Chelangat eyeing top prize at Police Cross Country

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

National Cross Country Champion Sheila Chelangat will be going for nothing short of victory when the National Police Service Cross Country Championshi...

Diamond League release 2021 calendar

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Rabat, Morocco will host the first leg of the 2021 Diamond League series according to the provisional calendar released on Tuesday. According to the ...

2021 Calendar , Diamond League , Morocco , Rabat

Kenyan trio nominated for World Athletics award

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

The Kenyan trio of world 5,000m champion Hellen Obiri, Olympic 1,500m champion Faith Kipyegon and Half Marathon world record holder Peres Jepchirchir ...

award , Faith Kipyegon , Female World Athlete , Hellen Obiri , Peres Jepchirchir

Cheptegei backs Kipchoge to bounce back from London waterloo

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

World 10,000m champion Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda has tipped marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge to bounce back from the shock defeat suffered at th...

bounce back , Eliud Kipchoge , Joshua Cheptegei , London Marathon

World records under threat in Brussels

By World Athletics,

The King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels will be empty of spectators for Friday night’s Wanda Diamond League exhibition meeting but brimming with amb...

Brussels , Faith Kipyegon , King Baudouin Stadium , Wanda Diamond League , World records

Kosgei, Kipyegon plot world records at Brussels DL

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

World marathon record holder Brigid Kosgei and Olympic 1500m champion Faith Kipyegon will be attempting to break world records at the Brussels Diamond...

Brigid Kosgei , Faith Kipyegon

Organizers postpone Nairobi Continental Tour

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

The Nairobi Continental Tour christened Kip Keino Classic slated for September 26 has been postponed to October 3. According to organizers, the eve...

Diamond League , Nairobi Continental Tour , ‘Kip Keino Classic’

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

Cheruiyot keen to kickstart season at Monaco Diamond League

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

World 1,500m champion Timothy Cheruiyot is set make a return to competitive action at the first leg of the Diamond League series slated for Monaco, Fr...

Diamond League , Timothy Cheruiyot

Nairobi to host Continental Tour on September 26

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

The Nairobi meeting of the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold will be held in September 26, over four months later than it was originally planned a...

Continental Tour , COVID-19

Diamond League issues new calendar

By Reuters,

The Diamond League announced a revamped calendar of athletics meetings after the London event on July 4-5 was cancelled on Tuesday due to the coronavi...

calendar , coronavirus , Diamond League

London Diamond League meeting cancelled

By Reuters,

The Diamond League athletics meeting due to be held at the London Stadium in July has become the latest event to be called off because of the coronavi...

Covid-19 pandemic , Diamond League , London Diamond League

World Athletics creates Sh53 million pandemic fund to support athletes

By Reuters,

World Athletics and the International Athletics Foundation (IAF) have come together to launch a $500,000 (400,448.50 pounds) fund to help athletes in ...

athletes , COVID-19 , fund , Hardship , International Athletics Foundation (IAF) , World Athletics

Diamond League postpones June events due to COVID-19 pandemic

By Reuters,

Diamond League events in Eugene and Paris have been postponed while the event in Oslo will be staged as an “alternative competition” due to the CO...

Covid-19 pandemic , Diamond League

Coe hopes for ‘belated season’ starting in August

By Reuters,

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe is still hoping that a belated outdoor athletics season can be staged from August to October this year, he sai...

athletics , coronavirus , season , Seb Coe

Diamond League hit by coronavirus concerns

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Kenyan athletes continue to count losses as the organisers of the World Athletics Diamond League postponed the opening three legs of the 2020 season o...

coronavirus , Diamond League

Coronavirus deaths in China top 1,300 with big jump in cases

By CNN,

The Chinese province at the center of the novel coronavirus outbreak reported a record spike in deaths Thursday, bringing the total number to more tha...

coronavirus

All systems go ahead of SOYA Gala in Mombasa

By Agencies,

The 16th edition of 2019 Safaricom Sports Personality of the Year Awards (SOYA) Gala goes down on Friday night at the Mombasa Sports Club. Themed �...

Soya Awards , SOYA Gala

Olunga to challenge Kipchoge and Co for top Soya honours

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

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...

Eliud Kipchoge , Male Athlete of the Year award , Michael Olunga , SOYA , Timothy Cheruiyot

Star-studded shortlist for SOYA sportswoman of the year award

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

It will be a battle of titans at this year’s Safaricom Sports of the Year Awards (SOYA) as top guns are set to battle it out for the 2019 Female Spo...

Beatrice Chepkoech , Brigid Kosgei , Hellen Obiri , Ruth Chepngetich , Soya Awards