Articles by Stanley Mativo

The Kenya Prisons celebrate their victory. (PHOTO/CAVB)

Africa Volleyball Championships cancelled as virus bites

2032, March 15, 2020 (EAT)

The 2020 African Volleyball Men's and Women's Club Championships have been postponed to a later date as the coronavirus pandemic continue to stretch f...

Coronavirus: Bitok wants CAVB to postpone Africa Club Championship

1514, March 11, 2020 (EAT)

Malkia Strikers head coach Paul Bitok wants the African Volleyball Confederation (CAVB) to consider postponing the upcoming African Club Championships...

Buoyant Harambee Stars arrived in Kisumu aboard a mid-morning flight from Nairobi ready for the ...

Coronavirus: Gov’t halts foreign sports assignments

2306, March 10, 2020 (EAT)

Ministry of Sports on Tuesday suspended all the foreign sporting assignments for a month as the novel coronavirus pandemic continue to stretch far and...

Kenya's Barding High school players and fans celebrate their victory against St. Mary’s Kitende ...

World School Games: Kenya to send two teams to China

1438, March 10, 2020 (EAT)

Kenya will send only athletics and basketball teams to the 2020 World Schools Games primed for October 17 to 24 in Jinjiang, China. The decision wa...

Coronavirus: World Half Marathon Champs postponed

1807, March 6, 2020 (EAT)

The 2020 World Half Marathon Championship which was scheduled for March 29 in Gdynia, Poland has been postponed to October. World Athletics on Frid...

Magical Kenya Open postponed due to coronavirus

1353, March 6, 2020 (EAT)

The 2020 Magical Kenya Open on Friday became the latest sporting event to be affected by the novel coronavirus outbreak as the deadly virus continue t...

Team Kenya's Gaudencia Makokha and Naomie Too during the 2019 African Beach Games in Cape Verde. (...

Coronavirus or lack of support? Team fails to travel for qualifiers

1552, March 5, 2020 (EAT)

The national women’s beach volleyball team will not participate in the second round of the Tokyo Olympics qualifiers, after failing to get clearance...

KSSSA set for Serbia trip over World School Games

2009, February 12, 2020 (EAT)

Officials from the Kenya Secondary School Sports Association (KSSSA) will travel to Belgrade, Serbia next month to discuss the criteria for selecting ...

Bitok chuffed at new KVF calendar, format

1513, February 11, 2020 (EAT)

National women's volleyball team head coach Paul Bitok has lauded decision by the Kenya Volleyball Federation (KVF) to fully adopt new a league format...

Tumaini, Isiolo Starlets win Eastern region Chapa Dimba titles

2223, February 9, 2020 (EAT)

Tumaini School and Isiolo Starlets are the new Chapa Dimba na Safaricom Eastern region champions in the boy's and girl's categories respectively. I...

Tumaini, Black Panthers face off in Chapa Dimba finals

1941, February 8, 2020 (EAT)

Black Panthers FC of Meru, Isiolo Queens, Tumaini from Makueni and Chuka University will be in contention for this year’s Eastern region Chapa Dimba...

Makumi sets eyes on Eastern region Chapa Dimba title

1430, February 7, 2020 (EAT)

Boniface Makumi, head coach of the Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom Eastern region first edition girls’ champions Ngaakaa Talent Centre of Makueni is upbeat...

Sports fraternity mourn former president Moi

1807, February 4, 2020 (EAT)

The death of the former President Daniel Arap Moi on Tuesday morning brought ‘almost everything to a standstill’ as Kenyans united to mourn the ...

Kenya drawn with Japan, Brazil at Tokyo Olympics

1834, January 31, 2020 (EAT)

The national women’s volleyball team has been pooled to play against hosts Japan, Brazil, Serbia, Korea and Dominican Republic in Pool A of the 2020...

Machakos to host Chapa Dimba Eastern finals

2102, January 30, 2020 (EAT)

The Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom third edition regional finals series will enter its fourth round on February 8 to 9 with Kenyatta Stadium in Machakos set...

New Pipeline boss Gitau promises to go all out in hunt of silverware

1414, January 29, 2020 (EAT)

Newly appointed Kenya Pipeline head coach Paul Gitau has vowed to restore the status of the six-time African Club champions as the top women's volleyb...

President Kenyatta hosts peerless Malkia Strikers at Mombasa

2124, January 17, 2020 (EAT)

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday reiterated his commitment to ensuring all national teams flying Kenya’s flag at international competitions get be...

Pomp, colour as triumphant Malkia Strikers jet back

2056, January 10, 2020 (EAT)

National women's volleyball team Malkia Strikers, jetted back to a heroic reception at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Friday evening, a day a...

President Kenyatta congratulates Malkia Strikers for Olympic qualification

2353, January 9, 2020 (EAT)

President Uhuru Kenyatta has led Kenyans in congratulating peerless Malkia Strikers after the national women volleyball team clinched the 2020 Olympic...

Malkia Strikers seal return to Olympic Games

2344, January 9, 2020 (EAT)

The national women’s volleyball team Malkia Strikers crushed Nigeria 3-0 (25-15, 25-21, 25-12) in their final Tokyo 2020 Olympics qualifying match t...