Kamworor, Kipruto to renew rivalries with Doha tickets on the line

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Three-time World Half Marathon champion Geoffrey Kamworor and World Under-20 10000m champion Rhonex Kipruto are set to light up Nyayo National Stadium...

Geoffrey Kamworor , National Athletics Championships , nyayo national stadium , Rhonex Kipruto , World Championship ticket

Kamau – an unsung heroine in African athletics

By Citizen Team,

When Kenya’s leading athletes get to the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 in September, few will think of the logistics of how they got ...

Susan Kamau

Kipchoge: Running sub two-hour marathon is like ‘stepping on the moon’

By Agencies,

Breaking the two-hour marathon barrier would be "like stepping on the moon", world marathon kind Eliud Kipchoge has said adding that he  has "no doub...

Eliud Kipchoge , sub-two hour , two-hour marathon barrier

IAAF hails decision to lock Semenya out of Worlds

By Agencies,

Athletics' governing body, the IAAF, has said "biology has to trump gender identity" after welcoming the decision to permit restrictions in testostero...

Caster Semenya , IAAF

Kenya will be ready to host World Under-20 Championships: Amina

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Sports, Culture and Heritage Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed is confident that preparations for next year's IAAF World Under-20 Championships will be ...

Amina Mohamed , facilities , IAAF World Under-20 Championships , Sports CS

Back on track, Kipyegon prepares for Worlds

By IAAF,

Few athletes in global athletics can quite boast the combination of sheer success and zest for living like Faith Kipyegon. With her naturally vivac...

Faith Kipyegon

AK outlines tough measures ahead of World Championship trials

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Athletics Kenya (AK) has announced a raft of tough  measures as it gears for the national athletics championships which will also double up as the tr...

Athletics Kenya(AK) , World Championships trials

Cheruiyot targets third successive win in Lausanne

By Stephen Kiprop,

World silver medallist Timothy Cheruiyot heads to Lausanne on Friday off the back of convincing victories in Stockholm and Stanford. The 2018 Diamo...

Emmanuel Korir , Timothy Cheruiyot

AK ordered to send Omanyala to Italy for Games

By Charity Wanja,

Athletics Kenya (AK) has been ordered by the Sports Disputes Tribunal to assist and facilitate Universities 100m national champion Ferdinand Omanyala ...

Ferdinand Omanyala

Why Semenya is likely to miss World Championships

By Agencies,

Caster Semenya says she will not race at the World Championships in Qatar later this year if she loses an appeal against IAAF rules governing testoste...

Caster Semenya , IAAF , World Championships

Former IAAF president Diack to face corruption charges

By Agencies,

Lamine Diack, the ex-boss of athletics' world governing body the IAAF, is to stand trial in France on corruption and money-laundering charges. The ...

IAAF , lamine diack , Papa Massata Diack

IAAF claims Caster Semenya is ‘biologically male’

By Reuters,

Olympic 800 metres champion Caster Semenya has accused the global athletics governing body of using her as a human guinea pig as it emerged that the I...

Caster Semenya , IAAF , testosterone

The doping menace: Kenyan-born Bahraini Kirwa handed four-year ban

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Kenyan-born Bahraini long-distance runner Eunice Kirwa has been slapped with a four- year ban after testing positive for Erythropoietin (EPO) during a...

Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) , Bahraini , doping , Erythropoietin (EPO) , Eunice Kirwa , Kenyan-Born

Chepkoech, Coburn set for Oslo DL showdown

By Citizen Team,

World record holder Beatrice Chepkoech is set to face off world champion Emma Coburn in the 3000m steeplechase at the IAAF diamond league series in Os...

Embattled Semenya wins in Montreuil, to defend 800m world title

By Reuters,

Caster Semenya, who is battling the sport’s governing IAAF over rules that prevent her from running her preferred distance races unless she takes te...

Caster Semenya , estosterone-suppressant medication , IAAF , Montreuil

IAAF to rebrand with new name and logo

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

World athletics body International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) has announced major rebranding on its name and logo. In the body's 21...

IAAF , President Sebastian Coe , rebrand

Bett, Jeruto to light up Narok AK meet

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

World Under-20 3000m steeplechase silver medalist Leonard Kipkemoi Bett and World Under-18 800m silver medalist Lydia Jeruto are among a host of athle...

Leonard Kipkemoi Bett , Lydia Jeruto , Narok AK meet , World Championships

All set for final AK meet in Narok

By Geoffrey Mwamburi,

Narok Stadium is expected to host  the third and final leg of Athletics Kenya (AK) meet with the two-day championship set to start on Friday and run ...

AK , Athletics Kenya

Kenyan trio, Nigel to clash at Rabat Diamond League

By Stephen Kiprop,

African 800m champion Nigel Amos of Botswana is set to face off with Kenya’s Emmanuel Korir, the reigning Diamond League champion, at the sixth leg ...

Bitswana , Diamond League , Emmanuel Korir , Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich , Jonathan Kitilit , Morocco , Nigel Amos , Rabat

Cheruiyot, Tirop reign supreme in Stockholm DL meet

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

World 1500m silver medallist Timothy Cheruiyot returned to winning ways at the third leg of the IAAF Diamond League held on Thursday evening in Stockh...

Elijah Manangoi , IAAF Diamond League , Timothy Cheruiyot