Top scrabble players Allan Oyende, Gitonga Nderitu and Michael Gongolo will be leading the Scrabble team as Nairobi hosts the last National Scrabble Tournament. The December tournament has attracted top Scrabble Kenya players across the country where the tournament will be proceeded by elections on Sunday. Gongola is leading the pack with 3 out of […]
Commonwealth Games 3,000m steeplechase champion Jackline Chepkoeh, world under 20 3,0000m champion Betty Chelangat, world under 20 3,000m steeplechase champion Faith Cherotich, basketball player Median Okot, boxer Jane Wangare and weightlifter Rachel Achieng are the nominees for the 2020 SOYA awards for most promising girl. At 18 years, Chepkoech was the youngest athlete to win […]
Kenya took home advantage to dominate the concluded Africa Amateurs Chess Championships that came to an end over the weekend in Mombasa. The hosts finished top of the table with seven medals (three gold, two silver and two bronze) followed by Uganda, South Sudan and Zimbabwe where 93 players from 15 federations took part. Madelta […]
Junior golfer Andrew Wahome, world under 20 3,000m champion Raymond Kipkorir, world under 20 3,000m silver medallist Felix Korir, motorsport driver Karamveer Singh, weight lifters Joshua Amunga and Joshua Clive have been nominated this year’s Sports Personality of the year CSOYA) Awards. Wahome has been nominated in the Sportsman of the Year Award (SOYA) for […]
Second seed Allan Oyende defeated seed one player Gitonga Nderitu to win the Africa Scrabble Championships Invitation Masters tournament held today in Nairobi. The Stima club player won 15 out of 20 games to emerge victorious as Gitonga lost 6 with Stanley Njoroge coming 3rd. Rank Won-Lost Spread Player Last Game 1 15–5 +967 Oyende, […]
The National Olympic Committee of Kenya has today presented an Olympic preparation scholarship to junior Kenyan golfer Daniel Kiragu in an event held at the Muthaiga Golf Club, Nairobi. The program is an initiative by the International Golf Federation (IGF), in cooperation with Olympic Solidarity for African golfers and coaches to increase their technical skills and performance to […]
Four Kenyans are set to represent Kenya at the FINA World Swimming championships set for next week in Melbourne, Australia. Competing under a neutral flag after Kenya was suspended from competing at the world level, the four swimmers Imara Bella Thorpe, Ali Lubaina, Ivan Hart and Arya Muravya were named by the FINA Stablizing Committee […]
Doping, infrastructure and talent Development are top agenda for the incoming Sports Principal Secretary Jonathan Mueke. The former Nairobi City County deputy governor while being vetted today outlined his vision for the country where many things are not going the right direction in sports. “We will conduct a massive communication exercise to show the world […]
Albert Njogu and Cynthia Wanjala are among seven players that will fly the Kenyan flag at the Rwanda Tennis Open set for next week in Kigali. Njogu will lead the men’s contingent that consists of Kael Shah, Keean Shah and Derrick Ominde while Wanjala will lead women like Claire Muthoni and Monica Kahura. The seven […]
Thomas Kiptoo has been charged in an Eldoret court with eight counts of charges including falsely pretending to be an employee of the Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya (ADAK). Kiptto was today arraigned before Eldoret Senior Principal Magistrate Richard Odenyo charged with others not before the court, was arrested on Monday morning by officers drawn from […]