Kipngeno, Kanda toast to victories at Mountain Running Championships

By Festus Lango,

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...

Athletics Kenya , Beatrice Cheserek , Francisca Kanda , Judith Korir , Mountain Running Championship , Patrick Kipng’eno

World record-holders Jepchirchir & Yeshaneh set to clash at WA Half Marathon

By Reuters,

For the first time in the history of the championships, the women’s race at the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships Gdynia 2020 will have tw...

Abebel Yeshaneh , Joyciline Jepkosgei , Lonah Chemtai Salpeter , Netsanet Gudeta , Peres Jepchirchir , WA Half Marathon

Makau backs Kipchoge to bounce back

By Stanley Mativo,

Former world marathon record holder Patrick Makau has backed Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge to bounce back from his shock defeat at the London Marath...

Eliud Kipchoge , Patrick Makau

‘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

Leap of faith: Why 400m champ Moraa is opting for 800m

By Mkalla Wa Mwambodze,

World U-18 400m silver medalist and Africa Under-20 champion Mary Moraa has decided to transition to the 800m from her usual 400m race category saying...

Africa Under-20 champion , Mary Moraa , Transition to 800m

Stranded Japanese honeymooners end up as Cape Verde’s team ambassadors

By Reuters,

Japanese couple Rikiya and Ayumi Kataoka had their honeymoon wrecked by the coronavirus pandemic, but their resourcefulness in enforced exile in Cape ...

COVID-19 , JAPAN

KRU set to recruit new Shujaa head coach

By Kenerickson Njeru,

The Kenya Rugby Union (KRU) is set to conduct interviews for the new Kenya Sevens head coach in the next one week. The Director of Rugby at the KRU...

kru , Shujaa

Legend Jipcho buried as veteran athletes issue welfare pleas

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Athletics legend Benjamin Jipcho was laid to rest Friday at a burial ceremony dominated by pleas aimed at the Government to place the welfare of retir...

Benjamin Jipcho , kipchoge keino

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

Africa’s sprinters navigate the pandemic ahead of the Tokyo Olympics

By World Athletics,

While Africa is often associated with distance running, athletes from the continent have also left an indelible mark on the sprints at major champions...

Isaac Makwala , Marie Josée Ta Lou , olympics , Tokyo 2020 , Wayde van Niekerk

Excitement building for Nairobi’s Kip Keino Classic

By World Athletics,

Excitement is fast building up in Africa as Nairobi prepares to host a round of the inaugural World Athletics Continental Tour Gold series on 26 Sep...

‘Kip Keino Classic’

Former marathon record holder Kipsang banned for four years

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Former marathon world record holder Wilson Kipsang, has been banned for four years for whereabouts failures and tampering by providing false evidence ...

doping , Wilson Kipsang

Kayange, Kipyegon to lead Kenya in Olympic Day celebrations

By Agencies,

Olympic 1500m champion Faith Kipyegon and former Kenya Sevens captain Humprey Kayange will lead other Kenyan stars in marking the International Olympi...

Athletes offered grants from Athlete Welfare Fund

By World Athletics,

World Athletics and the International Athletics Foundation (IAF) today announced that 193 athletes from 58 member federations will be offered one-time...

athletes , Covid-19 pandemic

European athletics chief Hansen dies after stroke

By Reuters,

European Athletics chief Svein Arne Hansen died on Saturday aged 74 after failing to recover from a stroke he had suffered in March, the sports body s...

Svein Arne Hansen

Review composition of Kenya Academy of Sports before rolling out grassroots programmes

By Agencies,

Simon Mwangi The Government is set to inject billions of shillings into establishment of sports academies across all the 290 constituencies from the ...

Yego hangs to golden Olympic dream

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Numerous athletes held dear the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games for varied reasons before plans for the Summer Games this year were wrecked by the coronaviru...

Covid-19 pandemic , Julius Yego , olympics , Tokyo 2020

Why Tokyo 2020 postponement is a blessing for Manangoi

By Philip Muchiri,

Philip Muchiri in Nairobi The postponement of this year's Tokyo Olympics came as a blessing in disguise to former 1500m world champion Elijah Manango...

Elijah Manangoi , injury , Olympic postponement

How football legend Drogba, helped to halt civil war in his home nation

By Agencies,

Al-Merrikh Stadium, in Sudan's second largest city of Omdurman, is not one of the world's great gladiatorial arenas. Yet this small ground - known as ...

african cup of nations , Bouake , chelsea , Didier Drogba , Ivory Coast , Laurent Gbagbo , World cup

Fear of the unknown: Locked-down athletes face mental health challenge

By Matthews Mutai,

When Olympic swimming champion Kyle Chalmers completed what he knew would be his final training session before the coronavirus shutdown, his overwhelm...

coronavirus , Emma Coburn , Mental Health