Postponed Olympics set for July 23 2021 start

By Agencies,

The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games have been rescheduled to start on July 23, 2021 after being postponed due to coronavirus, the International Olympic Commi...

coronavirus , olympics , Tokyo 2020

Tuwei misses seat as Coe re-elected IAAF boss

By Agencies,

Athletics Kenya (AK) President Lt. Gen (Rtd) Jackson Tuwei failed in his bid to become one of four IAAF Vice-Presidents as Lord Sebastian Coe was re-e...

IAAF , Jackson Tuwei , Seb Coe

IAAF ethics board closes investigation into Coe

By Reuters,

The world athletics governing body (IAAF) has closed an ethics investigation into its president Sebastian Coe after finding there was no basis on whic...

Close , IAAF , investigation , Sebastian Coe

Agent slams Coe, IAAF for ‘inhumane’ Gatlin treatment

By AFP,

Athletics chief Sebastian Coe and the IAAF's treatment of controversial 100 metres world champion Justin Gatlin is 'inhumane' and 'unsportsmanlike', t...

doping , IAAF , IAAF World Athletics Championships , Justin Gatlin , London 2017 , Seb Coe , Usain Bolt

Kenya to bid for major championship after WU18 success

By Abdi Rizack,

After hosting a successful World Junior Championships, Kenya will seek the approval of IAAF to host a high profile championship the proportion of Diam...

Wario assures credible World U-18 championships, mourns Nkaissery

By Abdi Rizack,

Sports Cabinet Secretary Dr. Hassan Wario on Sunday expressed his grief following the demise of his Interior counterpart Joseph Nkaissery , noting the...

athletics , Championships , demise , Kasarani , kenya , Kenyatta University , Nairobi , Nakaisssery , Under-18 , Wario , world

Independent IAAF’s Athletics Integrity body now functional

By Agencies,

The independent Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), which sits at the heart of IAAF’s integrity reforms, officially began operating this week according ...

AIU , athletics , David Howman , doping , IAAF , integrity , Lord Seb Coe , WADA

London is next stop for Kenya six-star show queen Cheptai

By Mutwiri Mutuota,

It resembled a scene torn up straight from the Team Kenya training camp in Kigari, Embu when the senior women 10km squad took to the Kololo Independen...

Cheptais , IAAF World Cross Country Championships , Kampala World Cross

Cross country is key to distance running success- Coe

By Mutwiri Mutuota,

IAAF President Lord Sebastian Coe has urged developed nations to take the World Cross Country Championships seriously to improve chances of excelling ...

IAAF , Kampala , Paul Tergat , Sebastian Coe , uganda , World Cross

IAAF appoints three-man Vetting Panel

By Mutwiri Mutuota,

World governing body, the IAAF has appointed its inaugural Vetting Panel as part of the governance reforms aimed at greater accountability following a...

athletics , IAAF , vetting panel

Wario, Amina to lead Nairobi 2017 World U18 lobby team

By Citizen Team,

Kenya will turn on her top Government officials and diplomats to lobby countries in a bid to stem the running boycott of the Nairobi 2017 IAAF World U...

Amina Mohammed , athletics , Dr. Hassan Wario , Eric Kiraithe , IAAF , LOC , Nairobi 2017 , security , World Under-18

AK had sought IAAF Council intervention on citizenship change

By Charity Wanja,

Athletics Kenya (AK) had written to the Confederation of Africa Athletics to push for change of citizenship to discussed as an agenda at the IAAF Cou...

AK , Athletics Kenya , Bahrain , CAA , IAAF , Kalkaba , Medals for Passports , Seb Coe , Tuwei

Blow to Bahrain, Gulf States as IAAF freezes transfer of allegiance

By Mutwiri Mutuota,

World athletics governing body IAAF has frozen the transfer of allegiance in the sport barely a day after Citizen TV and Citizen Digital revealed how ...

Athetics , Athletics Kenya , Bahrain , Eunice Kirwa , IAAF , IAAF Council , Kalkaba Malboum , Lord Sebastian Coe , Paul Chelimo , Qatar , Ruth Chebet , Turkey

New email suggests Coe ‘aware’ of Russian doping

By AFP,

  Allegations that world athletics chief Sebastian Coe misled British lawmakers intensified Tuesday after new emails appeared to show he was "...

athletics , Britain , doping , Email , House of Commons , Lord Sebastian Coe , russia

Coe to come for Nairobi 2017, AK welcomes IAAF reforms

By Mutwiri Mutuota,

IAAF president Lord Sebastian Coe has confirmed he will attend the 2017 World Under 18 Championships in Nairobi as Athletics Kenya (AK) pledged to imp...

2017 World Under 18 Championships , athletics , IAAF , Lord Seb Coe , Lord Sebastian Coe , Lt. Gen (Rtd) Jackson Tuwei , Nairobi 2017 , Seb Coe

Chemos over the moon but rues golden Berlin moment

By Charity Wanja,

As the news that Milcah Chemos had finally been recognized as the bona fide Berlin 2009 world 3000m steeplechase champion reached her, she could barel...

Chemos , doping , IAAF , Lord Sebastian Coe , Milcah Chemos

IAAF hands Chemos the 2009 Worlds steeple gold medal

By Mutwiri Mutuota,

Kenya's Milcah Chemos Cheywa is officially the Berlin 2009 World Championship women 3000m steeplechase winner after the world governing body IAAF pre...

3000m steeplechase , Athletics Kenya , doping , IAAF , kenya , Lt. Gen (Rtd) Jackson Tuwei , Milcah Chemos , Tuwei , Women steeplechase , Yuliya Zaripova

IAAF announce new Asics kit partnership deal

By Mutwiri Mutuota,

ASICS and the IAAF on Saturday announced a new multiple-year partnership with the Japanese firm moments after key reforms were passed by the world ath...

Asics , IAAF , Lord Seb Coe , Lord Sebastian Coe , Sebastian Coe

Kenya says yes as Coe IAAF reforms sail through

By Mutwiri Mutuota,

After a week of intrigues, Lord Sebastian Coe scored a major victory when the IAAF Council overwhelmingly voted to adopt his key reforms in a sport ba...

athletics , corruption , doping , IAAF , IAAF Congress , lamine diack , Lord Seb Coe , Lord Sebastian Coe , reforms , Seb Coe , Sebastian Coe , Sergey Bubka

Loroupe honoured as Bolt, Ayana win Athlete of the Year Awards

By Mutwiri Mutuota,

Usain Bolt for a record sixth time and Ethiopian record holder, Almaz Ayana were named the IAAF World Male and Female Athletes of the Year in a glitte...

Almaz Ayana , Anita Wlodarczyk , athletics , Elaine Thompson , IAAF World Athletics Award 2016 , Mo Farah , Monaco , Usain Bolt , Wayde van Niekerk