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Yego hangs to golden Olympic dream
By Gilbert Kiprotich,
1557, May 25, 2020 (EAT)
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...
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Why Tokyo 2020 postponement is a blessing for Manangoi
By Philip Muchiri,
1216, May 20, 2020 (EAT)
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...
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How football legend Drogba, helped to halt civil war in his home nation
By Agencies,
1455, April 19, 2020 (EAT)
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 ...
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Fear of the unknown: Locked-down athletes face mental health challenge
By Matthews Mutai,
1139, April 8, 2020 (EAT)
When Olympic swimming champion Kyle Chalmers completed what he knew would be his final training session before the coronavirus shutdown, his overwhelm...
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How Karoki, Obiri are keeping fit amid Covid-19 pandemic
By Philip Muchiri,
1210, April 6, 2020 (EAT)
Despite the difficult times occasioned by the spread of COVID-19 across the world, Kenya’s athletes have continued to train although not as usual as...
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Wimbledon cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic
By Reuters,
1838, April 1, 2020 (EAT)
The Wimbledon tennis championships were cancelled for the first time since World War Two as the coronavirus pandemic wiped another blue-riband sports ...
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Rescheduled Tokyo Games may come before summer 2021: Bach
By Reuters,
1527, March 25, 2020 (EAT)
The head of the global Olympic movement said on Wednesday that the rescheduled Tokyo Games faced “thousands” of logistical and financial problems ...
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Van Niekerk looks for positives in Tokyo postponement
By Reuters,
1300, March 25, 2020 (EAT)
Olympic 400m champion Wayde van Niekerk says that while the postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Games due to the coronavirus outbreak was a “downer” th...
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IOC to start discussions on possible Tokyo 2020 postponement
By Reuters,
240, March 23, 2020 (EAT)
The International Olympic Committee is stepping up its “scenario planning” for the Tokyo 2020 Games — including a possible postponement — as t...
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Bolt’s former coach calls on IOC to postpone Tokyo Olympics
By Reuters,
1321, March 21, 2020 (EAT)
Usain Bolt’s long time coach called on Friday for this year’s Tokyo Olympics to be put off until 2021 as the Covid-19 Coronavirus continues to cla...
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IOC reviewing Games scenarios, cancellation not among them
By Reuters,
1425, March 20, 2020 (EAT)
The International Olympic Committee is considering various scenarios for the Tokyo Games amid the coronavirus pandemic but cancellation is not one of ...
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Bitok welcomes CAVB postponement of Club Championships
By Gilbert Kiprotich,
1358, March 16, 2020 (EAT)
Malkia Strikers head coach Paul Bitok has welcomed the move by the African Volleyball Confederation (CAVB) to postpone all the volleyball activities i...
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Sports events hit by the coronavirus epidemic
By Reuters,
2010, March 11, 2020 (EAT)
Here is a list of international sports events hit by the coronavirus outbreak: ITALY * All sports events have been cancelled until April 3. OLYMPIC...
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Chebet, Kiprop race to victory as Nairobi AK meet ends
By Frankline Owira,
1817, March 6, 2020 (EAT)
Former world youth silver medallist Sandrafelis Chebet put up a spirited fight on Friday morning to win the women’s 10,000m, as the second leg of At...
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Olympic champion Jebet banned for four years
By Gilbert Kiprotich,
1902, March 4, 2020 (EAT)
World Athletics has banned Kenyan-born Bahraini Ruth Jebet for four years after failing an out-of-competition doping test conducted in Kapsabet in Dec...
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IOC stands firm on Tokyo Games despite coronavirus concerns
By Reuters,
939, March 4, 2020 (EAT)
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday gave further unequivocal backing to this summer’s Tokyo Olympics, urging athletes to prepare ...
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IOC confident of ‘successful’ Tokyo Games at start of executive board
By Reuters,
1424, March 3, 2020 (EAT)
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) kicked off a crucial executive board meeting on Tuesday to discuss the threat of the coronavirus to this sum...
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Aiyabei targeting Tokyo bliss
By Gilbert Kiprotich,
1639, February 28, 2020 (EAT)
Frankfurt Marathon champion Valary Aiyabei has promised to deliver “something good” when she competes at the 14th edition of Tokyo Marathon on Sun...
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Tokyo has no ‘Plan B’ for Games despite coronavirus
By Reuters,
1443, February 28, 2020 (EAT)
Tokyo has no Plan B for this year’s Summer Olympics despite alarm over the spread of the coronavirus in Japan and elsewhere with under five months b...
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Gnabry on tears, tough times & realising his dream
By Agencies,
1601, February 26, 2020 (EAT)
Serge Gnabry cried when he wasn't allowed to make his dream move to Bayern Munich as a child. He was 10 years old and his father Jean-Hermann didn't ...
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