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Safaricom Limited has boosted 2017 Sportsman Personality of The Year award (SOYA) with a Kshs. 16 million.

Kenya Premier League  (KPL) football champions Gor Mahia and national Volleyball women team Malkia strikers are among the men and women teams nominated for 2017 teams of the year ahead of Safaricom Sports Personality of the Year Award (SOYA) awards set for next year.

Sachin Bhudia will captain the Kenyan team to next month’s ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Chris Mbaisi, the The Sports Journalists Association of Kenya (SJAK) chairman was elected as a Vice-President of the International Sports Press Association (AIPS), Africa today.

Kenya bowed out honorably with four medals as the Eastern Region Africa Top 16 qualifiers came to an end in Port Louis’ Complexe Sportiff de Beau Bassin.

Currently competing at the Karen Open tennis Championships, Ismail Changawa was named the Sports Journalists Association of Kenya (SJAK) sports personality of November.

Sneha Kotecha was the sole home winner in Thursday’s final batch of quarterfinals in the ongoing Karen Open Tennis Championship been played at the Karen Country Club.

Kenya’s run in the ongoing Eastern Region Championship at the Complexe Sportiff de Beau Basin in Mauritius went a notch higher on day two of the event as ladies settled for a second bronze. 

Kenya started off their team campaign at the Compelexe Sportiff de Bean Basin on a losing note at the ITTF Africa top 16 regional qualifier.