Kotut, Chesir lead Singapore Marathon glory hunt

By IAAF,

Kenyans Cyprian Kotut and Rebecca Chesir will lead their respective fields at the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon on Sunday. Chesir returns t...

Cyprian Kotut , Rebecca Chesir , Singapore Marathon , Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon

Kenyan athletes to sign doping integrity pledges

By Citizen Team,

Athletics Kenya (AK) has introduced a mandatory athlete integrity pledge as the governing body intensifies its fight against doping. Athletes will ...

ADAK , AK , athletics , doping , WADA

Top guns welcome anti-doping move, AK invites 108 for seminar

By Charity Wanja,

Top athletes have welcomed the initiative taken by Athletics Kenya (AK) to involve the Kenyan Doctors Network in a bid to stem the spike in doping cas...

Abel Kirui , AK , athletics , Dickson Chumba , doping , eldoret , Rita Jeptoo

IAAF VP Kalkaba to grace Athletics Kenya Gala

By Charity Wanja,

IAAF vice-president and Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) President Hamad Kalkaba Malboum will grace the annual Athletics Kenya Golden Gala on ...

AK , athletics , Athletics Kenya , Gala

Korir leads Kenyan podium sweep in Frankfurt

By Mutwiri Mutuota,

Mark Korir led another Kenyan podium sweep in the men’s race of the 2016 Mainova Frankfurt Marathon as Ethiopia’s Mamitu Daska took the women’s ...

2Running Club , athletics , Cyprian Kotut , Ethiopia , Frankfurt Marathon , germany , kenya , Mamitu Daska , Mark Korir , Martin Kosgey , Moses Masai , Sarah Jebet

Chicago heroes, Kirui and Kiplagat hailed in tributes

By Charity Wanja,

Olympics gold medallist and two-time London champion, Eliud Kipchoge led political leaders and fellow athletes in congratulating Kenyan athletes for t...

2 Running Club , Abel Kirui , athletics , Chicago Marathon , Claudio Berardelli , Dickson Chumba , Eliud Kipchoge , London Marathon

Chumba, Kiplagat under pressure to retain Chicago titles

By Mutwiri Mutuota,

Runners from around the world have descended on the third most populous city of the United States for Sunday’s Bank of America Chicago Marathon wher...

athletics , Chicago Marathon , Dickson Chumba , Florence Kiplagat , Marathon , World Marathon Majors

Rome Marathon champion Kipruto targets Amsterdam crown

By Charity Wanja,

Rome Marathon champion Amos Choge Kipruto is ready to make yet another statement at the 41st edition of the Amsterdam Marathon in Netherlands on Octob...

Amos Kipruto , Amsterdam Marathon , athletics , Claudio Berardelli , Cyprian Kotut , Marathon , Rita Jeptoo , Rome Marathon

Rio bound Kiprop, Korir welcome WADA compliance nod

By Charity Wanja,

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)’s decision to declare Kenya complaint with its Code is the perfect motivation for the Olympics; according to Rio 201...

Asbel Kiprop , Code , doping , WADA

Coach Berardelli, five locals deny doping charges

By Agnes Oloo,

Italian coach, Claudio Berardelli and five locals formally denied charges related to doping on Tuesday at Nairobi’s Milimani Law Courts as prosecuto...

athletics , Claudio Berardelli , doping

Torn athletes seek answers as Claudio’s case is deferred

By Dzuya Walter,

The case against coach, Claudio Berardelli has been deferred to August 2 as athletes under the Italian trainer gathered at Athletics Kenya (AK) headqu...

Coach Claudio released on Ksh200,000 cash bail

By Charity Wanja,

Italian coach, Claudio Berardelli who is being investigated on doping related charges was on Tuesday released on a cash bail of Ksh200,000 or alte...

Claudio Berardelli , doping , Rita Jeptoo

Athletics Kenya names marathon team for Rio Olympics

By Charity Wanja,

Athletics Kenya has named a team that will represent the country in marathon at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro slated for August 12 to 21. ...

Athletics Kenya , Rio Olympics

Kipchoge heads Kenya’s Rio marathon squad

By Reuters,

Eliud Kipchoge, winner of the last two London Marathons, has been named in a preliminary Kenyan squad for the Rio Olympics, but there was no place for...

Dennis Kimetto , Eliud Kipchoge , kenya , Kipchoge , Rio

AK to name Olympics marathon squad next week

By Charity Wanja,

The much-awaited Kenyan Olympics marathon team will be announced mid next week as Athletics Kenya (AK) selected a panel of 10 coaches on Friday to si...

Athletics Kenya , Cyprian Kotut , Eliud Kipchoge , Florence Kiplagat , Jemimah Sumgong , Marathon , Rio 2016 Olympics , Stanley Biwott , Visiline Jepkesho

Top athletes hail Doping Bill passage

By Charity Wanja,

Relief swept across Kenya's athletics fraternity after the passing of the Anti-Doping Bill of 2016 in Parliament that allayed fears the country could ...

Anti-Doping Bill , kenya

Kenya’s Boston heartache cuts deep in Kapsabet

By Mutwiri Mutuota,

Inside a tent packed with over 250 cheering fans watching a live viewing of the 120th Boston Marathon in Kapsabet, the capital of Nandi County, the se...

ADAK , boston marathon , doping , Moses Tanui

Paris winner Kotut: I can’t believe I met Uhuru twice

By Charity Wanja,

Even in his wildest dreams, Cyprian Kotut had no idea pounding the French capital’s tarmac for his biggest career victory on April 2 would also earn...

Airtel Delhi Half Marathon , athletics , Cyprian Kotut , Paris Marathon , President Uhuru Kenyatta , Rio Olympics

Rome winner Kipruto ready to fight for Rio gold

By Charity Wanja,

Rome Marathon winner, Amos Kipruto said he is ready to fight for gold at the Rio 2016 Olympics this summer as he remains hopeful that his glorious mar...

Athletics Kenya , Athletics Kenya(AK) , Dominic Ruto , Kipruto

Uhuru fetes athletes as he assures doping bill passage

By Citizen Reporter,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has assured that the Anti-doping Bill 2016 will be passed on time to beat the deadline set by the World Anti-Doping Agency (W...

Cyprian Kotut , Geoffrey Kipsang , Uhuru kenyatta , Visiline Jepkesho