KHU train eyes on 2021 after ‘lost’ season

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

The Kenya Hockey Union is turning its attention to 2021 in the wake of a lost season ravaged by Covid-19. KHU was forced to halt all its leagues th...

Kenya Hockey Union(KHU) , Nahashon Randiek

Wazalendo get cash boost ahead of Africa Club Championships

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Wazalendo Hockey Club received a major shot in the arm in their preparations for the Africa Cup for Club Championships with a Sh 100,000 boost from te...

Africa Club Championships , Cash boost , Kocela Company , Wazalendo Hockey Club

President Kenyatta commissions the construction of Ulinzi Sports Complex

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday commissioned the construction of the proposed Ulinzi Sports Complex which sits on 35 hectares of land in Lang’...

Lang’ata Barracks , President Uhuru Kenyatta , Ulinzi Sports Complex

Lack of financial investment hurting hockey: Owoka

By Godfrey Ashiali,

Godfrey Ashiali Former Butali Sugar Warriors head coach Dennis Owoka has bemoaned lack of sponsorship as the main challenge to the growth of hockey i...

Dennis Owoka , Financial investment , Former Butali Warriors coach , Kenyan hockey

Weightlifting Olympian Obiero trains daughter, granddaughter

By Reuters,

Keysha Atiki is only 10 but she can already lift her own weight as she trains with a weightlifting coach who once competed in the Olympics - her grand...

Keysha Atiki , Mercy Obiero , olympics , Trains daughter , Weightlifting

CS Amina rolls out return-to-sports protocols

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Sports teams will be allowed to resume non-contact training while private fitness clubs and gyms may reopen 'immediately', Sports Cabinet Secretary an...

CS Amina Mohamed

Kenya Hockey Union ready for sports return

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

The Kenya Hockey Union (KHU) says its ready to resume sports action pending a government green light. Like other sporting activities in the country, ...

Kenya Hockey Union , Return of sports , Sports Minsitry , Wycliffe Ongori

Hope at last for sports resumption as Ministry releases draft protocols

By Jacob Icia,

Sports Cabinet Secretary Ambassador Amina Mohammed Monday morning released draft guidelines in a detailed report on sports resumption in the country, ...

Amina Mohamed , Ministry of Sports , Sports resumption , taskforce

KHU, NOC-K partner to grow grassroots hockey

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

The Kenya Hockey Union (KHU) will this week start a program to develop the national hockey sport system funded by Olympic Solidarity through the Natio...

Hockey , KHU

KHU lays out plans on league resumption

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

The Kenya Hockey Union (KHU) has laid out plans on league resumption when the government gives the green light for sporting action to resume in the co...

Amina Mohammed , Kenya Hockey Union , KHU , Wycliffe Ongori

Wazalendo in bid to raise funds for Club Championships

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Wazalendo have launched a M-Changa platform in a bid to raise a Sh7 million budget in preparation for this year’s Africa Cup for Club Championships ...

Wazalendo roll out plans to raise Sh7 million for Club Championships

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Wazalendo are seeking to raise a Sh7 million budget in preparation for this year’s Africa Cup for Club Championships slated for Blantyre, Malawi. ...

Africa Cup for Club Championship , Kenya Hockey Union (KHU) , Malawi , Wazalendo

Flurry of positive coronavirus tests in athletes hurts U.S. restart plans

By Reuters,

Hopes that sport in the United States might soon return to business as usual suffered a blow on Friday as athletes from golf to hockey tested positive...

coronavirus pandemic , COVID-19

FIFA adds voice to protests over Floyd’s death

By Reuters,

The National Football League, National Hockey League and National Basketball Association have put out statements about the racial injustice that spark...

FIFA , George Floyd , Gianni Infantino , racism

U.S. to exempt foreign athletes from coronavirus-related entry bans

By Reuters,

The United States will exempt some foreign athletes who compete in professional sporting events in the United States from entry bans imposed because o...

athletes , Covid-19 pandemic , Donald Trump

Hockey Union rolls out plan to cushion vulnerable players as Covid-19 bites

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

The Kenya Hockey Union (KHU) has begun the process of cushioning needy hockey players in the country amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In an event held T...

COVID-19 , Kenya Hockey Union , Vulnerbale players

Belarussian President Lukashenko says hockey, vodka and sauna can cure coronavirus

By CNN,

As countries close their borders and hospitals struggle with a surge in coronavirus cases, some of the most repressive societies in the former Soviet ...

Fans turn to Belarus to fill void as virus puts sport on hold

By Reuters,

With professional soccer at a virtual standstill around the globe, fans in need of their weekly fix are turning to the Belarusian Premier League to fi...

Belarus , coronavirus

Spanish athletes fight coronavirus cabin fever

By Reuters,

With the Olympic Games four months away, Spanish race walker Laura Garcia Caro should be clocking up hundreds of kilometres in the Guadarrama Mountain...

coronavirus , Laura Garcia Caro , olympics , Spanish athletes

Dissent grows as IOC battles to keep Tokyo Games on track

By Reuters,

The International Olympic Committee is facing its strongest headwinds in decades as it prepares to brief national committees on Wednesday on the state...

coronavirus , IOC , JAPAN , olympics