Covid-19 leaves sporting holes that will never be filled

By Reuters,

There are still hopes for a Tokyo Olympics, Formula One crowned a 2020 champion and the Los Angeles Lakers celebrated an NBA title inside a quarantine...

COVID-19 , Sporting events , Tokyo Olympics

Golden ticket – How clubs plan to welcome back fans

By Reuters,

With 2,000 fans allowed back into stadiums in Tier 2 locations in England, soccer clubs have the unenviable task of trying to decide which supporters ...

England face Samoa in 2021 Rugby League World Cup opener

By Reuters,

The 2021 Rugby League World Cup will kick off on Oct. 23 with hosts England taking on Samoa and champions Australia facing Fiji, organisers said. N...

Rugby League World Cup

Japan winger Fukuoka skipping Olympics to begin medical studies

By Reuters,

Winger Kenki Fukuoka, who helped Japan reach the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals last year, has said he will not be available for the rugby sevens tour...

JAPAN , Kenki Fukuoka , Medical school

Ayimba lands Kenya Rugby League Federation role

By Agencies,

Former Kenya Sevens head coach Benjamin Ayimba has been appointed by the Kenya Rugby League Federation Board as the Technical Director. He will be ...

Benjamin Ayimba

Former Shujaa coach Simiyu hints at quick restart of rugby season

By Kenerickson Njeru,

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...

Innocent Simiyu , Shujaa

RMS mourns Allan Makaka after he was killed in road accident

By Matthews Mutai,

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...

makaka , RMS

Rombo appointed Rugby League head coach

By Agencies,

Former Kenyan international, Edward Rombo has been appointed the head coach of Kenya Rugby League Federation (KRLF). In a statement released by the...

Edward Rombo , head coach , Kenya Rugby League Federation

Pichot quits World Rugby after election defeat

By Reuters,

Agustin Pichot has resigned from his role on the World Rugby Council and as president of Americas Rugby after his defeat by Bill Beaumont in the recen...

Agustin Pichot , Sir Bill Beaumont , World Rugby

Rooney criticises England authorities over coronavirus response

By Reuters,

Wayne Rooney has criticised England’s football authorities over how long they took to suspend matches in the country amid the coronavirus outbreak, ...

coronavirus , England authorities , Wayne Rooney

SWILA: How Coronavirus has cost sports billions of dollars

By Isaac Swila,

Isaac Swila in Nairobi The Coronavirus pandemic spreading across the globe like wildfire has not only caused panic to millions of souls across the wo...

coronavirus , kenya , sports

Coronavirus rapidly shutting down World sport

By Reuters,

England’s Premier League became the latest high-profile competition to announce a suspension as the coronavirus pandemic continued its unprecedented...

coronavirus , Premier League

Coronavirus rocks Kenyan sport

By Matthews Mutai,

Three major national sport organisations have suspended their seasons in the wake of the Kenyan Government's decision to ban public gatherings on Frid...

coronavirus

Sports events hit by the coronavirus epidemic

By Reuters,

Here is a list of international sports events hit by the coronavirus outbreak: ITALY * All sports events have been cancelled until April 3. OLYMPIC...

coronavirus

Factbox: Sport-Events affected by coronavirus epidemic

By Reuters,

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...

coronavirus

South Africa explore move to Six Nations

By Reuters,

The future of southern hemisphere rugby’s competitions have been thrown into confusion again with South Africa exploring the possibility of leaving ...

SANZAAR , Seven Nations , Springboks

2019 in Review: The return of Bitok got Kenya spiking again

By Stanley Mativo,

The return of volleyball titan Paul Bitok to his motherland from Rwanda where he had had an illustrious 10-year coaching career with the tiny East Afr...

Kenya Volleyball Federation (KVF) , Malkia Strikers , Paul Bitok , Waithaka Kioni

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

Bob Collymore, Eliud Kipchoge, John Demathew most searched by Kenyans in 2019

By Ian Omondi,

American technology powerhouse Google on Monday released the top trends of what Kenyans searched for this year; among them popular personalities, comp...

Bob Collymore , Eliud Kipchoge , Google trending searches , John De'Mathew

The rise and rise of rugby ace Itoje

By Reuters,

Five years ago Maro Itoje captained England to the Junior Rugby World Cup title. On Saturday, five days after turning 25, he could be part of a team w...

eddie jones , England , Junior Rugby World Cup , Maro Itoje