Kenya who rested today will face South Africa tomorrow for the final matches at the Billie Jean King Cup. The matches will determine which team gets the promotion place. South Africa is already 3-0 up after winning all their three matches today against Nigeria. While Nigeria is 2-1 up after their two victories against Kenya […]
In a bid to improve sports in the country, the William Ruto government has pumped kshs 16.5 billion ahead of 2024/2025 financial year. During the budget reading today in parliament today, the Finance Cabinet Secretary Njuguna Ndungu said that sports got the Lion’s share of the Ksh23.7 billion allocated to Sports and Tourism, where the […]
Kenyan pair of Angela Okutoyi and Roselinda Asumwa fell to Nigeria at the ongoing Billie King Cup Africa 3 at the Nairobi Club today. Kenya fell to Nigeria in the semifinals 2-1 6-0, 61 to opponents Alicia Owegi and Barakat Onyinlomo. Despite Okutoyi displaying remarkable resilience against Adesuwa Osabuohien, securing victory of 6-3, 6-3, in […]
Double world cross country champion Beatrice Chebet has been named the LG/SJAK Sports Personality of the Month of May after breaking the 10,000m record during the Prefontaine Classic Diamond League series in Oregon, USA. The 5,000m Commonwealth Games champion set the world record after winning the 10,000m at 28:54.14 then world record time of 29:01.03 […]
Veteran journalist Elias Makori will finally be leaving Nation Media Group after 32 years. The long serving sports editor, in a long goodbye message said that he will leave the Africa media giant soon. He wrote: “Dear colleagues, it’s my honour and pleasure to let you know, with great humility, that NMG and I have […]
Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria have progressed in the second round of the Billie Jean King Cup after the three nations emerged top in their respective Pools in the first stage of the competition. Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria will now compete for one promotion place while teams finishing in fourth place in the first […]
Kenya’s top tennis player Angela Okutoyi will lead other players at the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup that starts tomorrow. Okutoyi will lead the likes of Alicia Owegi, Roselinda Asumwa, Cynthia Cheruto and Stacy Yego that will be coached by Francis Rogoi. Kenya will begin their campaign against Mauritious in pool B encounter that has […]
A game-changing moment for women’s cricket is in the offing as the inaugural Nairobi Provincial Cricket Association (NPCA) T10 League heads to Ruaraka Sports ground. The League has attracted players from around the country with matches programmed to treat spectators to some exhilarating displays on Saturday and Sunday. NPCA Women’s Rep Bhavisha Shah sounded quick […]
Visiting Indian professional side Maruti Marble are attributing their stellar performance at the just concluded 17th Shree Cutchi Leva Patel Samaj Six-A-Side cricket tournament to team cohesion and consistency. The visitors beat Stray Lions of Kenya by 12 runs to lift the coveted trophy won by last year Kanbis. And for the second year running, Stray Lions wrapped up […]
The United States International University (USIU) Flames and Team Twende were crowned the champions of Half Court World Basketball titles held over the weekend in Nairobi. The vctory during the finals earned them a ticket for this year’s finals that will be held in New York. The competition was aimed at identifying and improving the […]