Review composition of Kenya Academy of Sports before rolling out grassroots programmes

By Agencies,

Simon Mwangi The Government is set to inject billions of shillings into establishment of sports academies across all the 290 constituencies from the ...

IOC confirms protest ban remains

By Reuters,

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed that athletes are still banned from protesting at the Games after several sports moved to allo...

Black lives matter , IOC , olympics , protest , racism

The making of Okal; life and times in Algeria amid Covid-19 pandemic

By Mkalla Wa Mwambodze,

SPECIAL REPORT Ernest Mkalla The thrill of an athlete lies in the ability to exercise and play the game they so dearly love. Whether on the pitch...

Algeria , Ariel Okal , basketball , lockdown , US Setif

What happens if the Tokyo Games don’t go ahead?

By CNN,

The Olympic flame arrived in Japan on Friday, marking the beginning of official celebrations for a global sporting event that could still be derailed ...

coronavirus , olympics , Tokyo Games

120 GSU officers mobilised for Sunday’s Mashemeji derby

By John Kyanda,

Some 120 General Service Unit officers have been mobilised for the high stakes Mashemeji derby to be played this Sunday at the Moi International Sport...

AFC Leopards , DAN SHIKANDA , Mashemeji Derby

KOT tell off Miguna Miguna over tweet undermining Kipchoge’s historic feat

By Stanley Mativo,

As Kenya, Africa and the rest of the world basked in the glory of “superman”  Eliud Kipchoge’s feat of running an astonishing 1:59:40 on Saturd...

Eliud Kipchoge , INEOS Challenge , KOT , miguna miguna , TWEET

Kipchoge eyes London Marathon after Monaco miss

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

World marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge is shifting focus to this year’s London Marathon after missing out on the prestigious Laureus Sportsman ...

defend title , Eliud Kipchoge , Laureus Sportsman of the Year Award , London Marathon

Rio Olympics icon Feyisa returns home from exile

By Reuters,

A medal winning Ethiopian Olympic runner, living in exile in the United States since making a protest gesture against government violence at the 2016 ...

Feyisa Lilesa

Choge, Ebongon score Kenyan double in Kosice

By World Athletics,

Kenyans Raymond Choge and Milliam Ebongon raced to victory at the 95th edition of the Kosice Peace Marathon on Sunday. Running in pleasant conditio...

Kosice Peace Marathon , Milliam Ebongon , Raymond Choge

Motivated Nzembi out to make mark in Commonwealth

By Philip Muchiri,

After missing out on what would have been her first national duty, a World Cross Country race in 2007 owing to injury, marathoner Hellen Nzembi is int...

Kenyan athlete among six casualties in grisly road accident

By Citizen Team,

The athletics world has been thrown into mourning after  Kenyan road racer  Francis Kiplagat Lagat was among those who perished in a grisly road acc...

along Nairobi-Nkauru Highway , dies in grisly road accident , Francis Kiplagat Lagat , Kenyan athlete

Tegla Loroupe, the icon of World Marathon

By World Athletics,

Tegla Loroupe was a road-running pioneer in the mid to late nineties. The diminutive former world marathon record-holder takes a trip down memory lane...

Tegal Lroupe , the icon of world marathon

Kiptoo, Girma return to defend Beirut Marathon titles

By World Athletics,

Lebanon has endured a tumultuous history which has provided long-lasting images illustrating how life once was. Just this past week the country’s...

Beirut Marathon , Blom Bank Beirut Marathon , Edwin Kiptoo , Eunice Chumba , Rose Chelimo , Rotterdam Marathon , Tigist Girma

Macharinyang, Cheruiyot to defend Madoka Marathon titles

By Charity Wanja,

Hosea Mwok Macharinyang and Lucy Cheruiyot will be defending their Safaricom Madoka Half-Marathon titles on October 21 in Mwatate, Taita. Last year...

Hosea Mwok Macharinyang , Lucy Cheruiyot , Mwatate , Safaricom Madoka Half Marathon , Taita

Kenyans break Cardiff Half, Kosice Marathon records

By Charity Wanja,

Kenyan road race runners had a good day in office over the weekend led by Edith Chelimo who set UK all-comers’ record at the Cardiff University/Card...

Cardiff Half Marathon , Dorcas Kimeli , Edith Chelimo , Sheila Jerotich

Grief as KSSSA boss Ngetich killed in road accident

By Bernard Rotich,

The Kenya Secondary Schools Sports Association (KSSSA) Chairman Kimutai Ngetich was Wednesday morning killed in a road accident that occurred in Jubat...

Gulu , Kimutai , KSSSA , Ngetich , uganda

First Lady Kenyatta up for Rwanda Peace Marathon

By Agencies,

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta will on Sunday join her counterpart in Rwanda Jeanette Kagame during the Kigali International Peace Marathon that is expe...

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta , Jeanette Kagame , Kigali , Kigali International Peace Marathon , Peace Marathon , Rwanda

Mully Half Marathon gets official AK approval

By Jacob Icia,

The national athletics governing body, Athletics Kenya (AK) has given the Mully Half Marathon a seal of approval as preparations for the inaugural rac...

AK , athletics , Athletics Kenya , Mully Children Family , Mully Half Marathon

Chamgei extravaganza leaves Eldoret yearning for more

By Matthews Mutai,

The self-styled Home of Champions erupted into celebration and thanksgiving when the Chamgei FM Extravaganza drew out a constellation of athletics gre...

Chamgei FM , eldoret , Eliud Kipchoge , Lt. Gen (Rtd) Jackson Tuwei , Wesley Korir

Lilesa yearns for peace, fears bloodletting in Ethiopia

By AFP,

  Ethiopia faces potential tragedy -- even ethnic bloodletting -- if the international community looks away from repression there, runner Feyi...

athletics , Brazil , Ethiopia , Feyisa Lilesa , Marathon , New York , protest , Rio 2016