How Kenyan NFL fans can follow entire 2026 season live

NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 10 – The National Football League has confirmed how fans across Sub-Saharan Africa can follow the 2026 NFL season, with live coverage on ESPN and ESPN2 in more than 50 countries across the continent, as well as on the simulcast of both channels on Disney+ in South Africa. chickenroad.qpon

Coverage begins with the NFL Kickoff Game, live in the early hours of Thursday, Sept. 10 — (1:20 a.m. WAT, 2:20 a.m. CAT and SAST, and 3:20 a.m. EAT) — as the Seattle Seahawks host the New England Patriots in a rematch of Super Bowl LX. Coverage then continues every week of the regular season.

Fans will be able to watch live games in both Sunday afternoon windows, followed by Sunday Night Football. Primetime coverage runs through the week with Monday Night Football and Thursday Night Football.

ESPN will carry the postseason in full, concluding with Super Bowl LXI from SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, live in the early hours of Monday, Feb. 15 — (2:30 a.m. WAT, 1:30 a.m. CAT and SAST, and 2:30 a.m. EAT.)

“The NFL is growing fast across Africa — not only in the size of the fanbase, but in the number of players from the continent that fans can now watch and call their own,” said Laura Louisy, NFL senior director of international business development and media, “and ESPN gives those fans a consistent home for the game every week, from the Kickoff Game through to the Super Bowl.”

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“The NFL is a major global sports brand with an incredibly strong heritage and growing connections to the continent,” commented Kyle De Klerk, Director: Sports for The Walt Disney Company Africa.

“ESPN has a storied, decades-long history with the NFL, and we are proud to build on that legacy by bringing this year’s season to sports fans, building on our quality global programming featuring the best of American and international sports to audiences across Africa.”

ESPN’s coverage sits alongside the NFL’s wider work across the continent, including the NFL Academy, the growth of flag football and the rising number of players of African heritage on NFL rosters.

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Griquas forwards coach Franco van der Merwe says the defending champions have prepared for all scenarios in Saturday’s Currie Cup final against the Pumas.

Griquas booked a home final with a commanding 52-12 semi-final win against the Lions in wet conditions in Kimberley, while the Pumas edged the Cheetahs 27-24 in Bloemfontein.

Although better weather is forecast for the title decider, recent rain could leave the Griqua Park surface softer than usual.

“From what we’ve seen from the Lions and obviously looking at the weather, we started preparing for [rain] on Monday already,” Van der Merwe told OFM Sport.

“Piet [head coach Pieter Bergh] prepped us really well, playing with different scenarios.

“Luckily, we didn’t have that terrible, terrible wind, which I think would have made things really interesting. A lot of the players we have are used to this type of weather.

“Guys like myself coming from the Northern Cape aren’t used to so much rain, but a lot of guys from the Boland area and Cape Town, close to the coast, are probably a bit more used to the rain and wind.”

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Van der Merwe said it would take a “team effort” to beat the Pumas.

“Sometimes it makes things easier for the forwards when the backs give us good go-forward, especially when we have a good kicking game. Then the forwards are in the game and we get a lot of energy from that.

“Likewise, if we can give the forwards good set-piece ball to showcase their skills and show what they can do.

“I think we work really well together as a team.”

Bergh has named an unchanged team for the final, which kicks off at 3pm.

GRIQUAS – 15 Stefan Coetzee, 14 Dylan Maart, 13 Zane Bester, 12 Mnombo Zwelendaba, 11 Sako Makata, 10 George Whitehead, 9 Bobby Alexander, 8 Carl Els, 7 Marco de Witt, 6 Lourens Oosthuizen, 5 Albert Liebenberg (c), 4 Malembe Mpofu, 3 Ig Prinsloo, 2 Tiaan Lange, 1 Leon Lyons.
Bench: 16 Janco Uys, 17 Eddie Davids, 18 Ntobeko Shezi, 19 Derik Pretorius, 20 Carl van der Merwe, 21 Jack Hart, 22 Liam Koen, 23 Connor Mahoney.

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