Kariobangi Sharks sink EPL Everton on post-match penalties

Upstart Kariobangi Sharks bamboozled English top-flight side Everton at Kasarani Stadium on Sunday to win the SportPesa Super Cup 4-3 on post-match penalties after both teams drew one-all in regular time. Much-maligned teenage goalkeeper Brian Bwire turned out to be Sharks’ hero when he saved two penalties and scored one during the shootout. Bwire dived […]

Kasarani or ‘Kisirani’? Where political careers sprout or die

Built by the Chinese in the mid 1980s, the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani, is identified more with political typhoons than with sporting events. Tukutane Kasarani, Kasarani Kichinjio and Kasarani Kisirani are some of the euphemisms associated with ruthless political decisions taken or witnessed at the stadium, located 15 kilometres from the city centre. Since the days when […]