This was supposed to be the weekend Kenyan football came back to life. The 2026/27 FKF Premier League was set to begin on Sunday, September 21, and AFC Leopards fans had already bought their tickets for the opening fixture against…
The Whistle Never Blew Picture this: it is late August, the air in Nairobi carries that particular charge of a new football season, and fans across Kenya are already arguing about title contenders, new signings, and which coach is about…
Kenya’s Rising Stars didn’t just lose in Dar es Salaam. They exposed something far uglier — a football system that eats its young and calls it development. On Saturday, September 19, 2026, the national under-20 side drew 1-1 with South…
The Whistle Never Blew Kenyan football was supposed to begin again this Saturday. It didn’t. Two High Court orders, issued on the same Friday the federation thought it had finally cleared the runway, grounded the 2026/27 Kenyan Premier League season…
Picture this: a 19-18 loss. One basket. One moment. That’s the margin by which Kenya’s Under-23 men’s 3×3 basketball team were eliminated from their opening game at the FIBA 3×3 U23 World Cup in Wuhan, China. Algeria edged them in…
There is something quietly extraordinary about a group of teenage girls from Kenya preparing to face China and the United States on a World Cup stage, and something deeply frustrating about the fact that some of them aren’t even allowed…
This Wasn’t Just a Loss. It Was a Statement. Let’s be honest about what happened in Cairo on Sunday night. Gor Mahia didn’t just lose to Pyramids FC — they were dismantled, embarrassed, and sent home with a 5-1 scoreline…
Half the team. No visas. Less than ten days to go. That was the reality facing Athletics South Africa’s squad for the World Athletics Road Running Championships in Copenhagen — and the federation’s response was to tell everyone to calm…
Gianni Infantino is in the fight of his life. UEFA is threatening legal action. Norway’s federation wants him out. England’s FA has pulled its backing for his re-election. And a collapsed plan to bring private investors into FIFA’s commercial operations…
There is a moment in every underdog story where the system, against all expectations, actually works. For Mombasa United and the football faithful along Kenya’s Coast, that moment arrived with the Sports Disputes Tribunal’s ruling upholding the Football Kenya Federation’s…
