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No cheering, no parties: COVID-19 forces different Super Bowl Sunday for fans
By Reuters, 1322, February 7, 2021 (EAT)
Fans hoping to watch the Super Bowl on Sunday will face a much different reality this year, with the novel coronavirus restricting the celebration aro...

Kansas City Chiefs , Super Bowl , Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Obama applauds LeBron’s leadership after title triumph
By Reuters, 1449, October 13, 2020 (EAT)
Former U.S. President Barack Obama congratulated LeBron James a day after he picked up his fourth NBA title, as prominent figures in sports, politics ...

Barack Obama , Congratulates LeBron James , Former U.S President , NBA title
Champion Osaka harnesses sport’s biggest spotlight in fight for racial justice
By Reuters, 1659, September 13, 2020 (EAT)
Naomi Osaka capped a transformative U.S. Open with another Grand Slam title and a challenge to the millions watching across the globe on Saturday to �...

Naomi Osaka , racial injustice , U.S Open
American Dream; tale of Irene Were, a budding Kenyan basketball talent
By Dennis Kamariki, 1503, September 3, 2020 (EAT)
Here and There, by Dennis Kamariki For basketball prodigy Irene Were, the stars have aligned and she could be the biggest thing in the game. Las...

Butere Girls High School , Irene Were , National Basketball Association (NBA) , Norfolk Christian High Schoo , Urban Discovery Ministries (UDM)
What happens if the Tokyo Games don’t go ahead?
By CNN, 1715, March 21, 2020 (EAT)
The Olympic flame arrived in Japan on Friday, marking the beginning of official celebrations for a global sporting event that could still be derailed ...

coronavirus , olympics , Tokyo Games
Tennis, NBA, football: coronavirus shreds sports calendar
By Reuters, 2052, March 12, 2020 (EAT)
The global sporting calendar has been shredded by the coronavirus pandemic, with men’s tennis shut down for six weeks, top European soccer leagues o...

coronavirus
Yahoo Sports signs betting deal with BetMGM
By Paul Ombati, 817, October 30, 2019 (EAT)
Yahoo has entered into a partnership deal with betting company BetMGM. The move targets Yahoo sports fans in the U.S. with BetMGM expecting increas...

BetMGM , betting , Yahoo Sports
How 24-year-old Eric Tse became an overnight billionaire
By Duncan Mutwiri, 1532, October 25, 2019 (EAT)
Eric Tse parties with Rihanna and Bella Hadid. He watches basketball with former National Basketball Association (NBA) star Yao Ming, his life appe...

billionaire , Eric Tse
Chinese state media escalate row with NBA
By Reuters, 1046, October 9, 2019 (EAT)
Chinese state media on Wednesday accused the National Basketball Association (NBA) of endorsing violence and peddling a “secessionist pipe dream” ...

Chinese State Media , NBA
Work for your dreams, Joho, Hensley urge budding basketballers
By Agencies, 1745, August 24, 2019 (EAT)
The Governor of Mombasa Hassan Ali Joho and National Basketball Association (NBA) agent, J.R. Hensley, visited the Aga Khan Academy Mombasa to meet th...

Aga Khan Academy Mombasa , Ali Hassan Joho , J.R. Hensley , Mombasa Governor , National Basketball Association (NBA) agent
Raw deal for sports in Kenya
By Dan Ogega, 1651, August 20, 2019 (EAT)
Last season with nine seconds left on the timer, Toronto Raptors small forward Kahwi Leonard, The Klaw, stepped to the free-throw line and k...

kenya , Sport
NBA Africa Game: Opportunity on and off the court
By Reuters, 1921, August 3, 2018 (EAT)
The third NBA Africa Game, to be staged at the Sun Arena in Pretoria on Saturday, has been billed an exhibition clash to grow the appetite for the gam...

Joel Embiid , National Basketball Association (NBA) , NBA , NBA Africa , NBA Africa Game
PHOTOS: Tight security in K’Ogelo ahead of Obama visit
By Philip Mwaniki, 1218, July 18, 2018 (EAT)
Nothing is being taken to chance when it comes to the protection of former US President Barack Obama. Heavy security was deployed at the Jomo Kenya...

Barack Obama , Jomo Kenyatta International Airport , Sauti Kuu Foundation
NBA glitz, glamour on show in South Africa
By AFP, 039, August 6, 2017 (EAT)
The TicketPro Dome arena in an upscale Johannesburg suburb became a mini Madison Square Garden Saturday as American basketball staged an exhibition ma...

NBA , south africa , TicketPro Dome
NBA firmly lands in Kenya with Junior League launch
By Mutwiri Mutuota, 1959, November 7, 2016 (EAT)
The popular National Basketball Association (NBA) will deepen its roots in Kenya from next year following the launch of the NBA Junior League in Nairo...

africa , Amadou Gallo Fall , america , basketball , Gin Din Foundation , kenya , Mary Keitany , NBA , NBA Junior League , New York Marathon , Robert Godec
Basketball players at heightened risk of lung clots
By Agencies, 1530, October 31, 2015 (EAT)
Basketball players could be at heightened risk for dangerous blood clots that travel to the lungs, according to a small Spanish study. But the resu...

basketball , basketball players , clots , lung clots