The National Basketball Association (NBA) of the United States has pledged its support for the growth of basketball in Kenya. In a collaborative effort, the NBA is set to launch grassroots programs aimed at nurturing talent within the country. Today afternoon, a significant meeting took place at State House Nairobi, where President William Ruto met […]
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The South African Football Association (SAFA), is hosted its CAF A License Coaching course following a lengthy wait since 2017. A total of 25 coaches, comprising of tacticians from various divisions, including South Africa’s Premier Soccer League gathered at the headquarters of South African football in Johannesburg for the first phase of the Diploma between […]
COUNTRY’S envoys in the CECAFA U-18 Boys Championship will today be hunting for tickets into the semifinals stage of the ongoing tournament at the Kakamega Stadium in Kenya. Tanzania and Zanzibar are pooled in Group B will battle it with South Sudan and Uganda respectively, with Tanzania’s game kicking at midday whereas Zanzibar ‘s match […]
Nairobi — The national men and women’s sevens teams have maintained more or less the same squads that did duty at the Safari Sevens earlier this month as they gear up for the Dubai Invitational tournament this weekend. Shujaa head coach Kevin Wambua has made one change to his side, including George Ooro who missed […]
Pitso Mosimane, former coach of Mamelodi Sundowns and Al Ahly, has raised concerns about the current state of South African football and especially the development of young talent. Speaking with the South African Football Journalists’ Association, Mosimane compared South Africa’s approach to the successful models used in countries like Morocco. Mosimane stressed the importance of […]
Nairobi — Football Kenya Federation (FKF) boss Nick Mwendwa has waxed lyrical on the Ministry of Sports support to the Federation’s activities, saying he had never received such kind in his last six years as boss. Mwendwa said the Ministry, through the leadership of Cabinet Secretary Ababu Namwamba has availed most of the resources the […]
Nairobi — Kenya will host the Zone 5 beach volleyball qualifiers for next year’s Olympic Games in Paris and the All Africa Games in Accra Ghana on December 20-23. In a letter, Confederation of African Volleyball (CAVB) president Fernand Ruterana said the decision was reached unanimously during the recent Zonal Club Championships in Kigali, Rwanda. […]
Nairobi — A pair of goal-line technology-awarded goals saw Harambee Stars skipper Michael Olunga score a brace to help his club Al Duhail to a 2-0 victory over Tajikistan side Istiklol at the Abdullah Bin Khalifa Stadium in Doha on Monday night. The victory was Duhail’s first in the Champions League group stage this season, […]
The Ambazonia Interim Government is urging international footballers who intend to visit the region for a football event to exercise caution and reconsider their involvement. The Interim Government (IG) of Ambazonia has issued a strong warning against a planned football gala tournament scheduled to take place in Victoria, Ambazonia, on Thursday, 30 November. In a […]
The Nigerian forward has endured over 400 days of goal drought, but he got back in the scoring groove with a goal against Sevilla on Sunday. Super Eagles striker Sadiq Umar scored a potential goal-of-the-season candidate in La Liga on Sunday as his team, Real Sociedad, battled a thrilling 2-1 victory over Sevilla. The Nigerian […]
Nairobi — National Olympics Committee of Kenya (NOCK) secretary general Francis Mutuku says they will be burning the midnight oil to ensure Team Kenya have access to a balanced diet at their pre-Olympics training camp in the city of Miramas ahead of next year’s Paris Olympics in France. Mutuku said that food will be part […]
David Teeger, who was set to captain South Africa’s under-19 cricket team at next year’s junior World Cup, could have that honour taken away following comments he made at the Jewish Achiever Awards. Cricket South Africa (CSA) has appointed an independent inquiry to determine whether comments made by South Africa under-19 cricket captain David Teeger […]
The Fifa Women’s World Cup will not be staged in South Africa in 2027 after Safa decided to pull out from the running to host the global tournament. Safa had filed a provisional bid to host the competition and now awaited a final guarantee from the cabinet ahead of the 8 December deadline to submit […]
The time frame for developing the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup bid has been challenging. This does not diminish our commitment to women’s football, and has instead strengthened our commitment to produce a strong South African women’s team for 2031, and a compelling bid for the same tournament. We were very pleased by the support […]
Medeama SC has arrived in the capital of Cairo on Wednesday night ahead of their CAF Champions’ League group stage encounter against Egyptian and African powerhouse, Al Ahly. The match, scheduled for the Al-Salam Stadium in Cairo tomorrow, would see Africa’s most successful club, Al Ahly, face Ghanaian debutants, Medeama, in Group D’s opener. Patrick […]
CS Belouizdad coach Marcos Paqueta has called on the Algerian club’s passionate fans to roar them to victory in Friday’s TotalEnergies CAF Champions League group stage opener against Young Africans. Belouizdad host the Tanzanians at Stade du 5 Juillet in their Group B curtain-raiser aiming to exorcise last season’s painful exit to the same opponents. […]
Pyramids coach Jaime Pacheco believes his team can achieve TotalEnegies CAF Champions League glory at the first attempt, despite facing two former champions in a daunting group-stage draw. The Egyptians get their maiden group stage continental campaign underway against five-time winners TP Mazembe of DR Congo at the Air Defense Stadium on Friday night. Pacheco […]
With the second edition of the CAF African Schools Football Championship in full swing, Member Associations participating in the tournament have already reaped the rewards of being a part of this season’s competition. An innovative brainchild of CAF President, Dr Patrice Motsepe – which is a first in world football, the CAF African Schools Football […]