/Features/-/960656/960656/-/2tifiq/-/index.html http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Forget+relegation+there+are+things+that+count+more+/-/960656/1373484/-/u0s1e9/-/index.html Turning on the television last Saturday evening, there was a confusing sight: Tottenham and Bolton players trooping off the pitch at White Hart Lane; some were in tears and officials were still on the playing area. 2012-03-25T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Where+are+Kenya+in+comeback+story+list/-/960656/1373472/-/30vks/-/index.html Kieron Pollard has been in the news all through the weekend after he scored 102 runs of just 70 deliveries in St Lucia on Friday to help West Indies reach 294/7 and beat Australia by 42 runs 2012-03-25T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/What+you+need+to+improve+on+your+physique+/-/960656/1373476/-/lqg9hpz/-/index.html With Kenya Sevens off to the next IRB leg and the Kenya Cup games roaring, we have received loads of queries on what to take to improve physique. 2012-03-25T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Is+this+the+big+year+for+a+Kenya+Open+miracle/-/960656/1373452/-/3864kfz/-/index.html Kenya’s top golf event, the Kenya Open Golf Championship, is on this week; and, as usual, thousands of Kenyan golf fans will troop to Muthaiga Golf Club 2012-03-25T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/He+wants+to+help+Kenyas+sport+get+its+punch+back+/-/960656/1373458/-/bb8b6f/-/index.html Kenyan boxing has been on the decline over the past two decades after dominating in Africa for years. 2012-03-25T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Fowler+My+money+is+on+Man+City+/-/960656/1368840/-/14jntqvz/-/index.html Last November, Manchester City FC reported a 149.9 million pounds loss (about Sh19.5 billion at current exchange rates), the highest in English football, incurred in the 2010-11 financial year. 2012-03-18T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Rugbys+in+the+air+know+what+to+eat+and+drink+/-/960656/1368890/-/sjwydnz/-/index.html With rugby in the air, Kenya sevens preparing for the next leg and Kenya Cup roaring on, I thought of expanding our journey through the diet jungle to include sports nutrition for the rugby players. 2012-03-18T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Harken+thee+Kenyan+stars+success+comes+to+the+humble+/-/960656/1368862/-/10yedgj/-/index.html South Africa’s cricketers must have felt let down by the rain which led to the abandonment of the first Test against New Zealand on Day Five. 2012-03-18T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/London+ready+for+a+big+mini+league+battle+/-/960656/1368872/-/9752fpz/-/index.html The Premiership splits neatly into four mini leagues which barely affect each other: movement from one mini league to another is very difficult. 2012-03-18T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Real+boss+Mourinho+backs+ailing+Barca+star+Abidal++/-/960656/1368864/-/h5a0p1z/-/index.html Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho on Saturday gave his backing to Barcelona’s France defender Eric Abadal, who had a tumour removed from his liver a year ago 2012-03-18T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/SuperSports+Bonga+Boli+search+is+on+/-/960656/1368884/-/6olag0/-/index.html Having recently launched SuperSport 9East, a 24-hour channel dedicated to East African sport, SuperSport have begun the hunt for a Kiswahili football commentator. 2012-03-18T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Kakamega+Upper+Hill+eye+big+prize+/-/960656/1368882/-/jktoqj/-/index.html Since 2002 when St Anthony’s from Kitale won Kenya its first gold at the annual East Africa Secondary School Games, no other team has repeated that feat 10 years on. 2012-03-18T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Gor+Tusker+losses+reflect+Kenyas+low+status+/-/960656/1364136/-/ysp1qpz/-/index.html Kenyan clubs will for another year watch as the rest of Africa battle for continental glory. 2012-03-11T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Bitten+by+Laikipia+bug+Etoo+returns+/-/960656/1364142/-/nr8rgc/-/index.html Cameroon international and the world’s highest-paid footballer, Samuel Eto’o, returns to Kenya for another appearance at the Laikipia and Beyond Unity Cup (LUC) finals scheduled for Nanyuki Municipal Stadium on May 22 and 23. 2012-03-11T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Diet+rich+in+Zinc+has+several+health+benefits++/-/960656/1364140/-/u80jmjz/-/index.html With March has come a weather mix. Some days are hotter than others while it drizzles during the day once in a while. 