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The unfinished race: Kimetto, Jelimo to Rudisha…what went wrong?
By Isaac Swila,
1121, February 9, 2021 (EAT)
Isaac Swila in Nairobi Sandra Lamwaka in Kampala Gilbert Kiprotich in Eldoret David Rudisha is an “A class'' athlete, but it’s debata...
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2020 review: No respite as doping cases plague Kenyan athletes
By Gilbert Kiprotich,
1529, December 31, 2020 (EAT)
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...
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2020 in Review: How track queens Obiri, Kipyegon balanced family and career
By Carol Kones,
1239, December 21, 2020 (EAT)
Caro Konesin Nairobi When Covid-19 struck Kenya in March, 2020 and all sports activities came to a halt, the struggle of adjusting towards a future o...
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Kenyan trio nominated for World Athletics award
By Gilbert Kiprotich,
1421, November 3, 2020 (EAT)
The Kenyan trio of world 5,000m champion Hellen Obiri, Olympic 1,500m champion Faith Kipyegon and Half Marathon world record holder Peres Jepchirchir ...
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Cheptegei aims to end dream year on a high at WA Half Marathon
By Agencies,
1556, October 14, 2020 (EAT)
When the gun sounds for the men’s race at the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships Gdynia 2020 on Saturday (17), all eyes will be on an ath...
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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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SWILA: Continued doping test failures a stain on Kenya’s athletic prowess
By Isaac Swila,
1222, July 26, 2020 (EAT)
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...
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Former marathon record holder Kipsang banned for four years
By Gilbert Kiprotich,
1734, July 3, 2020 (EAT)
Former marathon world record holder Wilson Kipsang, has been banned for four years for whereabouts failures and tampering by providing false evidence ...
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New dates for World U20 Championships to be released next month
By Gilbert Kiprotich,
940, June 26, 2020 (EAT)
New dates for the postponed World Under-20 Championships will be known next month. The global event was earlier scheduled to be held on July 7-12 a...
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Eliud Kipchoge, DPP Noordin Haji listed among top 50 African disruptors
By Ian Omondi,
1628, May 29, 2020 (EAT)
Four Kenyans are among 50 personalities across the continent listed by a leading publication for their efforts in transforming their various fields. ...
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Chepngetich’s Ngong training regime echoes the determination in her belly
By Gilbert Kiprotich,
1353, May 8, 2020 (EAT)
Gilbert KiprotichChief Athletics Writer For world marathon champion Ruth Chepngetich, discipline and focus are the two underlining principles that ke...
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The dire effects of Covid-19 on Kenya’s sports journalists
By Isaac Swila,
1952, August 20, 2020 (EAT)
SPECIAL REPORT Isaac Swila Under normal circumstances, Jacob Icia, Gilbert Kiprotich, Ernest Mkalla, Geoffrey Mwamburi, Godfrey Ashiali, Luqm...
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Obiri steeling herself for Tokyo Olympics
By Reuters,
1649, February 20, 2020 (EAT)
Kenyan runner Hellen Obiri was exhausted and discouraged five months ago, after placing a disappointing fifth in the 10,000 metres race in Doha. She w...
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World Athletics to tighten shoe rules after controversy
By Reuters,
1404, January 24, 2020 (EAT)
Athletics’ ruling body will tighten regulations governing shoe technology, two sources familiar with the matter said, after Nike’s popular Vaporfl...
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Kipchoge up against Messi for top award
By Gilbert Kiprotich,
2140, January 15, 2020 (EAT)
World marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge has yet again been nominated in a six-man shortlist for the 2019 Laureus Sportsman of the year award. T...
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Olunga to challenge Kipchoge and Co for top Soya honours
By Gilbert Kiprotich,
1648, January 11, 2020 (EAT)
Harambee Stars striker Michael Olunga is among five nominees shortlisted for the 2019 SOYA Male Athlete of the Year ahead of the awards gala slated fo...
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Cheruiyot dreaming of lowering Guerrouj’s longstanding record
By Gilbert Kiprotich,
1340, December 31, 2019 (EAT)
World 1,500m champion Timothy Cheruiyot believes the World Record over the distance can be lowered ''when the right time comes.'' According to Cherui...
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Pneunonia medicine lands Kitwara in Doping dilemma
By Agencies,
1910, December 27, 2019 (EAT)
Former Valencia Marathon champion Sammy Kiprop Kitwara has been banned for 16 months after failing an in-competition doping control held in Seoul, Sou...
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Harambee Stars midfield kingpin Omollo nominated for SOYA award
By Gilbert Kiprotich,
1241, December 16, 2019 (EAT)
Harambee Stars midfield dynamo Johanna Omollo has been nominated for the Community Hero award at the upcoming Safaricom Sports Personality of the Year...
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AIU extends war on doping to road running
By Gilbert Kiprotich,
1450, December 3, 2019 (EAT)
As the Athletics Kenya Annual Athletes’ Conference kicks off on Wednesday in Eldoret, the fight against doping is expected to feature prominently in...
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