- GALLE, Sri Lanka, February 9, 2025 – A clinical Australia completed a nine-wicket victory over Sri Lanka early on day four in Galle to seal a dominant 2-0 series win. The tourists took just 25 minutes to take Sri Lanka’s final two second-innings wickets, dismissing their hosts for 231. That left…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, February 9, 2025 – Kenya’s Purity Gitonga created history on Saturday night when she led her twin sister to a podium finish in the women’s 3000m at the Metz Indoor Meet in France. The 2018 WMRA Mountain Running champion clocked 8:45.11 to cross the finish line, ahead of her twin…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, February 9, 2025 – Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) RFC head coach Oliver Mang’eni says the upcoming run of tough fixtures is a perfect opportunity for them to make an emphatic statement of their title credentials. Mang’eni concedes that games against Nondies, Menengai Oilers, Kabras and…
- MANCHESTER, England, February 9, 2025 – Heavyweight Derek Chisora proved too much for Otto Wallin as he picked up a unanimous decision victory in his final fight in the UK. Chisora was on top from the first bell and twice knocked Wallin down at a packed Co-op Live Arena in Manchester. The judges…
- DALLAS, United States, February 9, 2025 – Anthony Davis’ impressive debut for the Dallas Mavericks was cut short during their 116-105 win over the Houston Rockets because of a non-contact injury. Davis, 31, moved to Dallas from the Los Angeles Lakers last week as part of a blockbuster trade …
- BELFAST, Northern Ireland, February 9, 2025 – Super-featherweight boxer John Cooney, 28, has died after his defeat by Welshman Nathan Howells in Belfast last Saturday. The Irish boxer suffered an intracranial haemorrhage and had surgery to relieve pressure on his brain following the bout at the…
- LOS ANGELES, United States, February 8, 2025 – The shoes that basketball legend Kobe Bryant wore when he tore his Achilles tendon during an iconic 2013 game have sold at auction for $660,000 (£532,000). Playing for the Los Angeles Lakers, Bryant stayed in the game against the Golden State Warriors…
- TWICKENHAM, England, February 8, 2025 – England snatched a dramatic victory over Six Nations favourites France as Elliot Daly glided in for decisive 79th-minute try at a rapturous Allianz Stadium. Fin Smith, making his first start at fly-half, held his nerve with the conversion and, with their last…
- LONDON, England, February 8, 2025 – Soudal-QuickStep have pulled their development team out of the Tour du Rwanda because of safety concerns amid an ongoing conflict in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. The M23 rebel group has captured almost all of the eastern Congolese city of Goma,…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, February 8, 2025 – The national women’s basketball team finished fourth at the FIBA Afrobasket qualifiers after a 80-63 loss to South Sudan in their third-place playoff match in Cairo on Saturday night. The match was the second in the tournament between the two sides who had clashed…
- LIVERPOOL, England, February 8, 2025 – Everton gifted Bournemouth victory and a passage into the FA Cup fifth round, with the result making it the last fixture in the competition at Goodison Park. The Toffees have hosted matches at this famous venue since 1892, but defeat meant their next home FA…
- ROME, Italy, February 8, 2025 – Italy piled more misery on Wales by dominating a cagey Six Nations basement battle in Rome. Ange Capuozzo’s acrobatic finish gave the hosts a lead they never looked like relinquishing at Stadio Olimpico. The Welsh driving line-out brought an Aaron Wainwright score, a…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, February 8, 2025 – Gor Mahia midfielder Enock Morrison says he will give his all to see the team clinch their 22nd league title, this season. Morrison says he is ready to play whatever role required of him to help the team continue their ascent up the table. “As you can see, today…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, February 8, 2025 – Football Kenya Federation (FKF) Premier League leaders Kenya Police and Tusker FC played out an entertaining goalless draw at the Kenyatta Stadium in Machakos on Saturday evening. The top-of-the-table clash was always expected to put fans on the edge of their…
- LEYTON, England, February 8, 2025 – Leyton Orient midfielder Jamie Donley entered FA Cup folklore with the outrageous shot that led to the League One side taking a shock lead in their fourth-round match with Manchester City. City eventually turned the tie on its head in the second half, equalising…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, February 8, 2025 – Central Rift youngster Kevin Kiprop eased to victory in the Under 20 men’s 8km at the National Cross Country Championships in Eldoret on Saturday afternoon. The 17-year-old clocked 24:57.4 to cut the tape, ahead of North Rift’s Frankline Kibet (24:59.3) and South…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, February 8, 2025 – North Rift’s Lornah Cherono eased to victory in the Under 20 women’s 6km as the National Cross Country Championships kicked off at the Eldoret Sports Club on Saturday afternoon. Cherono clocked 21:11.7 to cut the tape, ahead of Central Rift’s Joyline Chepkemoi (2:…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, February 8, 2025 – Nondies RFC have been given a bye to the Enterprise Cup semi-finals after their would-be opponents South Coast Pirates withdrew at the last minute. In a statement, the Mombasa-based side said they have been forced to take the decision due to meagre resources. “SC…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 8 – Hellen Obiri remains confident of a record-setting third-in-a-row Boston Marathon title, as she prepares her assault at the crown, even as she admits she is under pressure heading to the April 21 race. The Olympic bronze medalist has won the title in Boston in ’23 and ’24…
