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Shujaa, Lionesses call for more support ahead of Tokyo Olympics
By Kenerickson Njeru,
1311, March 2, 2021 (EAT)
National rugby teams Shujaa and Lionesses are back in the country from the Madrid Sevens double tournaments played over the last two weeks, with rally...
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Shujaa to kickstart season with invitational tourney in Spain
By Kenerickson Njeru,
2036, January 5, 2021 (EAT)
Kenya rugby sevens team will kick off their season next month with an invitational tourney in Madrid, Spain. This is according to head coach Innoce...
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Shujaa begin season preps with medical and physical assessments
By Kenerickson Njeru,
1523, November 11, 2020 (EAT)
Kenya national team players have this month been invited by the Kenya Rugby Union for medical and physical Assessments as they prepare for the upcomin...
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Simiyu returns as Shujaa head coach
By Kenerickson Njeru,
1245, September 8, 2020 (EAT)
Innocent Simiyu has been named the new Kenya Sevens team head coach, replacing New Zealander Paul Feeney who left the role by mutual consent with the ...
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Mwanja to be named Shujaa coach – report
By Kenerickson Njeru,
1237, September 1, 2020 (EAT)
Dennis Mwanja is set to be named the next Kenya Sevens head coach after Kenya Rugby Union (KRU) settled on the KCB RFC assistant coach, Citizen Digita...
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‘Namcos’, Mwanja, Murunga…all in the running for Shujaa top job
By Kenerickson Njeru,
1005, August 27, 2020 (EAT)
Kenya Rugby Union is expected to unveil a new Kenya Sevens head coach this week after narrowing down the search to four from an initial list of 15 app...
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World Rugby cancels Dubai, South Africa legs over Covid-19 fears
By Agencies,
1441, July 29, 2020 (EAT)
The World Rugby Sevens has cancelled the opening rounds of the 2020/2021 season in Dubai and South Africa owing to the biting Covid-19 ravaging the gl...
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Former Shujaa coach Simiyu hints at quick restart of rugby season
By Kenerickson Njeru,
1554, May 23, 2020 (EAT)
Former national rugby sevens head coach Innocent ‘Namcos’ Simiyu believes it is still too early to write off the year for the rugby fraternity aft...
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KWAMBO: Makaka was an affable character but lightning quick on the pitch
By Citizen Reporter,
1500, May 23, 2020 (EAT)
Michael Kwambo The death of Allan Makaka, a former Kenya Sevens international who perished in a grisly road accident early Saturday hit me ha...
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RMS mourns Allan Makaka after he was killed in road accident
By Matthews Mutai,
1729, May 23, 2020 (EAT)
Allan Makaka, an employee at Royal Media Services, died in a road accident on Mombasa Road on Friday. RMS Human Resources Director Rose Wanjohi con...
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Samoa sevens coach Tietjens stepping down due to COVID-19 uncertainty
By Reuters,
1054, May 19, 2020 (EAT)
Samoa’s rugby sevens coach Gordon Tietjens says he will not seek to renew his contract when it expires in August due to the uncertainty hanging over...
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Tears flow at requiem mass of rugby star Tony Opondo
By Kenerickson Njeru,
2345, March 18, 2020 (EAT)
Ken Njeru at Citam Church Tears flowed. Loved ones walked shoulder to shoulder as friends and the rugby fraternity gathered on Wednesday at the Chris...
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Sports events hit by the coronavirus epidemic
By Reuters,
2010, March 11, 2020 (EAT)
Here is a list of international sports events hit by the coronavirus outbreak: ITALY * All sports events have been cancelled until April 3. OLYMPIC...
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Ageing players, tactical naivety…the sad tale of Shujaa’s decline
By Alex Kinyua,
1806, March 11, 2020 (EAT)
Analysis by Alex Kinyua When Kenya Sevens team Shujaa won the Singapore Sevens leg in the IRB Series in 2016, it was a breath of fresh air and a sigh...
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Top Kenyan rugby player Tony Onyango collapses and dies
By Citizen Reporter,
1814, March 4, 2020 (EAT)
KCB RFC player Tony Onyango is dead. Onyango collapsed and died at his Ngong residence on Tuesday night. His body has been moved to Umash Funeral H...
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Vancouver Sevens: Shujaa land fair-looking pool, but will they tick?
By Kenerickson Njeru,
1154, March 2, 2020 (EAT)
The national rugby sevens team Shujaa have been drawn in Pool C for the sixth round of HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series alongside Cape Town and Hamilton...
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Feeney targeting quarters in Vegas, Vancouver Sevens
By Frankline Owira,
1803, February 20, 2020 (EAT)
The national rugby sevens team head coach Paul Feeney, is targeting a quarter final berth in the upcoming HSBC Sevens World Series, set for North Ame...
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Factbox: Sport-Events affected by coronavirus epidemic
By Reuters,
1210, February 14, 2020 (EAT)
Here is a list of international sports events whose timing has been affected by a coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 1,300 people and infe...
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Amonde welcomes postponement of Hong Kong, Singapore Sevens
By Frankline Owira,
2003, February 13, 2020 (EAT)
National rugby sevens Shujaa captain Andrew Amonde has backed the move by World Rugby to postpone the Hong Kong and Singapore legs of the HSBC World R...
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NOCK seals deal with Kurume City officials
By Citizen Team,
1855, February 13, 2020 (EAT)
Kenyan athletes will hold a three-week training camp in the Japanese City of Kurume prior to the Olympic Games slated for Tokyo in July 24-August 9. ...
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