- LONDON, England, February 6, 2025 – A Costa Rican club has taken Fifa to the Court of Arbitration for Sport over its Club World Cup rules. Liga Deportiva Alajuelense argue football’s governing body has broken its own regulations regarding multi-club ownership with the inclusion of Mexican clubs…
- MANCHESTER, England, February 6, 2025 – Manchester United defender Lisandro Martinez has suffered a cruciate knee ligament injury which the club believe is set to rule him out for the rest of the season. The 27-year-old was taken off on a stretcher late on during the home defeat by Crystal Palace…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, February 6, 2025 – New Shabana signing Keith Imbali says it is a dream-come-true to finally join the Glamour Boys after widespread speculation. Imbali says it is a privilege to join one of the Kenya’s biggest club and cannot wait to get on the pitch in the red and white. “As you…
- SYDNEY, Australia, February 6, 2025 – Australia head coach Joe Schmidt will leave his role with the Wallabies at the end of the Rugby Championship in October after signing a new short-term deal. The former Ireland boss replaced Eddie Jones as Australia’s head coach in 2023. Schmidt’s previous deal…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 6 – As Formula 1 and LVMH embark on a ground breaking decade-long partnership, Moët & Chandon is thrilled to return as the sport’s Official Champagne. With over 280 years of excellence in the art of champagne making, the Maison has long been part of motorsport’s most…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, February 6, 2025 – The Football Kenya Federation (FKF) is soon expected to unveil the new head coach of the national football team, Harambee Stars. Without delving further, FKF president Hussein Mohammed says they will soon call a press conference on the same. “We are working on…
- SUVA, Fiji, February 6, 2025 – The director of the Fiji Rugby Union has been fired just days into her new role, after she stirred controversy with remarks that the women’s national team had a “gay problem”. The Fiji Rugby Union said in a statement on Wednesday that it had terminated Laijipa…
- SAO PAULO, Brazil, February 6, 2025 – Brazil striker Neymar said the feeling of playing for Santos again after 12 years away from the club was indescribable. The 33-year-old returned to the Brazilian club on 31 January from Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal, 12 years after he left to join Barcelona in…
- MILAN, Italy, February 6, 2025 – Joao Felix scored on his AC Milan debut and Tammy Abraham netted twice against his parent club as they beat Roma in the Coppa Italia quarter-final. English striker Abraham, on a season-long loan, scored twice in the first half to give Milan a 2-0 lead. Roma’s Artem…
- WASHINGTON D.C., United States, February 6, 2025 – US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that prevents transgender women from competing in female categories of sports. The order provides guidance, regulations and legal interpretations, and it will enlist the Department of…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 6 – Harambee Starlets head coach Beldine Odemba says she will always include youngsters in her national team squads, as she looks to ensure continuity over years, saying it is the only way to build a sustainable team. Odemba has included several youngsters in her latest squad, a…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 6 – Revered Kenyan coach Robert Matano will announce himself to Tanzanian football Thursday evening when he leads his new employers Fountain Gate FC for a high-stakes duel against Premier League leaders Simba SC at home. Matano, nicknamed The Lion moved to Fountain Gate last…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 5 – As he prepares for a return to the London Marathon in April for a whooping sixth time, two-time Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge has admitted he expects a stiff competition from upcoming athletes. Kipchoge has been announced as one of the elite athletes expected to compete in…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, February 5, 2025 – Victoria Reynolds sunk a game-high 22 points as Kenya beat Burundi 87-53 in their third match of the FIBA Afrobasket qualifiers in Cairo, Egypt on Wednesday evening. The Lionesses came into the match limping, and in need of a win, after losing their first two…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, February 5, 2025 – Sports Cabinet Secretary Salim Mvurya has revealed they will adopt a whole-of-government approach to harness investment and tourism opportunities from this year’s World Rally Championship (WRC) Safari Rally. Mvurya says the Safari Rally is testament to the…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 5 – The much-anticipated finals of the 2024/25 Betika BingwaFest Coast Edition will be held this weekend from Friday to culminate Sunday at the Mbaraki Sports Club with up to KES 17 million up for grabs. This will be the sixth leg of the 2024/25 series that has seen the multi-…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 5 – After back to back defeats against neighbors Uganda and South Sudan, Kenya Lionesses small forward Victoria Reynolds has charged the team to make amends in their last two group stage matches at the women’s Afrobasket qualifiers in Cairo. The Lionesses lost their opening duel…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, February 5, 2025 – An audit of the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) has revealed a deep rot, including financial mismanagement, referee bribery, poor human resource management and legal battles. The federation’s president Hussein Mohammed revealed the federation is knee-deep in debt…