- MANCHESTER, England, February 8, 2025 – Ruud van Nistelrooy knows all about ‘Fergie time’ – the term used by some football fans to describe late goals scored by Manchester United when Sir Alex Ferguson was manager. But, after his Leicester side were knocked out of the FA Cup by a controversial…
- MANCHESTER, England, February 8, 2025 – Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says the club expects to learn the outcome of the hearing into its 115 charges of alleged Premier League financial rule breaches “in one month”. The hearing took place in front of an independent commission between September…
- MADRID, Spain, February 8, 2025 – As a child, over coffee and croissants in their native Argentina, Giuliano Simeone chatted with his father, Diego, about the merits of taking the Atletico Madrid job. Almost 14 years later, and now the most decorated coach in Los Rojiblancos’ history, there is no…
- LONDON, England, February 7, 2025 – Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner says on-loan defender Ben Chilwell can reignite his career with the Eagles. Chilwell has endured a difficult 18 months with parent club Chelsea after struggling with injuries and a lack of game time and joined Palace on loan …
- LONDON, England, February 7, 2025 – Aston Villa manager Unai Emery says he faces a “huge challenge” to help revive Marcus Rashford’s career, but is ready to “exploit” his potential. The forward joined on loan for the rest of the season from Manchester United on Sunday, with a £40m option to buy.…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, February 7, 2025 – Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) Ladies volleyball coach Japheth Munala has backed his team to win the inaugural edition of the Kenya Cup. Munala says the girls are playing at a high tempo and backs them to sweep aside their opponents with ease. “We started off our…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, February 7, 2025 – The 9-hole Mombasa Sports Club will this weekend become a battlefield for glory as hundreds of golfers compete in second leg of the Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) East Africa Golf Tour. The club’s vice captain George Mokaya predicts competition will be cutthroat. “It…
- LONDON, England, February 7, 2025 – Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca says he is happy with how the winter transfer window worked out, despite losing strikers Nicolas Jackson and Marc Guiu to injury. Both strikers came off injured in the 2-1 win at home to West Ham on Monday, but Jackson’s injury is “…
- ROME, Italy, February 7, 2025 – Storm clouds have been gathering over Welsh rugby for some time now. But the 43-0 defeat inflicted by France in Paris in their opening Six Nations game has heightened the problems for Warren Gatland’s Wales squad after 13 consecutive Test defeats. Soon after the…
- NICOSIA, Cyprus, February 7, 2025 – A Cypriot rhythmic gymnastics judge has been banned for four years for manipulating scores to help her compatriot qualify for the Paris Olympics. The Federation Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG) found that judge Evangelia Trikomiti altered the scores at the…
- LONDON, England, February 7, 2025 – Premier League and Women’s Super League clubs were the driving forces behind the record figures spent in the 2025 January transfer window for the men’s and women’s game. Nearly £1.9bn was spent globally by clubs – an all-time high for the January window. Clubs in…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, February 7, 2025 – ‘ Kutangulia kwa bar sikulewa’ (arriving first at the bar does not mean you’ll be the most drunk at the end of the day). This is a common street saying, which could well be applied to the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) Premier League at the end of matchweek 20…
- GOLDEN STATE, United States, February 7, 2025 – Six-time NBA All-Star Jimmy Butler says he has his “joy back” after completing a trade to the Golden State Warriors from the Miami Heat. The 35-year-old was suspended three times by the Heat in 2025 for behavioural issues, including “conduct…
- LONDON, England, February 7, 2025 – On Sunday, Miron Muslic will try to plot what many in football think is impossible – a win for his bottom-of-the-Championship Plymouth Argyle side against Premier League leaders and six-time European champions Liverpool in the FA Cup. But compared to the story of…
- MADRID, Spain, February 7, 2025 – Former Real Madrid and Spain defender Sergio Ramos has signed a one-year contract with Mexican side Monterrey. Ramos, 38, has been without a club since leaving boyhood side Sevilla when his contract expired at the end of 2023-24. He won the World Cup with Spain in…
- GLASGOW, Scotland, February 7, 2025 – Celtic have avoided a ban on their supporters for the Champions League play-off second leg at Bayern Munich. The Scottish champions received another disciplinary notice from European football’s governing body Uefa after a smoke bomb was thrown on to the pitch…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, February 7, 2025 – Organisers of the annual Magical Kenya Open plan to reduce reliance on government funding in the coming years. Chair of the local organising committee (LOC) Patrick Obath says they will be pursuing a number of corporate partners to ease the burden on the…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, February 7, 2025 – For many football lovers like yours truly, Argentina is synonymous with Leo Messi, the football god who has for so many years mesmerised millions with the ball at his feet. Eight Ballon D’Or awards speak volumes of a man who has walked the football universe like a…
- MADRID, Spain, February 7, 2025 – Teammates of Spanish footballer Jenni Hermoso have given testimony in support of her account of feeling overwhelmed after being allegedly forcibly kissed by Spain’s former football chief Luis Rubiales. Her teammates Irene Paredes, Laia Codina, and Alexia Putellas…
- LONDON, England, February 7, 2025 – Liverpool manager Arne Slot was delighted to book his first place in an English final – but warned “it’s only special if you can win things”. The Reds demolished Tottenham 4-0 in the Carabao Cup semi-final second leg to turn around a 1-0 first-leg deficit.…
- MANCHESTER, England, February 7, 2025 – Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim says Marcus Rashford left the club because he couldn’t get the attacker to see eye-to-eye with him. On Sunday, Rashford, 27, joined Aston Villa on loan until the end of the season having not featured for United since…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, February 6, 2025 – Shabana FC secretary general Elizaphan Kerama says the club is still shopping for reinforcements in the transfer market. Kerama says the club is after the signature of two more players before they close the cheque book for the January transfer window. “Maybe at…
- MADRID, Spain, February 6, 2025 – La Liga president Javier Tebas says Real Madrid have “lost their head” after the Spanish club launched an unprecedented attack on the league’s referees. Real Madrid sent a formal letter of complaint, external to the Spanish FA (RFEF) and Spain’s High Council for…
- TWICKENHAM, England, February 6, 2025 – England have confirmed an audacious fly-half switch with Fin Smith starting at 10 and Marcus Smith shifted to full-back against France in the Six Nations on Saturday. Fin Smith, 22, will make his first Test start after seven appearances off the bench. His…
- MANCHESTER, England, February 6, 2025 – Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim says it was his decision to take the “risk” of not signing more players in the January transfer window. The Red Devils completed two signings in the window, with left-back Patrick Dorgu, 20, arriving from Italian side…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, February 6, 2025 – Kenya will soon play league matches at the Kasarani and Nyayo Stadiums as part of a dry runs for this August’s Africa Nations Championships (CHAN). Sports principal secretary Peter Tum says contractors are working overtime to complete both venues in good time for…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, February 6, 2025 – The national women’s rugby 7s team will face Poland and Samoa in Pool D of the World Challenger Series in Cape Town on March 1-2. Both teams will be familiar to the Lionesses, having faced each other in the last one year. Coach Dennis ‘Ironman’ Mwanja’s charges…
- LONDON, England, February 6, 2025 – Brazil defender Marcelo has announced his retirement from football at the age of 36. The left-back, one of the most decorated players in history, played 58 times for Brazil. After coming through the ranks of Brazilian club Fluminense, Marcelo joined Real Madrid…
- PARIS, France, February 6, 2025 – France have recalled fly-half Matthieu Jalibert to replace the suspended Romain Ntamack for Saturday’s Six Nations match against England on Saturday. Ntamack is banned after being sent off for a tackle to the head of opposite number Ben Thomas late on in France’s…
- MADRID, Spain, February 6, 2025 – Kirian Rodriguez, the captain of Spanish club Las Palmas, says he will be unavailable for the remainder of the season after relapsing with cancer. The 28-year-old missed 11 months of action after being diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2022. Hodgkin’s lymphoma…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, February 6, 2025 – After an audit report revealed a deep rot at Football Kenya Federation (FKF), which stinks to the highest heavens, the pertinent question from most stakeholders is ‘what is the way forward?’ While revealing the report, the result of a month-long investigation by…
