SPORTS NEWS

Team Kenya kicks off its first match of the 2019 USA Sevens in Las Vegas, Nevada on Friday at 4:50pm PT against the United States before playing its second match of the day against France at 7:29pm. Kenya is in Pool B at the tournament alongside the United States, France, and Argentina. Kenya will…

The owner of the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots, Robert Kraft, is being criminally charged with soliciting prostitution at a spa in Florida, where surveillance video showed him receiving sexual services, police said Friday. The 77-year-old billionaire Kraft is one of more than two dozen…

The National Basketball Association (NBA) has announced the launch of an African Basketball League. CNN reports that the African League will initially comprise of 12 teams drawn from across the continent. Countries that will be participating for the 2020 tournament include Kenya, Angola, Egypt,…

South Africa middle-distance runner Caster Semenya on Monday arrived at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland for a hearing of a case she has filed against the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The 800 meters Olympic champion is challenging the…

South Africa middle-distance runner Caster Semenya has declared that she's is "unquestionably a woman."  The two-time 800m Olympic Champion's declaration comes ahead of hearing of a case challenging the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) proposal to restrict testosterone…

English Football Club, Reading is in talks with Kenyan footballer Ayub Timbe over a possible January switch to the Championship side. The 26-year-old winger, who currently has a contract with Chinese topflight outfit Beijing Renhe, has confirmed Reading has approached him but an agreement is yet to…

Kenyan runner Mary Keitany has scooped this year's New York Road Runners (NYRR) Pro Performer of the Year Award. The 36-year-old marathoner has won the prestigious award after garnering 46.3 percent of the total public vote. United States wheelchair racers Daniel Romanchuk and Susannah Scaroni…

Kenya's long distance runner Eliud Kipchoge has been named 2018 World Male Athlete of the Year. The 34-year-old scooped the award at the annual International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Awards in Monaco, France. Eliud becomes the second Kenyan athlete to win the prestigious award…

Kenya's Ministry of Sports is on the spot once again after the National Amputee Football team spent Thursday night on the floor at the ministry's offices in Nairobi. The team arrived in the country after taking part in Amputee World Cup tournament held in Guadalajara, Mexico. After landing at the…

Kenya's Mary Keitany has won her fourth New York City Marathon title in five years after she led her compatriot Vivian Cheruiyot to a Kenyan 1-2 finish on Sunday. Keitany has clocked 2 hours 22 minutes and 49 seconds, just 18 seconds shy of the 2:22:31 record set in 2003 by Margaret Okayo London…