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Kenya bemoans cancellation of Olympic boxing qualifiers
By Mkalla Wa Mwambodze,
1634, February 17, 2021 (EAT)
Kenya national boxing team coach Musa Benjamin has slammed the International Olympic Committee’s decision to scrap the final boxing qualifying event...
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‘Hit Squad’ coach Musa confident NOCK support will aid team preps
By Mkalla Wa Mwambodze,
1153, February 9, 2021 (EAT)
Mkalla MwambodzeChief writer, boxing The national boxing team coach Musa Benjamin has hailed the National Olympic Committee of Kenya for their suppor...
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Hit squad steps up preps ahead of Olympics
By Gilbert Kiprotich,
1250, January 15, 2021 (EAT)
Kenyan boxers are stepping up their preparations as they seek to seal tickets to the Olympics Games set for Tokyo, Japan in the summer. With skipper ...
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Okoth eyes one last vintage performance at Olympics
By Gilbert Kiprotich,
1040, November 3, 2020 (EAT)
National boxing team ‘Hit Squad’ skipper Nick Okoth is stepping up his preparations as he seeks to exit the global stage on a high. Okoth has a...
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Okoth in fitness dilemma as he prepares for Olympic swansong
By Gilbert Kiprotich,
1920, May 20, 2020 (EAT)
Gilbert Kiprotich in Nairobi For Nick Okoth, it was a case of so close yet so far. The Kenya Boxing ‘Hit Squad’ captain was barely a month aft...
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SWILA: How Coronavirus has cost sports billions of dollars
By Isaac Swila,
1207, April 20, 2020 (EAT)
Isaac Swila in Nairobi The Coronavirus pandemic spreading across the globe like wildfire has not only caused panic to millions of souls across the wo...
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Christine Ongare became pregnant at the age of 12 but defied odds to become Olympic boxing qualifier
By CNN,
1223, March 4, 2020 (EAT)
Kenya's Christine Ongare qualified Saturday for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Ongare, 26, made it through to the Olympics after outboxing Uganda...
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Olympics bound boxers Okoth, Ongare opt for two weeks break
By Mkalla Wa Mwambodze,
1137, March 2, 2020 (EAT)
The 2015 African Boxing Championships gold medalist Nick Okoth and Commonwealth Games flyweight bronze medalist Christine Ongare will take a two weeks...
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Ongare storm into Tokyo Olympics as qualifiers conclude in Dakar
By Gilbert Kiprotich,
205, March 1, 2020 (EAT)
Two Kenyan boxers have earned slots at this year’s Olympic Games after Commonwealth Games bronze medalist Christine Ongare qualified for the Summer ...
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‘Commander’ Okoth punches back to Olympics
By Philip Muchiri,
1233, February 27, 2020 (EAT)
Kenya’s boxer Nick Okoth, will make a comeback to the Olympics, 12 years after he boxed in Beijing. Okoth, used all his ring craft to poach an early...
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Tokyo beckons for Kenya’s Olympic hopefuls in Dakar
By Philip Muchiri,
1048, February 26, 2020 (EAT)
Four fighters will carry Kenya's hopes of earning boxing representation at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games when the semi-finals of the African qualifiers...
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‘Hit Squad’ coach Musa bullish as charges bid to punch Olympics ticket
By Harold Odoro,
1225, February 18, 2020 (EAT)
Kenya is set to launch its quest for the Tokyo Olympics boxing tickets when 13 boxers take to the ring in Senegal's capital Dakar. When the first punc...
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Exuberant Musa predicts a good show in Dakar
By Chege Amaria,
1512, February 17, 2020 (EAT)
A confident Hit Squad head coach Benjamin Musa expects a bumper harvest once his boxers take to the ring for the Olympics qualifiers in Dakar, Senegal...
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Okoth to captain ‘Hit Squad’ in Dakar
By Gilbert Kiprotich,
1717, February 14, 2020 (EAT)
Nick Okoth will captain the national boxing team ‘Hit Squad’ that will take part in the upcoming Africa qualifiers for Olympic Games slated for Fe...
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Hit Squad’s Musa keen to reap the best in Nanyuki camp
By Mkalla Wa Mwambodze,
107, February 5, 2020 (EAT)
Kenya national boxing team coach Benjamin Musa has affirmed he will drop six more boxers from the squad he has taken to Nanyuki for high altitude trai...
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Kenyan boxers punch off in Morocco
By Gilbert Kiprotich,
1218, August 21, 2019 (EAT)
Gilbert Kiprotich in Rabat, Morocco Kenyan boxers Evelyn Akinyi and Edwin Okongo will be in action today as preliminary boxing matches punch off at...
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‘Hit Squad’ out to rack up medals in Morocco
By Evans Makokha,
1628, August 14, 2019 (EAT)
The national boxing team head coach Musa Benjamin has assured Kenyans of team success in the All African Games in Rabat, Morocco ahead of their depart...
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Kenya names final boxing squad for African Games
By Evans Makokha,
1722, August 2, 2019 (EAT)
Boxing Federation of Kenya has named the final squad of male and female fighters for All African Games set for Rabat Morocco from August 19. Among th...
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BFK picks Benjamin as head coach of African Games bound boxing team
By Evans Makokha,
1246, July 24, 2019 (EAT)
The Boxing Federation of Kenya (BFK) has appointed a team of three to handle the All Africa Games bound team. Musa Benjamin who is BAK’s Nairobi ...
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‘Chafua Chafua’ punch hard to reign supreme in NBL Mombasa leg
By Evans Makokha,
1550, July 21, 2019 (EAT)
Kenya Police popularly known as team ‘Chafua Chafua’ won in nine bouts bouts to claim the third leg of National Boxing League as the curtains came...
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