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Belgium inflict second defeat to Malkia Strikers

Malkia Strikers looking for improved performance against Belgium

The Malkia Strikers started their campaign on Friday evening with a 0-3 ( 11-25,17-25,11-25) loss to hosts Netherlands and will have a second bite of the cherry when they take on Belgium at 2.00pm EAT this afternoon.

Losing start for Malkia Strikers

Kenya started their campaign at the FIVB World Championships on a losing note, going 0-3  down to hosts Netherlands in sets of 11-25, 17-25 and 11-25.

Malkia Strikers brace for World Championship opener against hosts Netherlands

The Malkia Strikers will be up against their Pool A opponents for the third time since 2019, having lost both encounters 0-3, the first defeat coming during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics qualifiers when they fell in sets of 17-25, 10-25 and 10-25 before going down in sets of 12-25, 19-25 and 17-25 during the FIVB World Championship in Tokyo, Japan.

Malkia Strikers arrive in Netherlands ahead of FIVB World Championships

The team touched down at 3:25pm local time and proceeded to their base in Apeldoorn. They will begin their Pool ‘A’ campaign on Friday against the Netherlands in Arnhem. 

Kenya volleyball legend Ndasaba nominated for MCA position in Bungoma County

Ndasaba, a mainstay and former captain of the national women’s volleyball team, Malkia Striker for over a decade from the mid-90s to the late 2000s, was a member of the squads that competed at the 1998 and 2002 FIVB Women’s World Championships, the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games in Sydney and Athens respectively as well as several African championships.

Bitok names Malkia Strikers squad for FIVB World Championships

Bitok has retained Mercy Moim as captain of the squad that also features regulars Noel Murambi, Edith Wisa, Sharon Chepchumba as well as seven debutants Veronica Adhiambo, Veronica Kilabat, Emmaculate Nekesa, Magdalene Sande and Belinda Barasa.

Volleyball fraternity in mourning following Wa-Tailor's demise

Popularly known as “Wa-Tailor”, Gitau was admitted to the Nairobi West Hospital with head injuries sustained following a road accident on Bunyala Road as he headed home from officiating the Kenya Volleyball Federation (KVF) league fixtures at the Nyayo National Stadium on 29 July 2022.

Bitok hopes for government help as Malkia squeeze through into Brazil

The tactician says that the Brazil training camp will be crucial to prepare the team for the World Championships but notes it will be hard to keep players motivated without allowances.

KCB’s Chumba named Sports Personality of the month

To clinch the award, Chepchumba beat a healthy field that included two starring performers from the just concluded Deaflympics in Brazil.