Former U.S. Olympics coach Geddert takes own life

By Reuters,

Former U.S. Olympic gymnastics coach John Geddert, who had ties to disgraced team doctor Larry Nassar and was charged earlier on Thursday with human t...

John Geddert

Another great Tiger Woods comeback is possible, say experts

By Reuters,

Tiger Woods could return to competitive golf within a year, top orthopedic surgeons said on Wednesday, but the road back from serious leg injuries sus...

tiger woods

Kipchoge to return to Hamburg

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

World marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge will be making a return to Hamburg, the place where he made his marathon debut for the NN Mission Marathon...

Eliud Kipchoge

Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon postponed

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

The Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon that was due on the 19th of this month has been postponed to 2022 due to the 'ever-evolving COVID-19 situation', orga...

Covid-19 pandemic , RAK Half Marathon

The unfinished race: Kimetto, Jelimo to Rudisha…what went wrong?

By Isaac Swila,

Isaac Swila in Nairobi Sandra Lamwaka in Kampala Gilbert Kiprotich in Eldoret David Rudisha is an “A class'' athlete, but it’s debata...

Alfred Kirwa Yego , David Rudisha , Dorcas Inzikiru , Pamela Jelimo , Unfinished Race

2020 review: No respite as doping cases plague Kenyan athletes

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Gilbert KiprotichChief athletics writer Year 2020 will go down as one to forget for Kenyan athletes owing to the high profile sanctions imposed on th...

Daniel Wanjiru , Doping offences , Elijah Manangoi , kenya , Kenyan Athletes , Wherebouts failure , Wilson Kipsang

Ochieng, Fernandes crowned duathlon champions

By Mkalla Wa Mwambodze,

Kennedy Ochieng and Stephanie Fernandes produced great feats of endurance to win the men’s and women’s elite races respectively as the national du...

Duathlon , Keneddy Ochieng , Mama Ngina Waterfront , Mombasa , Stephanie Fernandes

Kosgei, Yeshaneh set to clash at Delhi Half Marathon

By World Athletics,

World record holders Brigid Kosgei and Ababel Yeshaneh have been added to the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon women's field, making the 16th edition of th...

Ababel Yeshaneh , Brigid Kosgei , Delhi Half Marathon

Murigi leads strong field for Mountain Running Championships

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

A stellar line up is expected for the Athletics Kenya (AK) Mountain Running Championships slated for Sunday in Naivasha. Two-time Mountain Running ...

Athletics Kenya , Joyce Njeru. , Mountain Running Championships , NAIVASHA , Viola Jelagat

AK to host Mountain Running championship in Naivasha

By Agencies,

Naivasha is set to host the Athletics Kenya Mountain Running competition on November 22. The one-day event will be held at the foot of Mount Longon...

Kipyokei leads Kenyan double at Istanbul Marathon

By World Athletics,

Diana Chemtai Kipyokei and fellow Kenyan Bernard Sang took the top honours at the Istanbul Marathon on Sunday (8), winning the World Athletics Gold La...

Bernard Sang , Diana Chemtai Kipyokei , Istanbul Marathon , won

Sport to continue in France despite lockdown – minister

By Reuters,

Elite sport will continue in France despite a nationwide lockdown announced by President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday, sports minister Roxana Maracine...

COVID-19 , France , lockdown , Roxana Maracineanu

Champions Kipchoge and Kosgei set for titanic clashes in London

By World Athletics,

He is already the history man of marathon running but Eliud Kipchoge will be chasing another record-breaking milestone when he lines up for Sunday’s...

Brigid Kosgei , Eliud Kipchoge , Kenenisa Bekele , London Marathon , Vivian CVheruiyot

Kipruto, Jepchirchir set to compete in Valencia

By World Athletics,

Along with its marathon on 6 December, the Valencia Marathon Trinidad Alfonso EDP will also stage an elite half marathon on the same day, and both rac...

Rhonex Kipruto , Valencia Marathon Trinidad Alfonso EDP

Reopening of Nyayo Stadium marks ‘a new chapter for Kenyan sports’, says Kenyatta

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday hailed the reopening of the refurbished Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi terming it "a new chapter for sports in...

President Uhuru Kenyatta , re-opens Nyayo National Stadium , Renovation

‘King’ Eliud Kipchoge confident as London Marathon draws closer

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge believes he is in good shape ahead of his London Marathon title defence on October 4. The 35-year-old is p...

Eliud Kipchoge , Kenenisa Bekele , London Marathon

Farah to run as top-class pacemaker at London Marathon

By Reuters,

If you need a pacemaker to help you pursue an Olympic qualifying time in the marathon, they couldn’t come much better-qualified than Britain’s mos...

Eliud Kipchoge , Kenenisa Bekele , London Marathon , Mo Farah

I will be running in London Marathon to give hope- Kipchoge

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

World marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge has said he will be competing at the London Marathon in a bid to give hope that the fight against Covid-19...

Eliud Kipchoge , London Marathon

SWILA: Continued doping test failures a stain on Kenya’s athletic prowess

By Isaac Swila,

Isaac Swilain Nairobi A dark cloud hangs over the future of Kenyan athletics if the fragrant and continued violation of anti-doping rules by the athl...

ADAK , doping , Elijah Manangoi , WADA , Wilson Kipsang

No dope conspiracy against Kenya, AK boss Tuwei says

By Bernard Rotich,

Athletics Kenya (AK) president Jackson Tuwei has rebutted suggestions that there is an organised conspiracy to fix the country's sportsmen in doping c...

AK , doping , Elijah Manangoi , Jackson Tuwei