2012-03-11T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Where+does+Chelsea+go+from+here/-/960656/1364150/-/7aeh09/-/index.html What’s Africa’s biggest challenge? Not kleptocracy (that’s stealing by those in power to you and me) now that the days of President Mobutu in Congo are long gone. 2012-03-11T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Like+Dravid+Kenyan+players+should+let+bat+do+the+talking+/-/960656/1364156/-/ivc33u/-/index.html After a wonderful run in the Test series, Pakistan floundered in the one-day international series against England and are now looking forward to a better performance in the Asia Cup which starts this week in Bangladesh. 2012-03-11T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Players+welfare+key+to+good+results+/-/960656/1359252/-/qtlhme/-/index.html You do not have to believe this, but it is said that India has tens of millions of gods. 2012-03-04T15:57:42Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Kipyego+targets++even+higher+glory++/-/960656/1359246/-/tdgjknz/-/index.html Michael Kipkorir Kipyego cuts a unique image in the athletics world. 2012-03-04T15:54:15Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Girl+power+unmasked+/-/960656/1359230/-/4a15pn/-/index.html Last year, a young female footballer lamented how Football Kenya Limited (FKL) was killing women’s football in Kenya. 2012-03-04T15:50:13Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Wholl+speed+up+our+sprints/-/960656/1359220/-/bd9o5/-/index.html The late Seraphino Antao is easily the most celebrated Kenyan sprinter. 2012-03-04T15:41:50Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Togo+an+ordinary+team+whose+threat+might+remain+just+that+/-/960656/1335478/-/159ohwj/-/index.html Harambee Stars, as an international team, lacks many things. One of them is not optimism. 2012-02-26T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Team+India+troubles+big+lesson+for+CK+/-/960656/1335490/-/luu63k/-/index.html There is trouble in paradise, it seems, and all sorts of explanations are being bandied about – or all sorts of solutions are being sought. 2012-02-26T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Jeremy+drinks+in+the+Lin+mania+/-/960656/1335484/-/ono4ia/-/index.html Jeremy Lin said on Friday he is trying to embrace the moment and have fun with all the attention he is receiving during his first NBA all-star weekend. 2012-02-26T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/War+at+home+punches+holes+in+Olympic+bid+/-/960656/1335488/-/a45mok/-/index.html With only a month before the Kenya boxing team, “Hit Squad”, goes to Rabat for the 2012 Africa Olympic qualifiers, chances are that it might miss a slot in the London Games if the current wrangling in Amateur Boxing Association (ABA) persists. 2012-02-26T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Arsene+Wenger+may+go+/-/960656/1335486/-/aowb1az/-/index.html English credibility in European club competition hangs by a thread. There are still four clubs in Europe as we get close to the quarter-final stages, but nonetheless 2012-02-26T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Time+for+some+silence+after+Suarez+saga+/-/960656/1330902/-/sc4iva/-/index.html When I was 17, I drove up to the Isle of Skye in the north of Scotland for a week. It was a long way, so I stopped overnight at a small hotel south of Glasgow. 2012-02-19T16:16:27Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Youth+programmes+will+raise+game+/-/960656/1330898/-/j03tbu/-/index.html The wicket is eventually turning, and after a 3-0 whitewash of England in Test cricket, Pakistan lost the first two ODIs against the rejuvenated tourists 2012-02-19T16:15:41Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Batoto+ba+Mungu+look+to+be+champions+again+/-/960656/1330886/-/gtisaq/-/index.html Since winning the title in their Kenyan Premier League debut in 2009, Sofapaka FC has grown and glowed at an enviable rate. 2012-02-19T16:11:24Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Thika+United+out+to+shed+also+ran+tag+stun+big+boys+/-/960656/1330850/-/1y85ou/-/index.html Thika United FC has always flattered to deceive every season. 2012-02-19T16:01:19Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Why+small+teams+will+decide+KPL+title+/-/960656/1330756/-/14j4eufz/-/index.html In the throes of sweltering heat and stifling humidity, the battle drums pounded on incessantly. 2012-02-19T14:48:04Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Control+that+huge+appetite+but+dont+stay+hungry+/-/960656/1325268/-/fjay41z/-/index.html February is here and the festive season is no longer the perfect excuse for the increasing bulge. 