Gaming isn’t what it used to be. What started as something you did in your living room has turned into this massive, interconnected thing where people from completely different worlds come together. Developers in one country team up with artists halfway across the globe, while players compete against each other without even thinking about where…
Spain’s forward Lamine Yamal is pictured during pitch inspection before the warm up session prior to the start of the UEFA Nations League final football match vs Portugal in Munich on June 8, 2025. [Alexandra BEIER / AFP] Lamine Yamal has been released from the Spain squad for their upcoming 2026 World Cup qualifying matches…
Isiolo South MP Tubi Bidu Mohamed when he was sworn into office at Parliament buildings, Nairobi. [File, Standard] Isiolo South Member of Parliament, Tubi Bidu Mohamed is dead. Bidu died while receiving treatment at a Nairobi hospital on Wednesday evening. Speaker of the National Assembly Moses Wetang’ula announced the passing of the legislator, describing it…
Sha’Carri Richardson and Dina Asher-Smith have expressed excitement over the women’s 100m opening day at the LA 2028 Olympics. The Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games will feature a groundbreaking schedule, with the athletics competition running for the entire duration of the event for the first time in history. According to World Athletics, the action will…
Former Samburu Governor Moses Lenolkulal has been set free after the High Court overturned his conviction and eight-year jail term in a major blow to the prosecution’s case in the Ksh. 83 million fuel supply scandal. In a landmark ruling, the High Court ruled that prosecutors failed to adduce credible evidence linking Lenolkulal to either…
Welsh manager Rob Edwards [Henry Nichols, AFP] The Premier League’s bottom club Wolves ahve announced the appointment of Rob Edwards as their new head coach on a three-and-a-half year deal. The 42-year-old has left Championship club Middlesbrough and agreed a contract until 2029 with Wolves after they sacked Vitor Pereira earlier this month. … Follow…
Democratic Congress Party (DCP) leader Rigathi Gachagua in Gilgil, Nakuru County on November 10, 2025. [Courtesy] Democratic Congress Party (DCP) leader Rigathi Gachagua has raised alarm over what he termed as an emerging wave of politically instigated insecurity in the run-up to the November 27 by-election in Mbeere North Constituency. In a statement directed to…
Pape Thiaw has insisted that the upcoming friendlies against Brazil and Harambee Stars will help the team refine tactics and prepare for the Africa Cup of Nations. Senegal are set to face both Brazil and Harambee Stars in high-profile friendly matches as part of their preparations for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. Head coach…
Police have arrested two people for allegedly robbing a British man of Ksh.800,000 during a staged romantic encounter in Nyali, Mombasa. According to a statement by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), Samira Mumbi Kiarie had been pursuing the foreigner for months through the internet, confessing her feelings and making promises of eternal love. The…
Kenya’s Situs Onyango (right) and Abel Alemu of Ethiopia battle during the Africa Zone 3 Boxing Championship at Moi International Sports Center Gymnasium, Nairobi, on October 20, 2025. [Jonah Onyango, Standard] The National Boxing League final leg set for Kisumu next week is expected to give the national team, Hit Squad, enough time to start…
Hiram Gitau, widow of Betty Bayo, has been praised for mourning with humility and dignity after her death Hiram has reduced his involvement with the media, showing mental growth while mourning the loss of his beloved wife Pastor Kanyari has been mourning in public, but many Kenyans have accepted that Hiram has his inner pain…
Activists Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo, who went missing in Uganda for 38 days when they were handed over to Kenyan authorities in Busia. [Isaac Mpaka, Standard] For the first time since their release from detention, activists Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo have revealed their harrowing ordeal in the hands of an alleged Ugandan armed…
The UDA candidate for Malava Member of Parliament, David Ndakwa, has gained a lot of popularity after the opposition leaders supported his candidacy The leaders expressed their intention to abandon their party’s candidate just three weeks before the November 27 by-election. The leadership of the UDA and the MP who is expected to welcome the…
Nairobi will be the focal point this weekend as 12 of Africa’s best women’s rugby teams clash for continental supremacy. Sports and Creative Economy Cabinet Secretary Salim Mvurya has officially welcomed the continental teams arriving to compete in the 2025 Africa Women’s 7s Cup, a tournament that also serves as a crucial World Rugby Challenger…
Former Minister of Commerce, Moses Kuria, has asked the country’s electoral commission (IEBC) to ensure that the November 27 election is not marred by violence Kuria claimed that there are some members of the ruling party, the United Democratic Alliance (UDA), who are planning to disrupt the campaign meeting of former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua…