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Trump signs anti-doping act into law
By Reuters,
1446, December 5, 2020 (EAT)
U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law on Friday a bill that lets U.S. justice officials pursue criminal penalties against those involved in dopi...
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Kipngeno, Kanda toast to victories at Mountain Running Championships
By Festus Lango,
1758, November 22, 2020 (EAT)
Patrick Kipngéno of Nakuru County clocked 50:37.05 minutes to win the men’s 10km race at the Mountain Running Championship held Sunday in the count...
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Japan will take steps to guard against Olympics cyberattacks
By Reuters,
1549, October 20, 2020 (EAT)
Japan said on Tuesday it would take countermeasures to ensure next year’s Tokyo Olympics are not derailed by cyberattacks after Britain and the Unit...
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Former head of global athletics Diack gets jail for corruption
By Reuters,
1759, September 16, 2020 (EAT)
Lamine Diack, the former head of world athletics’ governing body, was convicted in France on Wednesday of corruption in a Russian doping scandal and...
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Setback as AIU bans Kenyan athlete Mutai for four years over doping
By Gilbert Kiprotich,
2209, May 29, 2020 (EAT)
Kenya’s fight against doping suffered a further set back on Friday when the Athletics Integrity Unit(AIU) punished two Kenyan athletes for various o...
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New WADA report shows increase in doping cases
By Reuters,
1048, December 20, 2019 (EAT)
More drug cheats are being caught in global sport with the latest World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) figures on Thursday showing a 13.1% rise in anti-dop...
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Russia braces for four-year Olympic ban
By Reuters,
1640, December 6, 2019 (EAT)
Russia could be hit with a four-year Olympic ban on Monday for flouting anti-doping rules, a punishment local officials have said would be unfair and ...
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Shipulin, the Russian biathlete in doping scandal, quits
By Reuters,
1601, December 25, 2018 (EAT)
Russian biathlete Anton Shipulin, who won gold at the 2014 Sochi Olympics in the men’s 4x7.5 km relay, announced his retirement on Tuesday as Russia...
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Olympic champion Ruth Jebet among over 100 facing doping proceedings
By Agencies,
1610, July 20, 2018 (EAT)
The steeplechase world record holder and Olympic gold medallist, Ruth Jebet, is among more than 100 track and field athletes and coaches who are facin...
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Doping hangs over Olympics before they even begin
By AFP,
1237, February 8, 2018 (EAT)
The casual viewer of the Pyeongchang Olympics could be forgiven for wondering just how many athletes are doped after a raft of recent revelations in w...
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CAS overturns doping bans on 28 Russian athletes
By AFP,
1407, February 1, 2018 (EAT)
Twenty-eight Russian athletes have had their Olympic doping bans overturned and their results from the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi reinstated after the...
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Paul “Saint” Tergat elected new Nock boss
By Charity Wanja,
2028, September 29, 2017 (EAT)
Distance running legend Paul Tergat is the new National Olympic Committee of Kenya (Nock) president after he was elected unopposed during the Elective...
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Court orders coach Berardelli passport to be released
By Charity Wanja,
1550, October 25, 2016 (EAT)
A Nairobi court ordered on Tuesday that the passport of Italian coach, Claudio Berardelli who is charged with offences related to doping to be release...
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Chumba, Kiplagat under pressure to retain Chicago titles
By Mutwiri Mutuota,
1620, October 7, 2016 (EAT)
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...
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AK boss Tuwei urges Rosa, Claudio athletes to stay calm
By Eric Kagunda,
1807, August 5, 2016 (EAT)
Athletics Kenya (AK) President, Lt. Gen (Rtd) Jackson Tuwei has urged athletes whose manager Federico Rosa and coach, Claudio Berardelli are facing ch...
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Rio bound Kiprop, Korir welcome WADA compliance nod
By Charity Wanja,
1614, August 5, 2016 (EAT)
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...
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Russian athletes affected by Rio 2016 bans
By Reuters,
1733, July 28, 2016 (EAT)
Following the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) decision on Sunday not to issue a blanket ban on Russian athletes despite evidence of systematic...
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Coach Claudio released on Ksh200,000 cash bail
By Charity Wanja,
1841, July 12, 2016 (EAT)
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...
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Russia’s Putin: No collective doping punishment
By Reuters,
011, June 20, 2016 (EAT)
World athletics' governing body decided on Friday (June 17) to maintain its doping ban on all Russian athletes, leaving the country's hopes of competi...
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Russian Sports Minister involved in doping cover-up- ARD
By Agencies,
1531, June 7, 2016 (EAT)
German TV ARD claims it has proof in a new explosive documentary that airs on Wednesday that Russia’s Sports Minister; Vitaly Mutko was directly inv...
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