2012-02-12T15:19:04Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Think+and+care+about+our+stars+/-/960656/1325252/-/ipvt79z/-/index.html Former Pakistan skipper, Shahid “Boom Boom” Afridi, who once told a Kenyan sports journalist at Nairobi Gymkhana that he only grants interviews to international journalists, took five wickets against Afghanistan in Sharjah to become the second leg spinner with the highest number of wickets. 2012-02-12T15:10:07Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/2012+Games+London+big+and+ready+to+welcome+the+world+/-/960656/1325238/-/pv8q3uz/-/index.html The British have waited for more than six decades for the biggest sporting event on the planet. 2012-02-12T14:54:41Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Who+would+really+want+the+England+job+/-/960656/1325234/-/xm7959/-/index.html As an accountant, I probably shouldn’t say this, but numbers aren’t everything. 2012-02-12T14:45:58Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/MUGANDA+Empty+rhetoric+wont+bring+back+our+cricket+/-/960656/1320758/-/opwuqmz/-/index.html So India pulled one back and put a smile on the faces of the fans all over the world? 2012-02-05T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Kenya+scent+more+points+in+Las+Vegas+/-/960656/1320744/-/r8h70mz/-/index.html The Wellington and Las Vegas legs of the International Rugby Board (IRB) World Sevens Series have always been good hunting and recovery grounds for Kenya’s sevens team. 2012-02-05T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Asbel+to+seek+harvest+of+blessings+at+London+Games+/-/960656/1320732/-/107iw5l/-/index.html He is the most talented middle distance runner ever on grass, with nearly all global 1,500 metres jewels safely tucked under his belt.  2012-02-05T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/To+avoid+injuries+focus+on+habits+and+not+diets+/-/960656/1320814/-/ls091oz/-/index.html Over the past eight weeks we have been focusing on how to get our immune system in top-notch shape for the New Year. 2012-02-05T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Chips+and+apps+on+tap+for+Super+Bowl+++/-/960656/1320822/-/q733b5/-/index.html The recently formed steering committee to spillions of American football fans were expected to watch the Super Bowl on television 2012-02-05T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Will+those+speaky+supporters+please+keep+the+noise+down+/-/960656/1320772/-/uyrcc4/-/index.html Some years ago I transited through Cairo Airport en route from Nairobi to Athens. As the airport announcer boomed out some instructions to waiting passengers 2012-02-05T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Indias+falling+Test+wickets+a+lesson+/-/960656/1316112/-/si648/-/index.html Eventually, the long-awaited finals of the inaugural T20 East Africa Premier League were held on Saturday at the Nairobi Gymkhana. 2012-01-29T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/I+love+Kenyas+sukuma+wiki/-/960656/1316040/-/i63y8j/-/index.html After the disappointment of failing to finish the Athens Olympic Games marathon in 2004, Paula Radcliffe relocated to Monaco. 2012-01-29T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Planning+your+immunity+for+the+year+/-/960656/1316166/-/tk29cg/-/index.html This being over three weeks after the new year, for some of us it feels like it is already August, probably the longest January ever. 2012-01-29T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Getting+the+score+is+easy+these+days+/-/960656/1316062/-/r643bf/-/index.html Despite what many in East Africa may think, Arsenal against Manchester United isn’t the fixture it once was. 2012-01-29T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Football+goes+into+overdrive/-/960656/1312092/-/15uw7qgz/-/index.html Every two years, at the end of January football fans are spoilt for choice. In the weekend just gone, we had “Super Sunday” in which North London and Manchester met each other in the Premiership. 2012-01-22T16:03:45Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/We+can+achieve+a+lot+through+our+Olympic+movement+/-/960656/1312074/-/2j9ye4z/-/index.html The recently formed steering committee to spearhead Kenya’s preparations for the London Olympics later this year brings to focus the planning and preparation of teams for the Games. 2012-01-22T15:47:02Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Kenya+win+in+India+points+at+potential+/-/960656/1312072/-/10kkgs1z/-/index.html Pakistan is increasingly proving itself – and its fans have got back their voices, and have started shouting that it is time international cricket matches went back to their country. 