Embu Camp to the rescue of budding athletes

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

After playing second fiddle to other regions in the country for time immemorial, Eastern region is slowly seeking to be a force to reckon in athletics...

Christine Nyambura , Embu County. , Embu High Altitude Athletics Training Camp

We’re all glued to our screens right now. Here’s how you can protect your eyes

By CNN,

With much of the globe now under coronavirus-related restrictions, we have never been so tethered to our screens -- for work, to connect with friends,...

digital learning , Eyes , laptops , Zoom

Weeks of anguish and a ‘black box’ – Inside Tokyo’s decision to delay the Olympics

By Reuters,

Officials in charge of staging Tokyo’s Olympic Games crowded around a low table inside Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s residence late Tuesday, wincing...

coronavirus , olympics , Tokyo 2020

Ageing players, tactical naivety…the sad tale of Shujaa’s decline

By Alex Kinyua,

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...

Benjamin Ayimba , decline , IRB Series , Kenya Sevens , Paul Feeney , Shujaa

East African Games venue moved to Kakamega

By Godfrey Ashiali,

The venue for this year’s Federation of East Africa Secondary Schools Sports Association, FEASSSA, has been changed from Mpesa Academy to Kakamega H...

FEASSSA , Kakamega County

Kisumu Day student Omala becomes youngest winner of monthly award

By Allan Obiero,

Seventeen year-old striker Benson Omala became the youngest player to ever win the LG Player of the Month Award when he was crowned the best of Decemb...

Benson Omala , KPL , Western Stima

2019 in Review: Ulinzi topple KPA but Kenyan clubs flop abroad

By Dennis Kamariki,

The Kenya Basketball Federation (KBF) enjoyed a dramatic year full of interesting twists and while the domestic premier leagues were a success, local ...

KBF playoffs , KPA , Ulinzi Warriors

Year 2019: Citizen Digital sports writers pick their highlights

By Citizen Team,

The year 2019, like many before it, has has its fair share of sporting drama. Records have been broken in several races across world capitals, while t...

2019 in Review , Citizen Digital , Citizen Digital sports writers , sports writers , Year highlights

KPL: The rise and fall of sugar belt clubs

By Paul Ombati,

Since its inception in 1963, the Kenyan Premier League has been dogged by sweet and bitter memories. Sadly, it's the latter which sticks like an eyeso...

Charles Odera , Chemilil Sugar Fc , Evans Kadenge , James Nandwa , KPL , Nick Yakhama , Nzoia Sugar FC , Sony Sugar FC , sugar belt

State of Stadia: Manga works drags on

By Dan Ogega,

When the construction of Manga Stadium in Nyamira County kicked off five years ago, it was meant to breath a new life in a county full of sporting tal...

Manga Stadium , Nyamira County

After delivering gold, Bitok examines long term plans for Malkia

By Stanley Mativo,

Decorated volleyball coach Paul Bitok has set his sights on the long-term success with the national women’s volleyball team, Malkia Strikers, follow...

African Games , Jane Wacu , Janet Wanja , Malkia Strikers , Paul Bitok

Bright start for Kenyan teams at EA Games

By Stanley Mativo,

Stanley Mativo in Arusha, Tanzania Kenyan teams for this year’s Federation of East Africa Secondary Schools Sports Association (FEASSSA) games made...

FEASSSA

EA kings Kenya, Uganda set to dominate again

By Stanley Mativo,

Stanley Mativo in Arusha, Tanzania The Federation of East Africa Secondary Schools Sports Association (FEASSSA) games will return to Tanzania for the...

FEASSSA

Peter Orero – the coach with Midas touch

By Stanley Mativo,

As the East Africa Schools Games action draw closer, Dagoretti High School’s rise to the top echelons of School Games which has made them a force to...

basketball , Dagoretti high school , East Africa School Games , Midas touch , Peter Orero

Ngugi upbeat Kenya will reign supreme in EA Games

By Stanley Mativo,

With the Term Two national school games competition which was held in Kisumu last week now on the back burner,  focus shifts to the East Africa Games...

Arusha , David Ngugi , FEASSA Games , Kenya Secondary Schools Sports Association (KSSSA)

Volleyball titan Bitok returns with goodies, opens up on long-term goals

By Stanley Mativo,

Decorated volleyball coach Paul Bitok believes he has made great strides in his journey of reviving volleyball in Kenya after his proposal was adopted...

Calendar change , Kenya Volleyball Federation , Paul Bitok , proposals

Solid Kwanthanze clinch fourth national title as Serani triumph in Football U-16

By Stanley Mativo,

It was an epic volleyball final which lacks superlatives to define! But at the whistle Kwanthanze, at their impeccable best clinched a fourth national...

Clinch volleyball title , kisumu , Kwanthanze , National Term Two School Games , Serani

KVF probing Malkia Strikers player passport saga

By Stanley Mativo,

Kenya Volleyball Federation (KVF) has launched investigations following the mysterious disappearance of travel documents belonging to Malkia Strikers ...

Edith Wisa , KVF , Malkia Strikers

Boys Town shine at National School Games

By Stanley Mativo,

North Eastern champions Boys Town thrashed hapless Machakos Boys 6-1 to prove they are not pushovers as they stormed to the football Under-16 semi-fin...

Serani, Koyonzo impress as KSSSA Term Two nationals kickoff

By Stanley Mativo,

Coast region champions Serani and Western’s Koyonzo got their football Under-16 title hunt to a flying start, recording impressive wins as the Kenya...

coast , Daniel Lenjo , kisumu , Kisumu Boys , Koyonzo , KSSSA , nationals , Serani , western