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Look Out For ‘Pura Vida’ Brand As Kuta Collections Face Al Azizia In Mozzart Bet Cup Opener

By PURA VIDA SPORTS AFRICA REPORTERPura Vida Sports Africa’s might in elite football will be tested at Meru’s Kinoru Stadium the first week of February when Kuta Collections FC – a squad of experience...

Why Kenyan Tennis Prodigy Angella Okutoyi’s Meteoric Rise Is Not By Chance

BY GEOFFREY ANENEAngella Okutoyi’s story reads like a Kenyan sporting fable: One forged in grief, grit and an unrelenting belief that talent, when matched with opportunity, can bend destiny.On a warm...

Road to LA 2028: How NOCK Scholarships Are Powering Kenya’s Olympic Dream

BY GEOFFREY ANENEWith the road to the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games already taking shape, financial support has emerged as a critical lifeline for Kenya’s Olympic hopefuls. At the centre of this jour...

Seb Coe: Nairobi’s ‘Strong Bid’ for World Championships Now With Evaluation Panel, World Athletics Entering ‘Golden Age

By Elias Makori, Managing EditorWorld Athletics President Sebastian Coe has celebrated 2025 as an extremely productive year in athletics, terming last September’s World Championships in Tokyo as “the...

Rich payday for Russia, three bronze medals for Africa as curtains fall on IBA global contest in Dubai

IBA President Umar Kremlev pledges more cash awards for new team competition, continental tournaments in 2026, says organization financially sound with $50m annual sponsorship incomeBy Elias Makori in...

Russian party in Dubai as seven IBA World Boxing Championships gold medals for Moscow

Dubai, SundayThe final contests of the IBA 2025 Boxing World Championships in Dubai closed with the same kind of thrills and spills that lit up the tournament across the past week. There were close en...

IBA boss Kremlev pledges more financial support for boxers after successful Dubai show

By Elias Makori in DubaiRussian boxing earned $2,925,000 (Sh380 million) in prize money from the IBA Men’s World Boxing Championships that drew to a colourful close at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadi...

Nairobi’s Light International School Students Experience World Class Boxing, Cheer ‘HitSquad’

“Boxing is sweet… don’t worry, you can’t die in the ring,” featherweight Paul Omondi told admiring students of Nairobi’s Light International School after falling in his Round of 16 bout against a more...

Robert Okaka: This Is How I Stopped Tunisian… And I’m Going All The Way!

A triumphant Kenya Defence Forces soldier Robert Okaka left the Dubai Duty Free Tennisstadium arena on Monday night and went down on his knees outside the IBA Men’s WorldBoxing Championships’ changing...

How boxing saved ‘boda boda’ man Silas Onyango from scavenging food, handed family lifeline

By ELIAS MAKORI in DubaiGloves off, towel on shoulder and sweat trickling down his face, Silas Onyango holds back tears outside the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium, venue for the IBA Men’s World Boxing...