Kenya is a hotbed of sporting events, world-beating athletes, and sports-mad fans. It should then come as no surprise that several sites have sprung up to cater to this market with a vociferous appetite for sporting news. This article showcases the top 6 sports news portals in Kenya.
1. Nation Sports
Nation Media Group is the largest independent media house in Kenya. It was founded on March 20, 1960, as Nation Newspaper Kenya. Over the years, Nation Newspaper established itself as the top news provider in Kenya.
If you are a sports fan, you will feel right at home in the Nation Sports portal, as it offers a diverse range of sports news. At the top are quick access buttons to popular sports like football, athletics, and motorsport. Below are the main sports headlines for the day. To the right is a sidebar displaying videos of recent sporting events involving Kenyan teams.
Below the main headlines is the ‘Big Read’ where you can catch the sports features of famous Kenyan sportspeople. That is followed by the regular columns for popular sports like athletics and football, featuring a roundup of all sports news under those categories.
There is also a ‘Talk Up’ editorial section where well-known sports journalists and sportspeople weigh in with their opinions. The news pieces are predominantly Kenyan, so Nation Sports is the go-to news site for fans of local sports.
The Nation News Sports website is a pleasant place to be. It has a white background and a green menu bar and highlights. Don’t be fooled by the barebones-looking landing page, as clicking the menu button on the top left reveal’s links to numerous sports and other news categories.
The Nation Sports department may have a storied past, but it is not resting on its laurels. Its journalists continue to excel and rack up national and international awards, such as the Annual Journalism Excellence Awards (AJEA) Sports Journalist of Year award won by Elias Makori in 2022.
2. Tuko Sports
Nation Media might be the largest brick-and-mortar media house, but Tuko News is leading the way in the online space. Established in 2015, Tuko News Kenya today covers all things news, with special emphasis on entertainment news.
The Tuko sports website landing page presents the latest sports headlines as tiles with pictures and links to the full news. On the top banner are links to popular sports—football, boxing, and athletics. To the right is the sidebar with links to news pieces ‘Recommended For You,’ typically entertainment news about local celebrities.
Below the headlines are the column pieces of popular sports like boxing, football, and athletics. Perusing through the news pieces reveals a clear bias towards international sports news. Additionally, the site has few in-depth feature articles and tends to take an entertainment angle when presenting sports news stories.
The user interface leans on the brand’s red and white color scheme with hints of green to break up the monotony. It does not pack as many sports news stories as the Nation Sports portal. The top right corner is the menu button with links to other news categories like business and economy, editorial, and facts and lifehacks.
3. Pulse Sports
Pulse Sports Kenya has gained a steady foothold in Kenya’s sports news scene. The website enjoys a strong presence in West Africa (which explains why the site is also available in French) with ambitions to inform and engage Africa’s young audience.
Pulse Sports provides a mix of Kenyan and international sports items on its landing page, which is great for fans who prefer to stay abreast of all sports news, local and foreign. The website’s calling card is a strong bias toward opinion pieces, so expect in-depth stories from your favorite journalists and sports stars.
The site has the same color scheme and feel as Tuko Sports but without the green highlights. The main page is a sea of white, maroon menu bar, and maroon highlights. At the very top is a scrollable band displaying the latest football scorelines from different football leagues like the Kenyan Premier League, La Liga, and the Premier League. Below is the main menu with links to the homepage, popular sports, and the betting page.
Under the main menu are quick links to live scores and dedicated pages to Harambee Stars, sports gist, lifestyle page, and newsfeed. The main page contains the main headlines in the center, which are large tiles with links to the story, with the right sidebar featuring links to the latest sports news worldwide, while the left sidebar contains feature stories.
4. Sports Brief
Sports Brief is a sports site founded in 2021 by the same media group that owns Tuko Sports. It focuses on African Sports with sports pieces centered on Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, and worldwide.
The landing page reveals the site’s bias toward football news, as all the top news stories are on football, including the two categories directly below it. Four categories below the headlines are categories on UFC, athletics, the Olympics, and ‘All News,’ which just happens to be dominated by football news. Most of the news stories are on international sports and leagues. However, the site seems to have been abandoned, as the last news pieces were published on August 6, 2024.
The landing page can be changed from a white background to dark gray. Sports Brief sports a green menu bar. On the main menu are links to dedicated football, basketball, tennis, and other sports pages. Below are the latest scorelines, and the sidebar to the right displays trending news. Under this section are quick links to popular tournaments like the Euros, Africa Cup of Nations, and English Premier League.
5. The Standard Sports
The Standard Group is Kenya’s oldest news house, established in 1902. Standard Sports is part of the Standard Digital division, which is tasked with presenting sports news on the internet.
Standard Sports targets sports news on the Kenyan scene, but there are plenty of news stories on international sports. The site does not seem to provide breaking sports news, possibly to avoid cannibalizing sales from its newspaper. On the main section of the page sits the main headline, with minor headlines sidelined to the left and right. Below them are categories displaying a roundup of local stories, more stories, live streaming, football, podcasts, and athletics.
Standard Sports is great for fans of local sports. At the top is the logo and menu hamburger to different sections of Standard Digital. The main sports menu underneath links to football, athletics, and other popular sports.
6. Mozzart Sport
Mozzart Sport Kenya is the brainchild of the Mozzartbet sports betting site. At the top of the main page is the sports main page logo and a link to the parent company’s betting site to the left and right. On the menu are links to the latest sports news and pages for popular sports like football and rugby. Mozzart Sport is predominantly populated by local sports stories with a bias toward football.
The main section contains a large tile containing the main headline, and it’s surrounded by smaller tiles to the right and below with headlines to minor stories. To the left is a sidebar containing the latest sports news, while at the top right is a carousel featuring the latest stories. The chart below displays betting news. The match announcement of betting results is below that, with the Crazy Bet category featuring newsworthy betting stories underneath it.
