Olympic champions Emmanuel Wanyonyi and Beatrice Chebet were named the Sports Personality of the Year Awards (SOYA) held this evening at the KICC, Nairobi. Making his debut at the Olympic Games in Paris, France last year, Wanyonyi won the 800m gold ahead of Canadian Marco Arop becoming the only man to win gold for the […]
32-year-old Zablon Katana Kahindi, popularly known as Beja, is the newest millionaire in town after landing a staggering KES 15 million windfall after staking just 15 shillings in the Betika Midweek Jackpot. Beja, who irons garments at a local apparel factory in Mombasa, hails from Ganze Village in Kilifi County. The soft-spoken winner couldn’t hide […]
St. John’s Korogocho and Olympic Junior School boys and girls respectively are the The Jr. NBA M-Pesa basketball winners during the National Finals that came to an end Friday, April 11th at the Aga Khan Academy in Mombasa. With both teams coming from Nairobi, the top youth basketball talent from across Kenya delivered a thrilling showcase of […]
Parliamentary Committee on Sports and Culture was disappointed with the slow pace on renovation of Kipchoge Keino stadium in Eldoret. Led by Chairman Dan Wanyama who visited the facility today morning, the committee said that the ministry has failed to reach the said deadlines as they had agreed. Wanyama, who also serves as the MP […]
Kisumu will be hosting the national Betika BingwaFest next week starting from Tuesday to Sunday with teams and individuals battling for over KES 31 million prize money. The multi-disciplinary sport extravaganza is set to bring together 16 football teams (8 men, 8 women), 24 rugby teams (16 men, 8 women), 32 basketball teams (16 men […]
Serving National Olympics Committee of Kenya (NOCK) Secretary General Francis Mutuku has hope that he will win the presidential position during elections set for April 24th. Mutuku, who wants to replace outgoing President Paul Tergat, will be facing off with Shadrack Maluki at the polls. Speaking after presenting his papers with his team ahead of […]
Track and field athletes have dominated Sports Personality of the Year Awards (SOYA) set for April 16 at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC). Organizers released the names and teams of various competitors in the battle of titles heading into the 21st edition this year. The gala awards with the theme ‘Celebrating women’s excellence in sports’ […]
M-PESA in partnership with the Jr. NBA, today hosted the top 100 junior basketball players (50 boys and 50 girls) for an Elite Basketball Camp at the Aga Khan Academy in Mombasa. The camp is part of the build-up to the Jr. NBA National Finals, set to take place at the same venue this coming […]
Shadrack Maluki has unveiled his Team Fresh campaign ahead of the 2025 National Olympics Committee of Kenya (NOC-K) elections set for April 24th in Nairobi. As the president of Kenya Judo Federation (KJF), Maluki said that he will be supporting athletes who have suffered for lack of pitches and other necessities to produce good results […]
Expert Michael Gongolo defeated defending champion and Grand Master Allan Oyende to win the Kisumu Scrabble Kenya edition that came to an end today. The two day tournament that started yesterday, came to a close today with Gongolo winning 14 out of 18 matches, losing 4. As part of the players’ preparations to qualify for […]