- JINJA, Uganda, May 12 – Reigning African champion Karan Patel was peerless on Day One of the ARC Pearl of Africa Uganda Rally as crews stopped at the day’s overnight Parc Ferme at the Source of River Nile Hotel in Jinja. Driving a Skoda Fabia R5 and navigated by compatriot Tauseef Khan, the 2022…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, May 12 – Despite losing one of their key players, Mary Lisa Omondi, Zetech Sparks put up a mastered performance, as they cut Equity Hawks to size, thrashing them them 75-51 at the Nyayo Gymnasium on Saturday night to make the final of the Eliud Owalo Elite Basketball Tournament.…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, May 11 – Menengai Cheetahs beat KCB Bank Lions 18-16 to collect their second win of the Rugby Super Series in a thrilling encounter at the Nakuru Athletic Club in Nakuru on Saturday evening. The Thika Road-based Lions drew first blood in the 13th minute via a penalty from Blak Blad’…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, May 11 – Despite being only three wins away from confirming their record extending 21st FKF Premier League title, Gor Mahia head coach Jonathan McKinstry has warned his players not to celebrate too early, with Police constantly flashing their lights behind them. K’Ogalo lead the log…
- LOS ANGELES, USA, MAY 11 – Nikola Jokic starred as the Denver Nuggets, defending NBA champions, beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 117-90 to reduce the deficit to 2-1 in the Western Conference semi-finals of the play-offs. Serbian Jokic, who joined some of the NBA’s all-time greats by winning the…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, May 11 – South Sudanese star Garang Ding went up for a fading shot with four seconds to play, striking the bull’s eye as Nairobi City Thunder maintained their unbeaten run this season, edging out Equity Dumas 67-66 in a thrilling duel at the Ulinzi Sports Complex, in the Eliud Owalo…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, May 11 – World silver medalist Beatrice Chebet ran a world leading time, as she clocked 14:26.98 to win the women’s 5,000m at the third stop of the Diamond League in Doha, Qatar, on Friday night. Chebet, who is building up towards her first ever Olympic Games gold put in a dominant…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, May 11 – Kenya’s Under-17 girls national team, the Junior Starlets, picked up a 0-0 draw in the first leg penultimate World Cup qualification round match against hosts Ethiopia in Addis Ababa on Friday evening. The result means the girls have all to play for in the return leg in…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, May 11 – National Women’s Basketball League leaders and defending champions Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) put up a dominant third quarter performance to shut out Equity Hawks and beat them 54-46, in their opening Group A match of the Eliud Owalo Foundation tournament at the Ulinzi…
- CLEVELAND, United States, May 10 – Donovan Mitchell scored a game-high 29 points as he helped the Cleveland Cavaliers level their Eastern Conference semi-final series against the top-seeded Boston Celtics at one game apiece. The Cavaliers fell behind in each of the first two quarters but Mitchell…
- ROME, Italy, May 10 – Bayer Leverkusen set a new European unbeaten record of 49 successive games in securing a late draw with Roma to reach the Europa League final. Josip Stanisic scored with the last kick of the game in the 97th minute to earn Xabi Alonso’s side a 2-2 draw on the night […]
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- ROME, Italy, May 9 – Rafael Nadal continued his French Open preparation by fighting back from a set down to beat Belgian qualifier Zizou Bergs in the opening round of the Italian Open in Rome. The former world number one, a 10-time champion in the Italian capital, won 4-6 6-3 6-4. Nadal, 37, has…
- LONDON, United Kingdom, May 9 – Manchester City striker Erling Haaland could be named Premier League player of the season for a second consecutive year. The 23-year-old Norway international has been nominated for the award alongside City team-mate Phil Foden. Arsenal midfielders Martin Odegaard and…
- 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…