2012-01-22T15:46:02Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/World+track+stars+turn+Iten+into+an+Olympic+Village/-/960656/1312044/-/onx8w3/-/index.html Iten town has been transformed into a “mini Olympic Village” in the run-up to this year’s London Olympic Games. 2012-01-22T15:16:32Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Kenyan+runners+made+me+world+champion/-/960656/1312040/-/5g08cpz/-/index.html Mo Farah is an Arsenal fan. A staunch one at that, with some of his friends at London’s Emirates including Gunners’ stars such as England midfielder Jack Wilshire and top scorer Dutchman Robin van Persie. 2012-01-22T15:14:31Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Obuyas+Tikolos+and+Odoyo+need+support+/-/960656/1306230/-/muyg2/-/index.html There seems to be a problem with Sri Lanka and India, the two Asian sides which have previously won the Cricket World Cup. 2012-01-15T16:38:43Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Kalekwa+dreams+big+for+Sofapaka+in+fresh+season+/-/960656/1306214/-/15c1au6z/-/index.html After Sofapaka recently signed a new sponsorship deal worth Sh33 million with East African Portland Cement, club president Elly Kalekwa is laying an ambitious plan to market Kenyan footballers abroad. 2012-01-15T16:27:11Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Return+of+Scholes+Henry+not+necessarily+a+negative+thing+/-/960656/1306170/-/rhyj6/-/index.html Two early moves during the recently opened transfer window have caused a great stir. 2012-01-15T16:15:46Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Alis+70+years+of+floating+and+stinging+/-/960656/1306140/-/o16fis/-/index.html He may not be throwing the lightning punches that dazed his opponents. 2012-01-15T16:00:16Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Nutrition+plays+an+important+role+in+the+bodys+immunity+/-/960656/1302100/-/nrlgfz/-/index.html For some of us, the New Year’s holidays was the season to be jolly and for others, a reason to be wobbly. 2012-01-08T16:35:26Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Postponing+polls+not+a+final+solution+/-/960656/1302092/-/ooehsnz/-/index.html In as much as I watch football matches and there are teams that I support, many a time I feel sorry for football fans who understand no other sport and lose sleep when their teams lose. 2012-01-08T16:30:50Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Can+Harry+Redknapps+Spurs+continue+their+charge+forward/-/960656/1302088/-/krq011/-/index.html Nearly every one of the leading teams has wobbled over the holiday period, some more than others. 2012-01-08T16:24:29Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Turbaned+tornado/-/960656/1302078/-/pvef99/-/index.html Last October, Kenya’s Wilson Kipsang came agonisingly close to shattering compatriot Patrick Makau’s world marathon record at the BMW Frankfurt Marathon. 2012-01-08T16:15:36Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Australia+coach+praises+his+fast+bowlers+ahead+of+second+Test+/-/960656/1298556/-/p3qdsb/-/index.html Australia’s fast bowlers have the potential to be the best pace attack in the world, coach Mickey Arthur said on Saturday as they prepare to take on India in the second Test. 2012-01-01T14:19:48Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/To+develop+we+need+a+break+from+the+past+/-/960656/1298544/-/l67cf3/-/index.html Sri Lanka’s cricket team ended the year on a new high. 2012-01-01T14:13:52Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Half+time+scorecard+for+EPL+/-/960656/1298528/-/10vg7muz/-/index.html It’s half-time in the Premiership season, with teams having now having played as many games as they still have to come. 2012-01-01T13:52:48Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/London+here+we+come/-/960656/1298524/-/crwflc/-/index.html Athletics has had a successful 2011 season even as it sets sights on the London Olympic Games lined up for next August. 2012-01-01T13:38:06Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/AB+gives+up+milestone+for+big+walk+to+respect+/-/960656/1291484/-/1105c5q/-/index.html Cricket, the gentleman’s game, which could have just relied on the word of the umpire when he gives a batsman out, has been upgrading the use of technology year after year. 2011-12-18T15:00:22Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Why+clubs+dont+like+Europe+/-/960656/1291482/-/xyoyixz/-/index.html There’s been much debate in political circles about the role of Britain in Europe recently. 2011-12-18T15:00:16Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Marathon+is+next+stop+for+Ethiopian+pin+up+girl+Meselech/-/960656/1291480/-/nf8p5az/-/index.html Meselech Melkamu Haileyesus’ humble demeanour can be deceiving. 