Articles by Stanley Mativo

Triza Atuka (R) blocks Edith Wisa's strike during their training session at Kasarani Indoor Arena ...

Kenya ‘not ready’ for sports restart

1647, August 12, 2020 (EAT)

National Assembly Sports Committee member Charles Nguna is sceptical of Kenya’s ability to re-open sports activities, four months after they were ba...

CHAN 2018 Local Organising Committee (LOC) CEO Hebert Mwachiro during CAF inspection delegation courtesy call to ...

Mwachiro: My leadership will ‘reclaim football for all’

1729, August 11, 2020 (EAT)

Football Kenya Federation (FKF) presidential hopeful Herbert Mwachiro says his target is to ‘reclaim football for all’ if elected as the country�...

Lilian Kasait (014) lead Betty Chepkemoi in the girls 3000 metres SC during their East African Secondary ...

Postponed World School Games now set for Oct. 16, 2021 in Jianjiang, China

1225, August 7, 2020 (EAT)

The postponed 2020 World School Games will be held from October 16 to 23 next year in Jianjiang, China, the International School Sports Federation (IS...

Covid-19: Machakos referees opt for menial jobs, pulling carts for survival

1122, August 4, 2020 (EAT)

A section of Machakos football referees have urged the government to include them in the ongoing financial aid programme aimed at cushioning sportsmen...

Sports Kenya impressed by Wote Stadium progress

1126, July 28, 2020 (EAT)

Stanley Mutinda in Makueni Officials from Sports Kenya have expressed satisfaction with the ongoing works at the multi-million shillings Wote Stadiu...

Kenyan International Jane Wacu follows action against Egypt during their Women's Under 23 African Nations volleyball ...

Olympic-chasing Wacu shelves retirement plans

1319, July 23, 2020 (EAT)

Malkia Strikers setter Jane Wacu is still determined to play her first ever Olympic Games with the national volleyball team next year after sitting ou...

Sports Committee chair Makau vows to push implementation of gaming bill

924, July 20, 2020 (EAT)

Newly appointed Sports Committee chairman in the National Assembly Patrick Makau has vowed to fast-track the implementation of the gaming Bill, which ...

KVF lays out volleyball return-to-action plans

1653, July 16, 2020 (EAT)

Kenya Volleyball Federation (KVF) has set the month of October as the action-return date for the National League season if the government gives the gr...

Wote stadium contractor optimistic of beating deadline after gov’t warning

1353, July 16, 2020 (EAT)

The Wote stadium contractor is optimistic he will beat the four-month completion ultimatum issued by the Ministry of Sports. Sports Principal Secre...

Youth Olympics champ Kavesa relishing life in Japan

1741, July 15, 2020 (EAT)

The 2018 Youth Olympics 3,000m champion Jackson Kavesa is relishing his new life in Japan after registering a new personal best in his first race in t...

Kakamega coach raises sports concern amid schools closure

1519, July 14, 2020 (EAT)

Kakamega School rugby team head coach Amos Wamanga says he hopes the School Games calendar will remain intact and sports will continue to hold its rig...

Lung’aho offers hand to uplift Wafalme

1117, July 13, 2020 (EAT)

Veteran coach David Lung'aho says the national men's volleyball side has a huge growth potential and has offered his hand to help steer them to a high...

Southern region athletes get food aid

1153, June 24, 2020 (EAT)

Former world marathon record holder Patrick Makau on Tuesday led other retired athletes drawn from Machakos, Makueni and Kitui counties in distributin...

Ousted Sports committee chair Munyaka defends his record

2056, June 20, 2020 (EAT)

Ousted Sports committee chairman at the National Assembly Victor Munyaka says the ongoing political realignments have derailed his glamorous dreams fo...

East Africa School Games postponed to 2021

1218, June 15, 2020 (EAT)

The 2020 Federation of East Africa Secondary School Sports Association (FEASSSA) games have been postponed to August 2021 as the coronavirus pandemic ...

From coaching to tilling; celebrated coach Paul Bitok opts for farming as virus bites

1310, May 4, 2020 (EAT)

SPECIAL FEATURE IN UASIN GISHU What would you do with the handsome amount of time in your hands during this Covid-19 period? Whereas others are w...

Undeterred Bitok keeping Malkia fit through WhatsApp

2204, April 15, 2020 (EAT)

National women’s volleyball team head coach Paul Bitok has turned to WhatsApp as his latest tool to help keep the Malkia Strikers squad fit, amid th...

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...