South Africa, according to Kenya Rugby Union (KRU) chairman Sasha Mutai. Speaking exclusively to Telecomasia.net, Mutai says the Union will do everything within…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 20 – After months of intensive training back at her Ngong base, defending champion Hellen Obiri is confident of a three-peat at this Month’s Boston Marathon. Obiri jetted back to the United States earlier this week, following a rigorous period in Ngong and believes she has…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 20 – Kariobangi Sharks teenage star Humphrey Aroko says he is confident of following in the footsteps of compatriot Stanley Wilson and completing a move to European top tier side AIK after attending month-long trials with them. Aroko, 17, was invited for trials with the Swedish…
