Fred Muoki

Egypt will be seeking to register a first ever win in a World Cup when they face Saudi Arabia in a Group A match encounter Monday evening. In their first World Cup since 1990, they had been tipped to advance into the knockout rounds after looking strong in the qualifiers. Egypt Star forward Mohamed Salah missed their opening defeat by Uruguay after a shoulder injury and looked short of fitness in their loss to Russia.   This is the first encounter between Saudi Arabia and Egypt at a tournament since the 1999 Confederations Cup where the Saudis won 5-1 on that occasion.  In other matches that will be played, Spain will lock horns with Morocco while Iran and Uruguay clashes with Portugal and hosts Russia respectively.

National Rugby 15’s team Kenya Simbas moved to the second position on the Africa Gold Cup championship with five points after beating Morocco    28- 24 points in their opening tie in Casablanca last weekend. Tries from Biko Adema,   Moses Omusala, and Tony Onyango’s brace helped Kenya claim the win.    The win now sees Kenya sit second on the standings behind defending champions Namibia who have won their two opening matches after demolishing Tunisia 118-0 in their other fixture that was hosted in Tunis. Namibia had earlier beaten Uganda by 55-6 points.  The next fixture for Kenya will be on this Saturday at the RFUEA Grounds where they will host Zimbabwe. After the fixture Ian Snook charges will then lock horns with neighbors Uganda next month then finish the campaign with a match against Tunisia in August.  The team that will win the overall title in this championship will book a ticket to represent Africa in the Rugby World Cup that w...

Japan will be seeking for revenge against Colombia whom they faced in the 2014 World cup and lost by 4 goals to 1 when these two sides clash today in a Group H encounter of the World Cup in Russia. Colombia will welcome back Bayern Munich winger James Rodriguez who had a muscle problem but is now fit to play. Rodriguez was Colombia’s top scorer in the 2018 qualifiers and all-time at the World Cup, and has been directly involved in eight of his team's last 10 goals at the World cup finals with six goals and two assists. Japan has won only two of its last 11 World Cup games against Cameroon and Denmark in June 2010.It has also won just one of five opening games in the competition against Cameroon in 2010.

Atletico Madrid attacker Diego Costa will be seeking to increase his tally of goals in the World Cup on Wednesday when Spain takes on Iran in a group B encounter. Costa scored twice as Spain settled for a 3-3 draw with Portugal in their group opener where Christiano Ronaldo registered a Hat trick. Spain head coach Fernando Hierro gave Costa the nod in his starting line-up ahead of Iago Aspas, Lucas Vazquez and Rodrigo. Spain have the only significant piece of team news entering the midweek meeting with Iran after it emerged Real Madrid right-back Dani Carvajal will likely be fit to feature in his first match of the World Cup.  In other World Cup matches that will be played, Portugal will entertain Morocco while Uruguay lock horns with Saudi Arabia. Saudi lost to hosts Russia by 5 goals to nil in their group opener while Morocco lost to Iran by a solitary goal.

The   society we live in has numerous groups of people. Those who are upright and can adequately take care of themselves and those who are often called the marginalized or vulnerable groups.  The Sitting Volleyball team no doubt deserves special care and attention as they are very vulnerable. It is comprised of people who have their limbs amputated or for one reason or the other, are immobile due to polio. 8:00 am, and the scorching sun hits the beautiful scenery of Nakuru town. 4km away from Nakuru town is Afraha stadium, a sports ground that brings together sports personalities and enthusiasts from different regions. Meet Florence Ofwenje, a former volleyball player who has volunteered to coach the Nakuru sitting volleyball team. Close to 20 disabled players converge in this stadium for a training session. But before the training kicks off, it is routine for the team to start with a word of prayer.   When Ofwenje was retrenched from the Kenya Posta a...

Disability is natural. We must stop believing that disabilities keep a person from doing something. Because that’s not true! These are words that have been echoed by World Paralympic gold medalist Samuel Muchai who has challenged persons with disability to stop negative mentality about their state of body.  Throughout history, disability has been closely linked with poverty, poor nutrition, inadequate health care or lack of opportunity for exercise and socialization.  But 28 year old Samuel Muchai is a living example of a person who has turned disability into an opportunity. Born in a family of four, Muchai lost his sight at the age of nine.  During his studies in High school, Muchai realized that he can run for long distances without easily getting tired.  It is here then that he turned athletics into his hobby. His hard work, determination and passion helped him get a slot into the Kenya national Paralympics team in 2007.  This is t...