- LOS ANGELES, USA, Feb 5 – ESPN and the NBA has unveiled the rosters for the 2025 Ruffles® NBA All-Star Celebrity Game, taking place at Oakland Arena in Oakland, California on Friday, February 14, at 7 p.m. ET exclusively on ESPN platforms, including ESPN, ESPN + and Disney +. The star-studded…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, February 4, 2025 – The national women’s football team coach Beldine Odemba has named a 36-woman provisional squad as part of preparations for their 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) qualifier against Tunisia. The team are majorly composed of regulars who have done duty for…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, February 4, 2025 – Kenya’s poor run in the FIBA AfroBasket qualifiers continued on Tuesday evening a 86-69 loss to South Sudan in Cairo, Egypt. The Lionesses began brightly, winning 19-14 but that is where they joy ended as their East African neighbours dominated the subsequent…
- MUNICH, Germany, February 4, 2025 – Bayern Munich left-back Alphonso Davies has signed a new contract with the club, ending speculation of a move to Real Madrid. On Tuesday Bayern confirmed that Davies, 24, has signed a new five-year deal running until June 2030. The Canada international’s previous…
- LONDON, England, February 4, 2025 – A police officer has denied that he claimed to have experienced harassment from Chelsea and Australia striker Samantha Kerr “purely to get a criminal charge over the line”. The footballer, 31, denies causing racially aggravated harassment to PC Stephen Lovell…
- LONDON, England, February 4, 2025 – Manager Mikel Arteta says he is disappointed by Arsenal’s failure to make any signings during the winter transfer window, but praised the club’s discipline. Arsenal were expected to bring in an attacker after Gabriel Jesus suffered a season-ending anterior…
- NAGPUR, India, February 4, 2025 – England wicketkeeper Jamie Smith is likely to miss the first two one-day internationals against India this week but is expected to be fit for the Champions Trophy. Smith, 24, has a calf issue which caused him to leave the field during the third T20 in Rajkot on 28…
- LONDON, England, February 4, 2025 – Tottenham Hotspur defender Radu Dragusin is set to miss the rest of the season after injuring the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. The 23-year-old suffered the injury during Tottenham’s defeat of Elfsborg in the Europa League last week and has to…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, February 4, 2025 – Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) attacker Jackline Namutira is itching to get on the court after a period on the sidelines with injury. Namutira says she wants to make up for the time lost by giving a virtuoso performance in Friday’s opener against Kenya Defence Forces…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, February 4, 2025 – Kenyan youngster Winny Bii set a new personal best (PB) on her way to victory in the women’s triple jump at the New Mexico Team Open at the Convention Centre in New Mexico. The 21-year-old jumped 13.92 metres to take top honour, ahead of Taryn Burkett of Grand…
- ARIZONA, United States, February 4, 2025 – Devin Booker became the Phoenix Suns’ all-time leading points scorer against the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday – but it was not enough to earn victory. Booker topped the game’s scoring charts with 34 points to surpass Suns legend Walter Davis’ total of…
- LONDON, England, February 4, 2025 – Manchester City have signed Porto midfielder Nico Gonzalez for £50m to take their January spending to £180m. It is the second biggest outlay worldwide in January window history behind Chelsea’s £274m in 2023, according to Transfermarkt, external. Gonzalez is City…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, February 4, 2025 – Tusker FC head coach Charles Okere admits the team need to improve on their offensive output if they are to clinch the FKF Premier League title. Okere says they need to sharpen their attack for more penetration in their opponents’ third. “That is something we need…
- LONDON, England, February 4, 2025 – Mathys Tel has been one of the most talked-about names of the transfer window. The 19-year-old France under-21 forward has been linked with various clubs but, despite reportedly turning them down initially, has now joined Tottenham with the London club having the…
- LONDON, England, February 4, 2025 – There will be widespread consternation among Manchester United fans that they leave the transfer window with their already slim attacking options even thinner than they were when it opened. Head coach Ruben Amorim effectively wiped Marcus Rashford from his mind,…
