2020 review: No respite as doping cases plague Kenyan athletes

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Gilbert KiprotichChief athletics writer Year 2020 will go down as one to forget for Kenyan athletes owing to the high profile sanctions imposed on th...

Daniel Wanjiru , Doping offences , Elijah Manangoi , kenya , Kenyan Athletes , Wherebouts failure , Wilson Kipsang

Manangoi banned for two years for anti-doping violation

By Reuters,

Former world 1500m champion Elijah Manangoi has been banned for two years by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for Whereabouts Failures, an ant0dopin...

Elijah Manangoi

AIU bans Kenyan athlete Patrick Siele

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Kenya’s long-distance athlete Patrick Siele has been slapped with a ban of three years and six months by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for an a...

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Kenyan athlete Kangogo handed two-year ban by AIU

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Kenya’s long-distance athlete Philip Cheruiyot Kangogo has been handed a two-year ban by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for an anti-doping viola...

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SWILA: Continued doping test failures a stain on Kenya’s athletic prowess

By Isaac Swila,

Isaac Swilain Nairobi A dark cloud hangs over the future of Kenyan athletics if the fragrant and continued violation of anti-doping rules by the athl...

ADAK , doping , Elijah Manangoi , WADA , Wilson Kipsang

No dope conspiracy against Kenya, AK boss Tuwei says

By Bernard Rotich,

Athletics Kenya (AK) president Jackson Tuwei has rebutted suggestions that there is an organised conspiracy to fix the country's sportsmen in doping c...

AK , doping , Elijah Manangoi , Jackson Tuwei

Manangoi suspended for anti-doping rule violation

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Commonwealth Games 1500m champion Elijah Manangoi has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for whereabouts failures. ...

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ADAK distances itself from Kipsang’s tribulations

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

The Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya (ADAK) has distanced itself from the tribulations facing former world marathon record holder Wilson Kipsang who was ha...

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Concerns grow for Wilson Kipsang’s well-being

By Agencies,

Concerns are growing from friends and the public for the well-being of Kenyan marathon ace Wilson Kipsang. The former marathon world record holder ...

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Former marathon record holder Kipsang banned for four years

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Former marathon world record holder Wilson Kipsang, has been banned for four years for whereabouts failures and tampering by providing false evidence ...

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Doping: AK cries foul over photos of syringes allegedly taken in Iten, reads sinister motive

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Athletics Kenya has come out guns blazing distancing itself from images of syringes allegedly taken in Iten and shared by a Norwegian journalist on so...

Athletics Kenya , doping , Iten , Norwegian journalist , syringes

ADAK chief Rugut issues stern warning to drug cheats

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

The Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya (ADAK) has warned athletes against breaking anti-doping regulations even during this period of coronavirus pandemic. ...

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I am clean, says Wanjiru after doping suspension

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Former London Marathon winner Daniel Wanjiru has protested his innocence after he was provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) fo...

Daniel Wanjiru , doping

Marathon star Wanjiru suspended for anti-doping violation

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

The 2017 London Marathon champion Daniel Wanjiru is the latest Kenyan athlete to be suspended provisionally by the Athletics Intergrity Unit (AIU) for...

AIU , Daniel Wanjiru , London Marathon

Two-time London marathon winner, MCA, 20 others arrested in bar drinking during curfew

By Tonny Ndungu,

Kapchemutwa Ward MCA Ambrose Kiplagat popularly known as "Roho Juu" was on Thursday night arrested at a bar partying after curfew hours. Also arres...

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No reprieve for Kenya in latest doping rankings

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Despite the sustained efforts to contain the doping menace, Kenya remains a hot bed of drug cheats in the latest categorisation of nations by the Worl...

Ethiopia’s Legese wins coronavirus-impacted Tokyo Marathon

By Reuters,

Ethiopian Birhanu Legese won the Tokyo Marathon for the second year in a row on Sunday, racing to victory in two hours, four minutes and 15 seconds al...

Tokyo Marathon

Program for Moi’s final send-off at Kabarak home

By Tonny Ndungu,

The burial service for the late Daniel Arap Moi is underway at his Kabarak home with area residents and leaders present for the ceremony. Mourners ...

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Karoki, Kipruto lead strong Tokyo Marathon line-up

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

The 2019 Tokyo Marathon first runners up Bedan Karoki and world marathon bronze medallist Amos Kipruto are among a star-studded line up for this year�...

Tokyo Marathon

CS Amina says govt won’t give up doping fight

By Harold Odoro,

The Cabinet Secretary for Sports and Heritage Amina Mohammed says the Government will not let up in its fight against doping following a fresh wave of...

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