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Olympic Games cannot be ‘marketplace of demonstrations’- Bach
By Reuters, 1411, October 24, 2020 (EAT)
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach said the Olympic Games are not about politics and must guard against becoming a “marketp...

IOC , Olympic Games , President Thomas Bach
Japan will take steps to guard against Olympics cyberattacks
By Reuters, 1549, October 20, 2020 (EAT)
Japan said on Tuesday it would take countermeasures to ensure next year’s Tokyo Olympics are not derailed by cyberattacks after Britain and the Unit...

Covid-19 pandemic , cyber attacks , JAPAN , olympics
Government should build more academies to nurture talent: Motego
By John Kyanda, 1311, October 20, 2020 (EAT)
Former Kenyan international Henry Motego has urged the government to build more academies in order to facilitate the growth of talent in the country...

Academies , government , Henry Motego , Kisii County Government
Raila to Ruto: ‘If you have a problem with your boss take a walk’
By Citizen Reporter, 1751, October 10, 2020 (EAT)
ODM leader Raila Odinga has dared Deputy President William Ruto to resign if he cannot work with his boss. He gave the example of his late father J...

raila , ruto , Uhuru
Athletes should be allowed to protest during Games – Coe
By Reuters, 1135, October 8, 2020 (EAT)
World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe said on Thursday he believes athletes should have the right to make gestures of political protest during the Olymp...

IOC , racism , Sebastian Coe
Creators of gene ‘scissors’ clinch Nobel as women sweep chemistry
By Reuters, 1003, October 8, 2020 (EAT)
Two scientists won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for creating genetic ‘scissors’ that can rewrite the code of life, contributing ...

Charpentier , Doudna , Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Olympics: Tokyo organisers outline steps for ‘simplified’ Games
By Reuters, 1558, September 25, 2020 (EAT)
Organisers of the Tokyo Olympics on Friday proposed cutting back the number of staff at next year’s Summer Games and shortening the opening period f...

olympics , Summer Games , Tokyo
Olympics: Japan to require Covid-19 tests for athletes
By Reuters, 942, September 24, 2020 (EAT)
Organisers of next year’s delayed Tokyo Olympics will require coronavirus tests of foreign athletes upon their arrival in Japan, but may not mandate...

athletes , Covid-19 tests , JAPAN , olympics
Harambee Starlets ace Kinuthia hopes to be fit again after shoulder injury
By Geoffrey Mwamburi, 1034, September 17, 2020 (EAT)
Former Harambee Starlets Captain Mary Wanjiku Kinuthia hopes to gain her fitness soon as she recovers from an injury she picked three weeks ago while ...

Dalhem IF , Harambee Starlets , injury , Mary Wanjiku Kinuthia
Tokyo Games to decide Covid-19 ‘counter-measures’ by end of year
By Reuters, 1005, September 15, 2020 (EAT)
Organisers are ploughing ahead with the postponed Tokyo Olympics and will decide by the end of the year what “counter-measures” are required to ho...

COVID-19 , IOC , John Coates , olympics , Tokyo
Retired Homa Bay Catholic Diocese Bishop Linus Okok Okwach dies at 68
By Aly Abich, 1552, September 13, 2020 (EAT)
Retired Homa Bay Catholic Diocese Bishop Emeritus Linus Okok Okwach on Sunday died while undergoing treatment at St. Monica Hospital, Kisumu, at 68. ...

Archbishop Philip Anyolo , Bishop Linus Okok Okwach , Homa Bay Diocese , raila odinga
IOC confident of safe Tokyo Games, says Bach
By Reuters, 2245, September 9, 2020 (EAT)
The International Olympic Committee has confidence in its preparations and in Japanese government support for next year's Tokyo Olympics, but said all...

IOC , olympics , Thomas Bach , Tokyo 2020
Military uniform recovered as five suspected gang members arrested
By Ian Omondi, 1325, August 4, 2020 (EAT)
Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested five members of a suspected criminal gang at Zanzibar area in Rurii, Na...

criminal gang , DCI , Nakuru County
Olympics: Streamlined Tokyo Games may set future standard
By Reuters, 1240, July 29, 2020 (EAT)
The Olympic movement faces its biggest challenge for four decades in getting a streamlined Tokyo Summer Games up and running next year but influential...

John Coates , Olympic , Tokyo Summer Games
Qatar submits request to IOC over 2032 Olympic hosting rights
By Reuters, 1514, July 27, 2020 (EAT)
Qatar, the host of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, announced on Monday it would also like to stage the Olympics, possibly in 2032. The Gulf Arab state’s...

Fifa World Cup , International Olympic Committee (IOC) , olympics
With a year to go, support slides for pandemic-hit Tokyo Olympics
By Reuters, 1630, July 24, 2020 (EAT)
Several dozen protesters in masks gathered in front of Japan’s National Stadium on Friday, the day the Olympic Games should have begun, to protest a...

Covid-19 pandemic , olympics , Tokyo 2020
Tokyo marks one year to go until Olympics… again
By Reuters, 1328, July 23, 2020 (EAT)
As Tokyo marked one year to go until the Olympics for the second time on Thursday, it was perhaps fitting that the newly-built National Stadium, inten...

Covid-19 pandemic , olympics , Tokyo 2020
A year to go, rearranged Tokyo Games still shrouded in uncertainty
By Reuters, 1024, July 21, 2020 (EAT)
Tokyo 2020 organisers will host celebrations marking the one-year countdown to the Olympics on Thursday but with the postponed Games still shrouded in...

International Olympic Committee , olympics , Tokyo 2020
IOC’s Bach ready to run for second term as president
By Reuters, 1530, July 17, 2020 (EAT)
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach said on Friday he was ready to run for a second term at next year’s election. The 66-...

German , International Olympic Committee (IOC) , President Thomas Bach
Catholic Churches in Nairobi to reopen next Sunday
By Citizen Reporter, 1314, July 12, 2020 (EAT)
Catholic Churches in Nairobi are set to reopen on July 19 in strict adherence to COVID-19 protocols from the Government. John Cardinal Njue, ArchBi...

Cardinal John Njue , Catholic churches , coronavirus