Chepngetich targets gold medal at Tokyo Olympics

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

After bagging gold medal at the 2019 World Championships in her maiden appearance for Kenya, Ruth Chepngetich is now eyeing another gold when she make...

Gold medal , Ruth Chepngetich , Tokyo Olympics

Kenya’s Togo-bound team breaks camp

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Following the postponement of the 6th Africa Cross Country Championships, the Kenyan team for the continental showpiece has closed its residential tra...

Africa Cross Country Championships

Strong field expected at Southern Region Cross Country

By Stanley Mativo,

Japan-based Alexandar Mutiso, Jonathan Ndiku, Jackson Kavesa and Pauline Kaveke-will headline the Southern region cross country to be held Saturday at...

Southern Region Cross Country

Athletics Kenya relay series kicks off in Nairobi

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

The Athletics Kenya (AK) relay series kicked off on Saturday at the Nyayo National Stadium with three other legs lined up ahead of the World Relay Cha...

Athletics Kenya

The unfinished race: Kimetto, Jelimo to Rudisha…what went wrong?

By Isaac Swila,

Isaac Swila in Nairobi Sandra Lamwaka in Kampala Gilbert Kiprotich in Eldoret David Rudisha is an “A class'' athlete, but it’s debata...

Alfred Kirwa Yego , David Rudisha , Dorcas Inzikiru , Pamela Jelimo , Unfinished Race

Kandie, Jepchirchir shift focus to Olympics after Valencia heroics

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Half marathon world record holders Kibiwott Kandie and Peres Jepchirchir are now eyeing next year’s Olympics Games after a successful outing in Vale...

Kibiwott Kandie , olympics , Peres Jepchirchir , Valencia

Athletics Kenya releases season calendar

By Stanley Mativo,

Athletics Kenya (AK) has released its calendar for the 2020/2021 season which also includes the World Under-20 Championships pre-trial and Mountain Ru...

AK to host Mountain Running championship in Naivasha

By Agencies,

Naivasha is set to host the Athletics Kenya Mountain Running competition on November 22. The one-day event will be held at the foot of Mount Longon...

Kandie to lead Kenya’s charge at World Half Marathon

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Kibiwott Kandie is ready to lead Kenya’s charge at the World Half Marathon slated for October 17 in Gydnia Poland. Athletics Kenya (AK) has revea...

Athletics Kenya , Gydnia , Kibiwott Kandie , Poland , World Half Marathon

Federations welcome reopening of Nyayo

By Stanley Mativo,

Sports federations are dead chuffed about the reopening of the ‘monster’ Nyayo Stadium following completion of the prolonged renovation works at t...

federations , nyayo stadium , Paul Mutwii , Reopening , Uhuru Kemyatta

AK cancels Kip Keino Classic test run

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Athletics Kenya (AK) has called off the test run event that had been organised as a build up for local athletes ahead of the Nairobi Continental Tour ...

Athletics Kenya

AK welcomes sports return protocols as Kipkeino Classic draws closer

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Athletics Kenya (AK) has welcomed the draft guidelines released by the Sports Ministry on Monday to guide the resumption of sporting activities in the...

Athletics Kenya (AK) , Kipkeino Classic , Sports Ministry , Sports return protocols

North Eastern athletes tell tales of struggle

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Gilbert Kiprotich    in Garissa While it is almost a routine to meet an athlete in the Rift Valley region doing a morning run at the crack of dawn,...

athletes , Athletics Kenya , garissa , Mandera , North and North Eastern Development Initiative , Wajir

Southern region athletes get food aid

By Stanley Mativo,

Former world marathon record holder Patrick Makau on Tuesday led other retired athletes drawn from Machakos, Makueni and Kitui counties in distributin...

athletes , Covid-19 pandemic

AK rolls out stimulus package to cushion upcoming athletes

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Gilbert Kiprotich Chief Athletics Writer Athletics Kenya (AK) has started rolling out a stimulus package to support junior athletes  in the wake of ...

Athletics Kenya(AK) , Barnaba Korir , Junior athletes , Stimulus package

KIPROTICH: How coronavirus is stretching the 2021 athletics calendar

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

@gil_kiprotich After months of speculation, the Olympics Games were finally, as widely expected, postponed to next year due the coronavirus pandemic....

coronavirus

African XC postponed over coronavirus concerns

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

The 6th African Cross-Country Championships that was slated for Lome, Togo in April 8 has been postponed over the fears of coronavirus. In a statem...

coronavirus

AK set to name team for World Half Marathon

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

The Kenyan team for World Half Marathon to be held in Gdynia, Poland in March 29 will be named on Thursday. According to Athletics Kenya (AK) Vice ...

AK , Geoffrey Kamworor , Paul Mutwii , World Half Marathon

Kamworor, Chelangat to skip Africa Cross in Togo

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

World Cross Country bronze medalist Geoffrey Kamworor and the newly crowned national champion Sheila Chelangat will not represent Kenya at the Africa...

Africa Cross Country Champiosnhip , Athletics Kenya , Geoffrey Kamworor , Lome , Sheila Chelangat , Togo

Kibet, Simiyu dropped as Worlds team jet to Doha

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Michael Kibet and Daniel Simiyu will not travel for the upcoming World Championships as the first batch of team Kenya departs for Doha, Qatar on Monda...

Daniel Simiyu , Doha , kenya , Michael Kibet , World's