Obiri eyeing double events at Tokyo Olympics

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

World 5000m champion Hellen Obiri is keen to compete in both 5,000m and 10,000m events at this year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. The 31-year-ol...

Hellen Obiri , JAPAN , Olympic Games , Tokyo

Rotich sets sights on World relay after lighting up Nyayo

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

World 800m bronze medallist Ferguson Rotich has set his sights on the World Relay Championships slated for Poland in May after dismantling a strong fi...

Ferguson Rotich

Kamworor bags record eighth straight National Police XC crown

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

The last seven men's titles at the National Police Service Cross Country championships have been won by one man and that streak was stretched further ...

Geoffrey Kamworor

Chelangat eyeing top prize at Police Cross Country

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

National Cross Country Champion Sheila Chelangat will be going for nothing short of victory when the National Police Service Cross Country Championshi...

Record breaker Cheptegei eyes Olympic double

By Reuters,

Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei says he is targeting the 5,000m-10,000m double at the Tokyo Olympics after breaking the world records in both distances this ...

Joshua Cheptegei , Olympic double , Tokyo Games

After eclipsing ‘mythological’ Bubka, Duplantis eyes Tokyo gold

By Reuters,

Swedish pole vaulter Armand Duplantis said his desire to better Sergey Bubka’s outdoor mark kept him motivated in the 2020 season and after clearing...

Armand Duplantis , Sergey Bubka

2020 in Review: How track queens Obiri, Kipyegon balanced family and career

By Carol Kones,

Caro Konesin Nairobi When Covid-19 struck Kenya in March, 2020 and all sports activities came to a halt, the struggle of adjusting towards a future o...

2020 in Review , 5000m champion , COVID-19 , Faith Kipyegon , Hellen Obiri , YEAR IN REVIEW

Obiri seeks to extend XC dominance at Nandi meet

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

World Cross Country champion Hellen Obiri will be seeking to extend her dominance at the second Cross Country meet set to be held on Saturday at the K...

Helen Obiri

Boost for Kenyan athletes as Steeplechase, 5000m returns to Diamond League

By Reuters,

Kenyan athletes will finally breathe a sigh of relief after the organisers of the Diamond League announced the reinstatement of key events that were d...

Christian Taylor , Diamond League , Sebastian Coe

Obituary: Argentine genius Maradona saw heaven and hell

By Reuters,

World soccer great Diego Armando Maradona, who died on Wednesday less than a month after his 60th birthday, was worshipped like a god for his genius w...

diego maradona

Diamond League release 2021 calendar

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Rabat, Morocco will host the first leg of the 2021 Diamond League series according to the provisional calendar released on Tuesday. According to the ...

2021 Calendar , Diamond League , Morocco , Rabat

Kenyan trio nominated for World Athletics award

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

The Kenyan trio of world 5,000m champion Hellen Obiri, Olympic 1,500m champion Faith Kipyegon and Half Marathon world record holder Peres Jepchirchir ...

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Former James Bond actor Sean Connery dies aged 90

By Reuters,

Scottish movie legend Sean Connery, who shot to international stardom as the suave, sexy and sophisticated British agent James Bond and went on to gra...

Obiri coy on world record, targets Olympic gold

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

World 5000m champion Hellen Obiri is raring to go for her maiden Olympic gold medal at the Summer Games to be held next year in Tokyo, Japan. With ...

Helen Obiri , olympics

World record ratified for Jepchirchir

By World Athletics,

Just five days before Sifan Hassan and Peres Jepchirchir clash at the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships Gdynia 2020, their recent world reco...

Peres Jepchirchir , Ratified , World records

Cheptegei, Gidey demolish world records in Valencia

By Reuters,

Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei smashed the men’s 10,000 metres world record on Wednesday at the Valencia World Record Day, crossing the line in a stunning...

Joshua Cheptegei , Letesenbet Gidey , Valencia , World record

Cheptegei backs Kipchoge to bounce back from London waterloo

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

World 10,000m champion Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda has tipped marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge to bounce back from the shock defeat suffered at th...

bounce back , Eliud Kipchoge , Joshua Cheptegei , London Marathon

Chepkoech, Kibiwott glide to victory at Kip Keino Classic

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

  Chief athletics writer at Nyayo World 3000m steeplechase champion Beatrice Chepkoech and Abraham Kibiwott notched convincing victories in the...

3000 steeplechase , Abraham Kibiwott , Beatrice Chepkoech , Kip Keino Classic Continental Tour

Sparkling Obiri, Cheruiyot roar on home soil

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Chief athletics writer at Nyayo World 5,000m champion Hellen Obiri and world 1,500m champion Timothy Cheruiyot continued their fine form on home soil...

Hellen Obiri , Kip Keino Clasic , nyayo national stadium , Women 5000m

Kirwa: Expect records to fall at Kip Keino Classic

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

National athletics head coach Julius Kirwa says he expects records to fall during Saturday's Kip Keino Classic Continental Tour meet at the Nyayo Nati...