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Olympics trials to be China’s only international sport event this year
By Reuters, 1050, July 10, 2020 (EAT)
China will not hold any international sporting events this year aside from trials for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, underscoring the country’s w...

china , coronavirus
Olympics will be ‘scrapped’ instead of delayed again, says Games chief
By Agencies, 1200, April 29, 2020 (EAT)
The postponed Tokyo Olympics will be "scrapped" if they cannot take place in 2021, Games chief Yoshiro Mori has said. Tokyo 2020 is now scheduled t...

COVID-19 , Games chief Yoshiro Mori , olympics , scrapped , Tokyo
NOC-K, gov’t backs postponement of Olympic Games
By Gilbert Kiprotich, 928, March 25, 2020 (EAT)
The National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOC-K) and the Ministry of Sports have welcomed the move to postpone the Olympic Games due to the coronavirus...

coronavirus , gov't , Noc-k , Olympic Games
Tokyo Games delayed to 2021, easing athletes’ angst
By Reuters, 1752, March 24, 2020 (EAT)
The Tokyo Olympics were postponed on Tuesday to 2021, the first such delay in the Games’ 124-year modern history, as the coronavirus crisis wrecked ...

2020 , IOC , olympics , Tokyo
IOC to start discussions on possible Tokyo 2020 postponement
By Reuters, 240, March 23, 2020 (EAT)
The International Olympic Committee is stepping up its “scenario planning” for the Tokyo 2020 Games — including a possible postponement — as t...

Tokyo 2020
Olympics – Ticket holders anxiously await word on Games
By Reuters, 1319, March 18, 2020 (EAT)
Holders of coveted tickets for the Tokyo Olympics are anxiously awaiting word on whether the Games will go ahead as planned, with a media report that ...

games , Olympic Games , Ticket holders
Taekwondo team upbeat as D-Day for Olympic ticket chase nears
By Philip Muchiri, 1055, February 19, 2020 (EAT)
The stage is all but set for Kenya’s quintet of Taekwondo players as they launch their hunt for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics tickets in Rabat, Morocco th...

John Kamotho , kenya , Morocco , olympics , Taekwondo
Tokyo 2020 ticket designs unveiled
By Reuters, 1213, January 15, 2020 (EAT)
The ticket designs for the Tokyo 2020 Games were unveiled by Japanese para-canoeist Monika Seryu on Wednesday as the second wave of ticket sales for t...

olympics , Tokyo 2020
Mutai, Mushai nominated for Soya honours
By Citizen Reporter, 1221, January 14, 2020 (EAT)
Vincent Mutai, who won an unprecedented three gold medals from the International Para Athletics Championships last year and the 2018 Sports Personalit...

Disability category , Samuel Mushai , Soya Awards , Vincent Mutai
Athletes to sleep on cardboard beds at Tokyo Olympics
By Reuters, 1234, January 9, 2020 (EAT)
Athletes competing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games will sleep on bed frames made from recyclable cardboard, with mattresses formed of p...

Olympic Games , Tokyo 2020
Russia challenges WADA doping ban
By Agencies, 2030, December 27, 2019 (EAT)
Russia has appealed against the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) decision to ban it from all major sporting events for four years. The ban means Rus...

doping , RUSADA , russia , WADA
Mixed results for Busia as KYISA Games kick off
By Joseph Saasia, 1142, December 17, 2019 (EAT)
Team Busia registered mixed results, winning two matches and losing one on day one of the Kenya Youth Inter-Counties Sports Association (KYISA) Games ...

Busia , KYISA Games
More Tokyo 2020 events rescheduled to beat the heat
By Reuters, 1327, December 5, 2019 (EAT)
Tokyo 2020 organisers said on Thursday two more Olympic events, the triathlon and equestrian cross-country, have been rescheduled to earlier start tim...

Olympic Games , Sapporo , Tokyo 2020
Trouble in Malkia Strikers camp in Japan
By Stanley Mativo, 1906, September 15, 2019 (EAT)
Stanley Mativo Two weeks ago, Sports Principal Secretary Kirimi Kaberia announced that complaints about delayed or unpaid allowances by all nationa...

FIVB World Cup , Malkia Strikers
Govt abandons Rwanda-bound para-volleyball team
By Stanley Mativo, 926, September 13, 2019 (EAT)
Stanley Mativo Kenya Sitting Volleyball Federation (KSVF) president Polycarp Mboya has thrown doubt on the Government’s pledge to support all nat...

KVSF , Sitting Volleyball
Sitting volleyball team confident of bagging Olympic slot in Rwanda
By Norbert Oduor, 1515, August 27, 2019 (EAT)
The Kenya women sitting volleyball head coach, Vitalis Ojuku, is confident that his team will automatically book tickets to represent Africa at the 20...

olympic qualifier , Para-volley head coach , Vitalis Ojuku
National sitting volleyball trials set for Machakos
By Evans Makokha, 1259, August 2, 2019 (EAT)
A total 17 counties have already confirmed they will send teams to Machakos for the National Trials of the sitting volleyball from August 9 to 12. ...

National Trials , Sitting Volleyball
Tokyo 2020 medal designer basks in sudden fame
By Reuters, 1122, July 25, 2019 (EAT)
Designer Junichi Kawanishi was still coming to terms with his sudden fame on Thursday, a day after his design for the medals to be awarded at the Toky...

Junichi Kawanishi , olympics , Tokyo 2020
Kioni takes on Govt after Malkia’s troubles in Kampala
By Stanley Mativo, 1623, May 24, 2019 (EAT)
The Kenya Volleyball Federation (KVF) president Waithaka Kioni has thrown doubt on the Government’s pledge to support all national teams after famil...

KVF , Malkia Strikers , Waithaka Kioni
Malkia Strikers run into hotel trouble in Kampala
By Stanley Mativo, 1206, May 21, 2019 (EAT)
The national women's volleyball team Malkia Strikers is fretting about the possibility of being held hostage in Kampala over unpaid hotel bills amount...

Malkia Strikers