The countdown to the 2026 Kenya Secondary Schools Sports Association (KSSSA) Term Two Games is almost over, with the country’s top secondary school athletes set to converge in Kiambu County for one of the biggest events on the schools’ sports calendar.Download our Mozzart Sport app for more newsSponsored by KCB, this year’s championships will run from 26 July to 2 August, hosted by the Central Region, with MPesa Foundation Academy serving as the main competition venue. ##NAJAVA_MECA_9850731##Football, volleyball, basketball 3×3, netball, rugby sevens, badminton, lawn tennis, table tennis, chess and scrabble will all be staged at the academy.Cricket and beach volleyball matches will be played at Mang’u High School, while Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) will host the baseball competition.Teams will also be accommodated at two separate venues, with girls staying at Mary Hill Girls High School and boys housed at Mang’u High School throughout the championship…

Kenya’s Masters hockey teams will officially begin their journey to the 2026 World Masters Hockey (WMH) World Cup when the Kenya Hockey Union (KHU) holds a flag-off ceremony on Saturday, 18 July, at the City Park Hockey Stadium in Nairobi.Download our Mozzart Sport app for more newsThe ceremony will send off four Kenyan teams that are set to compete in one of the biggest global gatherings of veteran hockey players, with the tournament taking place from 22 July to 1 August across the Dutch cities of Rotterdam and Schiedam, as well as Breda in the Netherlands and Brasschaat in Belgium.##NAJAVA_MECA_9850731##Kenya will be represented in the Men’s Over-40, Men’s Over-45, Men’s Over-50, and Women’s Over-35 categories.The men’s Over-45 and Over-50 teams will play their matches at HC Rotterdam, while the women’s Over-35 side will compete at HC Schiedam as they seek to make their mark against some of the world’s leading masters hockey nations.The 2026 edition of the World Masters Hockey World ..

The warning signs were there before France had even kicked a ball at the World Cup.During one of Les Bleus’ training sessions, Ousmane Dembele reportedly confronted captain Kylian Mbappe over what he saw as a lack of defensive commitment. The criticism was direct and personal.Days later, according to L’Equipe, the Ballon d’Or winner turned his attention to almost the entire squad.Les Bleus are Les Miserables! Incredible Spain put France to the sword in a tactical masterpieceFrance trailed Spain 1-0 at half-time after Mikel Oyarzabal’s opener, and the dressing room was anything but calm. Dembele took centre stage, voicing his frustration over the team’s pressing and defensive organisation.He believed France were reacting poorly whenever Spain tried to press them, insisting the collective movement was badly coordinated and that too many players were failing to do their jobs.His teammates were not impressed.Second Fall of Bastille & 37 and counting for Spanish InquisitionFrance struggled ..

For the first time in three years, the Kenya Secondary Schools Sports Association (KSSSA) boys’ volleyball championship will crown a new national champion.Download our Mozzart Sport app for more newsReigning back-to-back national and FEASSSA champions Cheptil Secondary School will not be in Thika after their title defense came to a premature end in the Rift Valley regional championships.The Nandi County giants, who also hold the East African schools crown, were knocked out in the regional semifinals by Andersen Secondary School, ending one of the most successful recent eras in Kenyan school volleyball.Debutants Masara, Aluor Girls bank on experienced coaches ahead of KSSSA nationalsTheir absence has transformed this year’s championship into one of the most open contests in recent history.While Cheptil’s elimination has dominated pre-tournament discussions, it also marks the end of another remarkable chapter in a school that has established themselves as one of the country’s volleyball ..

APS Bomet chairman Dr Fred Akama has revealed the club will adopt a conservative approach in the ongoing transfer window, with the focus firmly on maintaining the core of the squad rather than making wholesale changes.Download our Mozzart Sport app for more newsThe club enjoyed a remarkable turnaround last season after a difficult start, emerging as one of the FKF Premier League’s best-performing teams in the second half of the campaign under head coach Sammy ‘Pamzo’ Omollo. Kenyan prospect signs Everton scholarship, earns U18 promotionThat resurgence has convinced the club’s hierarchy that the current squad only requires minor reinforcements ahead of the new season.Having resumed pre-season training earlier this week, Akama said the club is targeting a maximum of four new signings, insisting there is no need for a major rebuild.##NAJAVA_MECA_9847731##”Our approach in this transfer window is very clear. We are not looking at a major overhaul of the squad. We have confidence in the grou..

