On Day 1 of the Africa Zone Three Boxing Championships at Kasarani Gymnasium, Kenya experienced mixed results, initially suffering five consecutive losses before several boxers secured wins to keep their title hopes alive.

• Wiseman Kavondo achieved Kenya's first win, beating Cameroonian Oumarou Mouhammed in a split-point decision to advance to the semi-finals.
• Africa Games middleweight gold medallist Edwin Okong’o secured a 5-0 unanimous points victory over compatriot George Cosby.
• Female boxers also had success, with Cythia Mwai winning her match, and Frizah Anyango directly qualifying for the welterweight finals due to fewer opponents.
• Flyweight Diouf Mwimi won 4-1 against Valentine Ntangamana of Rwanda, making his debut, while fellow debutant Caleb Wandera also secured a 5-0 unanimous decision in the light welterweight category.

Kenyan boxers faced a disappointing start at the Africa Zone Three Boxing Championships in Nairobi, with five out of six losing their opening matches on Sunday evening. This development has cast doubt on their ambition to win the overall title.

• Five Kenyan boxers, including defending bantamweight champion Shaffi Bakari, lost their bouts.
• The matches were held at the Kasarani Indoor Arena in Nairobi.
• Nine countries are participating, with Rwanda, Uganda, and Ethiopia making their debut.

Kenyan football clubs experienced contrasting fortunes in CAF inter-club campaigns, with Kenya Police stumbling in the Champions League while Nairobi United achieved a significant win in the Confederation Cup, moving closer to making history.

• Kenya Police, the reigning Kenyan champions, lost 1-0 to Sudan’s Al Hilal Omdurman in the CAF Champions League second preliminary round first leg.
• A solitary strike by Adama Coulibaly secured the win for Al Hilal Omdurman, leaving Police with a challenging return leg in Libya.
• Nairobi United secured a stunning 2-0 victory against 11-time Tunisian champions Étoile Sportive du Sahel in the CAF Confederation Cup.
• The win places Nairobi United on the brink of making Kenyan football history in their debut continental campaign.
• The victory for Nairobi United was dedicated to former Prime Minister Raila Odinga and club patron Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja.