Hit Squad’s Ajowi scoops Sports Personality of the Month award for March

By Agencies,

Kenya Team "Hit Squad" heavyweight Elly Ajowi has been named the LG/SJAK Sports Personality for the month of March. The National Police Service Cor...

Elly Ajowi , SJAK , Sports Personality of the Month award

Tuwei expects good show from Kenyan sprinters in Poland

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Athletics Kenya (AK) President Jackson Tuwei has challenged the Kenyan team selected for the World Relays Championships to give a good account of them...

Athletics Kenya , World Relays Championships

India’s coronavirus cases hit record as Mumbai prepares for new lockdown

By Reuters,

India’s new coronavirus infections hit a record level on Wednesday with Mumbai set to be locked down at midnight, but hundreds of thousands of pilgr...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , India

Women footballers plead for quick return of sports after taking the jab

By Mkalla Wa Mwambodze,

Football Kenya Federation Women Premier League clubs’ players have expressed hope that the ministries of health and sports will allow the return of ...

government , Jab , KWPL , Women footballers

Search for Chief Justice: Prof. Patricia Mbote put on the spot over her integrity

By Chemutai Goin,

As the search for the next Chief Justice entered its second day on Tuesday, academician Prof. Patricia Kameri-Mbote found herself in unfamiliar territ...

chief justice , Judiciary , Prof. Patricia Mbote

The world’s most powerful passports for 2021

By CNN,

The gap in travel freedom is its biggest in decades and disparities in vaccination access between countries could make the situation even worse, says ...

Henley & Partners , Henley Passport Index

Chelsea lose to Porto but reach Champions Leagues semis

By Agencies,

Chelsea survived a spectacular late overhead kick from Mehdi Taremi, lost 1-0 but advanced to Champions League semi-final 2-1 aggregate at the expense...

champions league , chelsea , Porto , Semi final

The new ‘jollof wars’ and why Twitter chose Ghana over Nigeria for its first Africa base

By CNN,

Twitter's announcement Monday that it will set up its first Africa base in Ghana, West Africa, has generated fierce debate among Nigerian users of t...

Ghana , Jack Dorsey , Nigeria , Twitter

With 100 days to go, Tokyo scrambles to stage pandemic Olympics

By Reuters,

When Japan won the bid to host the Olympic Games eight years ago, it billed Tokyo as a reliable and secure location, contrasting it with rivals strugg...

Japana , Olympic Games , pandemic , Tokyo

Biden set to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan

By Reuters,

President Joe Biden plans to withdraw the remaining 2,500 U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 2021, 20 years to the day after the al Qaeda attac...

Afghanistan , AL QAEDA , President Joe Biden , U.S. troops

KWPL players, officials take Covid-19 jab

By Agencies,

Football Kenya Federation (FKF) in conjunction with the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Sports have on Tuesday facilitated the Covid-19 vaccination...

COVID-19 , FKF , KWPL , Ministry of Sports

To what extent Kenya is adopting cryptocurrencies

By Agencies,

Kenya is one of the prominent countries on the African continent, and the people of Kenya are getting more aware of the opportunities that might chang...

Medvedev tests Covid-19 positive, out of Monte Carlo Masters

By Reuters,

World number two Daniil Medvedev of Russia has tested positive for COVID-19 and has been withdrawn from this week’s Monte Carlo Masters, the ATP sai...

COVID-19 , Daniil Medvedev , Monte Carlo Masters , tests positive

Garissa Senator Abdulkadir Haji pays glowing tribute to his father

By Edwin Obuya,

Abdulkadir Haji, the newly-sworn in Garissa Senator, gave a glowing tribute to his late father Yusuf Haji on Tuesday. Abdul -- as he is popularly k...

Abdulkadir Haji , garissa senator

Japan Olympic adviser urges Covid-19 vaccine option for athletes

By Reuters,

A health adviser to Japan’s Olympic committee said on Tuesday athletes should have the option of getting COVID-19 vaccines, days after public outcry...

COVID-19 , JAPAN , Olympic , Vanccine

Harry pays tribute to ‘cheeky’ grandpa Prince Philip

By CNN,

Britain's Prince Harry has paid tribute to his grandfather Prince Philip, describing him as "a man of service, honour and great humour," after flying ...

Prince Philip

Rwanda, South Africa set to begin development & manufacture of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa

By Sam Ogina,

A meeting of the Africa Union and Africa CDC brought together Africa heads of States in a brainstorming session over the continents preparedness or la...

coronavirus

Twitter to open first Africa office in Ghana

By Reuters,

Twitter Inc will open its first African office in Ghana, it said on Monday, as the social media company seeks to make inroads in some of the world’s...

Twitter

No reprieve for Omanyala as AK disowns sprinter

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

In form sprinter Ferdinand Omanyala’s hope of representing Kenya in the forthcoming Tokyo Olympics and other events has been quashed by Athletics Ke...

100M , Ferdinand Omanyala , Jackson Tuwei , kenya , Lagos , Nigeria , Tokyo Olympics

Footballers pile pressure for Sport return as vaccination exercise continues

By Luqman Mahmoud,

Football Kenya Federation Premier League players have called on the government through the Ministry of Sports to speed up the process of resumption of...

COVID-19 , FKF PL , Harun Shakava , Ministry of Sports , Sport , vaccination