Bidco United head coach Anthony Akhulia has outlined the club’s blueprint for an immediate return to the FKF Premier League, insisting the focus is firmly on rebuilding a competitive squad after their relegation last season.Download our Mozzart Sport app for more newsThe Thika-based side dropped out of the top flight after finishing 17th in the 18-team FKF Premier League, bringing an end to their stay in Kenya’s top division. It was a painful outcome for a club that had narrowly escaped relegation on the final day of the previous campaign, only to fall short a season later.##NAJAVA_MECA_9847446##The rebuilding process has already begun, although Bidco are set to lose several key players following the drop. Keeper Issa Emuria has completed a move to AFC Leopards, Clinton Asiago is training with Shabana FC ahead of a potential switch, while Collins Akite and Thomas Wainaina are among players attracting interest from other clubs.Despite the expected departures, Akhulia insists the club wi..

It was 2016, and Lionel Messi had already conquered world football.He had won four UEFA Champions League titles, lifted eight La Liga trophies, collected countless domestic cups and claimed five Ballons d’Or. He had carried Argentina to the 2014 FIFA World Cup final and then to back-to-back Copa America finals.Yet one thing was still missing – a major international trophy.Elite winning mentality & a double Lionel masterclassBack home, where he had left as a teenager to pursue his dream in Spain, many still refused to place him alongside Diego Maradona. The criticism never stopped. Whenever Argentina fell short, the blame landed squarely on Messi’s shoulders. The familiar accusation echoed louder than ever: he wasn’t the same player for his country as he was for Barcelona.There were no excuses after the heartbreaking defeat to Chile in the Copa America Centenario final. Argentina lost on penalties, Messi missed the opening spot-kick, and the weight of years of criticism finally became t..

Impala RFC emerged as the busiest club in the Kenya Rugby Union (KRU) off-season transfer window after completing the highest number of player registrations ahead of the 2026 National Sevens Circuit and the 2026/27 domestic season.Download our Mozzart Sport app for more newsThe transfer window, which officially closed on Tuesday, 14 July, saw clubs across the country bolster their squads with a mix of experienced campaigners, university standouts and emerging talent as they prepare for the upcoming campaign.New KSSSA rugby sevens champions beckon as defending kings fallImpala led the recruitment drive with 40 registered signings, according to the final transfer list released by the KRU.Among the notable arrivals are former Kisumu RFC trio Benjamin Opar, Andrew Aswani, and Denzel Juma, former Catholic Monks forward Jordan Kang’ahi, ex-KU BlakBlad player Lincoln Agade and Mwamba RFC’s Linet Moraa.##NAJAVA_MECA_9847772##The club also added a host of players from the non-professional ranks..

Carlo Ancelotti (Brazil), Julian Nagelsmann (Germany), Mauricio Pochettino (USA) and Thomas Tuchel (England) have a combined sum of almost 3,000 club matches in their coaching CVs, but it proved irrelevant or, at least, not good enough to lead their national teams to success at this World Cup.On the other hand, Spain’s Luis de la Fuente and Argentina’s Lionel Scaloni – who are about to face each other in Sunday’s showdown – together have a remarkable number of 11 games in senior club football!All of those at De la Fuente’s account, as he was sacked at Deportivo Alaves in 2011 after only 11 La Liga games.##NAJAVA_MECA_9850731##Scaloni has never ever managed a senior club side. His coaching career began as an assistant at Sevilla under Jorge Sampaoli in 2016-17 before he moved into Argentina’s national-team setup in 2018. Since then, he has only coached Argentina.So, just 11 senior club matches – a staggering figure considering they are now meeting in a World Cup final. Which goes to sho..

The Kenyan government has issued a fresh update on the ongoing redevelopment of Kipchoge Keino Stadium in Eldoret, with Principal Secretary for Internal Security and National Administration Raymond Omollo revealing that construction has entered an advanced phase ahead of the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).Download our Mozzart Sport app for more newsThe Ksh3.5 billion project forms part of the country’s broader sports infrastructure programme as Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania prepare to jointly host Africa’s biggest football tournament.According to Omollo, significant progress has been made on the redevelopment, with key structural works now steadily taking shape.How much each Harambee Starlets player pocketed from President Ruto’s Ksh10 million bonus”Preparations for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) continue to gather momentum, with the ongoing upgrade of Kipchoge Keino Stadium in Eldoret positioning the facility as a key training base and alternative match venue for the continen..