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1 week ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Rodgers Eshitemi
AFTV founder Robbie Lyle. He is set to visit Kenya. [Courtesy]Renowned sports influencer and AFTV founder Robbie Lyle is set to meet AFC Leopards players during his upcoming visit to Kenya, where he will share motivational tips and insights with the team, Standard Sport has established. Simply known as "Robbie" to his global followers, the British media personality, who commands millions of followers online, is expected to arrive in Nairobi tomorrow for a series of events.
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1 week ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Rodgers Eshitemi
Kenyan football fraternity has once again been thrown into mourning following the untimely death of AFC Leopards Secretary General Gilbert Andugu. Andugu, who was serving for the first time as the club’s Secretary General, passed on yesterday in a hospital in Kitengela, Kajiado County. In a statement posted on the club’s social media, Ingwe said. “We are deeply saddened by the news of passing on of our Secretary General Mr. Gilbert Andugu.
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1 month ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Rodgers Eshitemi
Doping, gender-based violence (GBV) and age cheating dominated Thursday’s Parliamentary Committee on Sports and Culture meeting with Athletics Kenya (AK) officials at Bunge Tower. While most efforts have been put in the fight against doping, it has emerged that GBV and age cheating are slowly but surely becoming a menace in the most successful sport in the country.
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1 month ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Rodgers Eshitemi
Athletics Kenya Executive Member and Youth Director Barnaba Korir believes he is the right person to advocate for athletes’ interests at the National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK) ahead of the association’s elections on April 24.
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1 month ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Rodgers Eshitemi
Football Kenya Federation (FKF) is trying everything possible to attract sponsors and partners back into the game, the federation CEO Harold Ndege has said. This comes barely a few days after several partners advertised on their LED screens during last weekend’s World Cup Qualifiers match between Harambee Stars and Gabon at Nyayo Stadium.
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2 months ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Rodgers Eshitemi
The wait is finally over for Kenyans as they will now have a chance to watch the national football team, Harambee Stars, on their home soil for the first time in four years. This is after the Confederation of African Football (Caf) confirmed that Kenya’s crucial 2026 World Cup qualifier against Gabon on March 24 will be held at Nyayo Stadium as part of the test matches ahead of the delayed 2024 Africa Nations Championship (Chan) in August 2-30 this year.
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Feb 6, 2025 | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Rodgers Eshitemi
Kenya is leaving nothing to chance as they prepare to co-host the delayed 2024 Africa Nations Championship (Chan) with Uganda and Tanzania in August. The tournament involving local-based players was initially supposed to be held this month but postponed to August 2-30 due to hosting nations’ unpreparedness.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Rodgers Eshitemi
From overcoming a career-threatening injury while playing rugby to become one of the best sprinters in Kenya, Tyson Juma is a true definition of resilience. It has evidently not been a walk in the park for Juma (100m athlete) since he switched from rugby to athletics way back in 2021. February 13, 2021, is a day he will never forget in his life as it had some mixed fortunes.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Rodgers Eshitemi
The die has been cast and the delayed 2024 African Nations Championship (Chan) will be held in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania in August 2025 after the draw was conducted at KICC, Nairobi on Wednesday night. However, it was not the night many Kenyans were expecting after national team Harambee Stars was drawn in what has been considered as a Group of Death in the tournament that was initially supposed to kick off on February 1.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Rodgers Eshitemi
Though the signings were already on the wall, the postponement of the delayed 2024 African Nations Championship (Chan) from February to August 2025 could be a blessing in disguise to the three hosting East African nations-Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. While some football stakeholders seemed shocked after the Confederation of African Football (Caf) took the bull by the horns and rescheduled the tournament that was supposed to start on February 1, to many it was bound to happen.
