Mutai, Mushai nominated for Soya honours

By Citizen Reporter,

Vincent Mutai, who won an unprecedented three gold medals from the International Para Athletics Championships last year and the 2018 Sports Personalit...

Disability category , Samuel Mushai , Soya Awards , Vincent Mutai

Algeria readies for 2020 African Championships

By World Athletics,

Next June the best of Africa’s athletes will converge on the Algerian capital Algiers for the 22nd African Championships in Athletics. The stakes...

2020 African Championships , Algeria

2019 in Review: Juniors held their own to light up African Games

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

  Review, Gilbert Kiprotich With many elite athletes opting out of this year’s African Games in favour of the World Athletics Championships, junio...

2019 in Review , All Africa Games , Junior athletes , Morocco , Rabat

Mogonga High School, the breeding ground of Kenya’s sprint talents

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Gilbert Kiprotich in Kisii Discussions bordering  on sprints in Kenya can never be complete without a mention of Mogonga High School in Kisii County...

athletes , Athletics Kenya , Camp , Haron Onchong’a , Mogonga High School , sprint

Starlets prodigy Shikangwa nominated for SOYA award

By Agencies,

Harambee Starlets and Vihiga Queens forward Jentrix Shikangwa has been nominated for the 2019 Sports Personality of the Year Award (SOYA) in the Most ...

2019 SOYA Awards , Harambee Starlets , Jentrix  Shikangwa , Vihiga Queens

Farah announces return to track for Tokyo Games

By World Athletics,

Four-time Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah has announced he will return to the 10,000m on the track next year in a bid to win a fifth Olympic title in ...

Mo Farah , olympics , Tokyo 2020 , Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Eliud Kipchoge up for another top award

By Matthews Mutai,

Marathon running king Eliud Kipchoge has been shortlisted for the BBC's World Sports Star of the Year following a supreme year highlighted by his INEO...

Eliud Kipchoge , Megan Rapinoe , Simone Biles , Siya Kolisi , Steve Smith , tiger woods

Double feat: Kipchoge crowned World Athlete of the Year in France

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

World marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge has been crowned Male World Athlete of the Year for second year in a row at the annual World Athletics gal...

awards , Eliud Kipchoge , France , Marathon , Monaco , World Male Athlete of the Year

Will Kipchoge, Kosgei deliver Kenyan double in Monaco?

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

With the World Athletics gala set to go down  in Monaco on Saturday, France, Kenyans will be hoping that for the first time both the men and women Wo...

Brigid Kosgei , Eliud Kipchoge , France , Kenyan , Monaco

Eldoret to host trials for 2020 Tokyo Olympics

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Kipchoge Keino Stadium in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu has been earmarked to host the Track and Field Trials for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. In the Athleti...

eldoret , Kipchoge Keino Stadium , Olymcpics , Trials

Brigid Kosgei makes top five list for prestigious IAAF award

By Isaac Swila,

Women marathon world recorder holder Brigid Kosgei is among the final five nominees for the prestigious 2019 IAAF Female World Athlete of the Year. ...

Brigid Kosgei , Chicago Marthon , France , IAAF Awards , Monaco , World record

Eliud Kipchoge on course for top IAAF award after making shortlist

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

World marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge has made it to the final list of five athletes who will battle it out for this year's Male World Athlete o...

Eliud Kipchoge , IAAF Award , shortlist

Govt has ‘lost’ Sh1.5b in 7-stadia project

By Joan Cheruiyot,

The Government has spent a total Sh1.5 billion on abandoned sports projects that were either constructed or rebuilt as part of President Uhuru Kenyatt...

Kosgei, Chepkoech and Obiri nominated for IAAF award

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Newly crowned world marathon record holder Brigid Kosgei, world 3,000m steeplechase record holder Beatrice Chepkoech and world 5,000m champion Hellen ...

Beatrice Chepkoech , Brigid Kosgei , Hellen Obiri , IAAF Female World Athlete of the Year

Eliud Kipchoge, Cheruiyot nominated for IAAF Male World Athlete of the Year award

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

World marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge and World 1,500m champion Timothy Cheruiyot are among the 11 nominees shortlisted for this year’s IAAF M...

Eliud Kipchoge , IAAF Male World Athlete , shortlisted , Timothy Cheruiyot

RIANGA: My apologies; why I underestimated Eliud Kipchoge

By Citizen Team,

I did a piece on why Eliud Kipchoge's sub-two hour marathon attempt was an impossible mission and he's made me eat my heart out. Why? The Olympic cham...

Eliud Kipchoge , INEOS159

Watch Eliud Kipchoge live on Citizen TV as he makes history in Vienna

By Matthews Mutai,

Eliud Kipchoge will begin his record attempt today at 9:15am with the Olympic champion attempting to break the two-hour marathon barrier in Vienna, Au...

Eliud Kipchoge , INEOS Challenge , INEOS159

RIANG’A :The science of running and why G.O.A.T Kipchoge needs a miracle

By Citizen Reporter,

Patrick Riang'a Expectations are high, the challenge is already set - Vienna, Austria is the venue for the INEOS 1:59 Challenge which will be going...

Austria , Eliud Kipchoge , INEOS 1:59 Challenge , mission impossible , Vienna

World Championships: What to watch out for on day nine

By World Athletics,

There’s a lot to watch out for on day nine of the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019, almost too numerous to mention, in fact. With pre...

Bashir heads to Qatar , Doha , Qaatar , Watch to watch , World Championships

Kenyans resume medal hunt at Doha Worlds

By Philip Muchiri,

Philip Muchiri in Doha, Qatar Gold rush for team Kenya at the World Athletics Championship resumes today, at the Khalifa International stadium in Doh...

IAAF World Championships