- LONDON, England, February 3, 2025 – Aston Villa have signed Spain midfielder Marco Asensio on loan from Paris St-Germain until the end of the season. The three-time Champions League winner with Real Madrid is Villa’s fourth signing of the winter transfer window after Marcus Rashford, Donyell Malen…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, February 3, 2025 – This year’s National Cross Country Championships will commence in the afternoon and not in the morning as has been the tradition in previous edition. In a statement, Athletics Kenya (AK) says this change has been occasioned by the need to make it a carnival,…
- LONDON, England, February 3, 2025 – Chelsea midfielder Joao Felix is close to completing a six-month loan move to Serie A club AC Milan. If the deal goes through, the Blues will get a £5m loan fee, while there would be no obligation for Milan to buy the player in the summer. Felix, a 25-year-old…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, February 3, 2025 – Newly appointed Gor Mahia head coach Sinisa Mihic is looking forward to the pressure of leading the 21-time FKF Premier League champions. Mihic says he thrives under pressure and that K’Ogalo offers the right environment for him to work. “I like pressure…it is…
- BELFAST, North Ireland, February 3, 2025 – Super-featherweight boxer John Cooney is in intensive care after his defeat by Welshman Nathan Howells in Belfast on Saturday. The contest was stopped in the ninth round at the Ulster Hall in what was Cooney’s first defence of his Celtic super-…
- MADRID, Spain, February 3, 2025 – Jenni Hermoso has told the trial of Spain’s former football chief Luis Rubiales that the kiss he gave her at the 2023 World Cup “stained one of the happiest days of my life”. The Spanish world champion footballer was the first witness in Rubiales’ trial over the…
- LONDON, England, February 3, 2025 – Brighton striker Evan Ferguson has joined West Ham on loan for the rest of the season. The Republic of Ireland forward will link up with his former Brighton manager Graham Potter, who gave Ferguson his senior debut at the club in 2021. Ferguson, 20, has made just…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, February 3, 2025 – The national women’s basketball team lost 78-56 to their Ugandan counterparts in the opening match of the Zone Five FIBA AfroBasket qualifiers in Cairo, Egypt on Monday evening. The Lionesses were always chasing after shadows in the first quarter as the Gazelles…
- LONDON, England, February 3, 2025 – Tottenham Hotspur have agreed a deal to sign France Under-21s forward Mathys Tel from Bayern Munich. The structure of the transfer is yet to be confirmed – and it is unclear if it will be a permanent or loan deal. The 19-year-old reportedly rejected Spurs earlier…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, February 3, 2025 – Gor Mahia have appointed Croatian Sinisa Mihic as new head coach. The 48-year-old was presented on Monday morning by Gor chair Ambrose Rachier and is expected to start work immediately. Mihic’s last work station was at four-time Kuwaiti Premier League champions Al…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, February 3, 2025 – Former national rugby 15s team coach Paul Odera has been appointed director of rugby and pathway manager by the Kenya Rugby Union (KRU). Odera will be tasked with engineering and overseeing the development and performance of rugby at all levels across the country…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 3 – Sakatabets, Kenya’s newest sports betting platform, has announced the launch of Ligi Dosi, an innovative virtual football game developed in collaboration with EuroVirtuals, a leading provider of virtual gaming solutions. With Ligi Dosi, players can enjoy nonstop football…
- LOS ANGELES, United States, February 3, 2025 – Five-time NBA All-Star Luka Doncic has joined the Los Angeles Lakers in a huge three-way trade deal. Doncic, who moves from the Dallas Mavericks, was hailed as a “one-of-a-kind, young global superstar” by the Lakers as the move was confirmed on Sunday…
- LONDON, England, February 3, 2025 – Aston Villa have completed the loan signing of Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford. The 27-year-old has joined on a deal until the end of the season, which includes an option to buy. United sources said the terms mean a minimum of 75% of Rashford’s wages…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 3 – Sports betting platform Tucheze.com has introduced Tucheze League, its flagship virtual football game designed to revolutionize the gaming experience for players across the country. Tucheze League delivers nonstop football action every two minutes, giving players a chance to…
- LONDON, England, February 3, 2025 – The first time Myles Lewis-Skelly crossed his path, Erling Haaland demanded to know: “Who are you?” Manchester City’s superstar striker was unimpressed to be confronted by the Arsenal teenager at Etihad Stadium in September. That initial meeting came amid angry…
- MANCHESTER, England, February 2, 2025 – He joined Manchester United at the age of seven. Twenty years, 426 appearances, 138 goals and five trophies later, Marcus Rashford is set to leave for Aston Villa. It will seem strange to see Rashford – the boy from Wythenshawe, United through and through –…