2011-12-18T15:00:11Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Kenyan+club+hockey+slowly+getting+out+of+the+doldrums+/-/960656/1291478/-/uv01e5z/-/index.html The Africa Cup club championships hockey title might have proved elusive for Kenyan clubs the 13th consecutive time, but the performance by Strathmore “Gladiators” and Kenya Police in Lusaka was inspiring. 2011-12-18T15:00:06Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Yet+another+slap+in+the+face/-/960656/1287710/-/knvs57/-/index.html A tumultuous week of European football has left much to ponder. After all the early season talk of a power switch to the north of England from the capital, the Champions League has given the surprising score: London 2, Manchester 0. 2011-12-11T15:00:36Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Vivacious+Vivian+is+Soya+frontrunner+/-/960656/1287714/-/10w08lf/-/index.html Cheruiyot is headed for local recognition when the 2011 Kenyan sports personality of the year (Soya) this Wednesday evening at Nairobi’s Arboretum Gardens 2011-12-11T15:00:21Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/CKs+efforts+to+develop+womens+team+fruitful+/-/960656/1287706/-/jwr41xz/-/index.html It seems Cricket Kenya has finally found the tunnel after digging itself into a dark hole as far as women’s cricket is concerned. 2011-12-11T15:00:13Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Lebouef+wants+Mourinho+men+off+the+Bridge+/-/960656/1287704/-/qurrsu/-/index.html Frank Lebouef is working on his next Hollywood movie. 2011-12-11T15:00:08Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Ruthlessly+efficient+Wangeci+powers+Pipeline+to+victory+/-/960656/1283886/-/ihkrs7/-/index.html Their opponents considered them “weaklings”. Brimming with confidence, experienced Kenya Prisons wanted these ‘weaklings’ from Kenya Pipeline out of their way as fast as possible so that they could proceed to the festive season in a party mood. 2011-12-04T15:00:25Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Clubs+a+beehive+of+activity+as+league+window+opens+/-/960656/1283882/-/7v16w3z/-/index.html The Kenyan Premier League transfer window opened on Thursday and already there is a flurry of activities. 2011-12-04T15:00:16Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/KPL+prepares+to+fete+seasons+finest+/-/960656/1283880/-/u0bpfxz/-/index.html On Wednesday evening, the best of Kenyan football in the 2011 season will be awarded during the KPL Awards Gala in Nairobi. 2011-12-04T15:00:12Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/With+officials+like+ours+who+needs+joyriders+/-/960656/1283884/-/rg7c37/-/index.html To paraphrase a rhyme that was used to describe West Indies cricket, what a gwan Kenyan rugby, are they gonna make them tries? 2011-12-04T08:12:20Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Cases+show+we+are+all+human+/-/960656/1280034/-/4wx8ym/-/index.html Cricket marked the passing recently of an exceptional man, Basil D’Oliveira. Unwittingly, uncomplainingly and with characteristic modesty he did as much to bring down apartheid in South Africa as nearly anyone. 2011-11-27T15:00:56Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Stars+launch+quest+for+title+/-/960656/1280032/-/l57jd0z/-/index.html There is a sense of optimism with Kenya’s national football team which opens its Tusker Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup Monday against Malawi at the National Stadium from 4pm. 2011-11-27T15:00:51Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Tusker+are+champs+lets+drink+to+that+/-/960656/1280030/-/sdvhlqz/-/index.html Defending champions Ulinzi Stars beat Rangers 3-0 on Saturday but it counted for nothing as they surrendered the title to Tusker FC. It has been a season of ups and downs for teams. 2011-11-27T15:00:48Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Ignorant+fans+officials++to+blame+for+local+rot+/-/960656/1280036/-/yc7pv8/-/index.html While attending an event on Friday evening, I bumped into a local football fan who does not understand cricket and why, if it is a sport, people do not throw stones like fans of a local team he supports do when their club loses a match. 2011-11-27T15:00:01Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Blatter+to+tour+Kenya+next+year+/-/960656/1276164/-/l1gsu3/-/index.html Fifa President Sepp Blatter will visit East Africa next year to familiarise himself with the development of football in the region. 2011-11-20T07:43:56Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Lots+of+cricket+around+but+are+we+learning/-/960656/1276162/-/14nj9bm/-/index.html Even though Sri Lanka ended Pakistan’s ODI winning streak of six matches on the trot when it won the second ODI in Dubai 2011-11-20T07:43:02Z