Senegal and Chelsea’s Edouard Mendy wins ‘keeper of tournament as he powers Lions of Teranga to African glory
An emotional Edouard Mendy said all of Senegal’s hard work had paid off after he helped his nation beat Egypt 4-2 on penalties to seal their first ever Africa Cup of Nations crown. Sadio Mane had a spot-kick saved by Egypt goalkeeper Gabaski in only the seventh minute in Yaounde,...
Patience ‘wearing thin’ among UK scientists as funding barriers erected by Brexit cause delays one year on
It has been just over a year since UK scientists celebrated a long-awaited trade deal between their government and the European Commission that defines their relationship after Brexit. After years of uncertainty, researchers welcomed the pact, which had wide ranging effects on science, including on data regulation, nuclear and space...
As world grapples with ever-mutating Covid, new highly virulent HIV variant found circulating in Europe
A highly transmissible and damaging variant of HIV has been circulating in the Netherlands for decades, researchers have found. An analysis of more than 100 infected people suggests that the variant boosts the number of viral particles in a person’s blood, making them more likely to transmit the virus. The...
New national women team’s coach Alimurah is confident Harambee Starlets will shine over Uganda
Kenya’s national women’s football team Harambee Starlets coach Alex Alumirah has expressed confidence that his charges will prevail over Uganda’s Crested Cranes in Kampala, Uganda, in the upcoming Africa Women Cup of Nations qualifier. Alumirah says that after the confusion that had affected Harambee Starts’ qualification was put to...
AFC Leopards quality of football is 30 years ahead of other Kenya Premier League teams – coach Patrick Aussems
AFC Leopards’ quality of football is 30 years ahead of other clubs in Kenya Premier League, says coach Patrick Aussems, who has been at the helm of football giants’ technical bench for two seasons. Speaking to Tell Television at the club’s training ground at Camp Toyoyo in Jericho Estate, Nairobi,...
World hits new milestone as 10 billion Covid vaccines are administered in remarkably short time
More than 10 billion doses have gone into arms in a remarkably short period of time, but scientists warn that woeful inequities in access remain. A health worker administers a Covid-19 vaccination to a teenage school pupil at a rural school in Zimbabwe In little more than a year, 10...
‘Future of Gor Mahia’ is assured’ Gor Mahia’s new coach Spier says and promises ‘big impact’
Gor Mahia’s new coach Andreas Spier has promised to transform the Kenyan giants into a cohesive and ‘big impact’ team capable of talking on the best in Africa. Talking exclusively to Tell, less than 12 hours after touching down in Kenya, the German coach said his initial assessment of the...
Seven months to retirement lenders accuse Kenya president’s kith and kin of embezzling $6.4 billion Covid funds
Kenya has come under intense international scrutiny following claims that President Uhuru Kenyatta’s government cannot account for more than $6.4 billion (Ksh704 billion) received from international creditors and donors to mitigate the impact of coronavirus, which has so far claimed more than 5,500 lives as the country grapples with some...
Project management: How NASA overcame the odds to build the biggest telescope ever history
It was a big-science project plagued with so many problems that it seemed destined to fail. For years, the James Webb Space Telescope – an ambitious observatory planned and funded by NASA, the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency – was the target of astronomy’s most scathing jokes....
Webb telescope arrives near gravitationally special Langrange Two spot for premier view of Universe
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has just reached its final destination — around a gravitationally special spot in space known as the second Lagrange point, or L2. The $10-billion observatory could spend 20 or more years there, gathering unprecedented insights about the Universe as it stares into deep space. Webb,...
