SOYA: Olunga, Jepchirchir crowned Most Valuable athletes at gala

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Harambee Stars striker Michael Olunga and half marathon world record holder Peres Jepchirchir are the winners of the 2020 Outstanding Sports Personali...

2020 Soya Awards , Michael Olunga , Peres Jepchirchir

Tokyo Games delayed to 2021, easing athletes’ angst

By Reuters,

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,

The International Olympic Committee is stepping up its “scenario planning” for the Tokyo 2020 Games — including a possible postponement — as t...

Tokyo 2020

Taekwondo team upbeat as D-Day for Olympic ticket chase nears

By Philip Muchiri,

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

Mutai, Mushai nominated for Soya honours

By Citizen Reporter,

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

Mixed results for Busia as KYISA Games kick off

By Joseph Saasia,

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

Trouble in Malkia Strikers camp in Japan

By Stanley Mativo,

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,

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

National sitting volleyball trials set for Machakos

By Evans Makokha,

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

Kioni takes on Govt after Malkia’s troubles in Kampala

By Stanley Mativo,

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,

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

PHOTOS: Kenyan paralympians protest over unpaid allowances

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

The Kenya Paralympics team that took part in the fourth International Athletics Meeting held in Marrakech, Morocco from the April 23-27 is stranded at...

Paralympics , team kenya

Wrangles persist at Paralympics Committee as officials trade jabs

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

The wrangles within the Kenya National Paralympic Committee (KNPC) taken another twist with new revelations emerging that over 40 officials accompanie...

Africa Paralympics Championships , Kenya National Paralympic Committee , marrakech , Morocco , Paralympics Committe , Wrangles

Paralympian Muchai confident of good outing in Morocco

By Allen Mwazani,

Rio 2016 1,500m and 5,000m Paralympics champion Samuel Muchai will be hoping to replicate his stellar form that propelled him to the 2017 SOYA award a...

marrakech , Morocco , Paralympics champion , partially blind , Samuel Muchai

First Lady Margaret intensifies training ahead of marathon

By Agencies,

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta was on Wednesday morning joined by journalists drawn from local and international media houses for a training session as ...

First Lady , jourmalists , Marathon , Margaret Kenyatta , train

Yego eyes Gold Coast sunshine with potent Team Kenya

By Charity Wanja,

Expectations are high as the last contingent of Team Kenya departs the country on April 8 ready to conquer the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Aust...

Commonwealth Games , Gold Coast 2018 , Julius Yego , team kenya

Historic Muchai wins overall SOYA title

By Jacob Icia,

Paralympian Samuel Muchai is the Overall Sports Personality of the Year (SOYA) 2017. Muchai, who was also named Sportsman of the Year Living with ...

Obiri confident of emerging top at SOYA Awards

By Dennis Ohuru,

World 5000m champion Hellen Obiri says a look-back at her previous season gives her enough reason to believe she is in pole position to be crowned Spo...

2018 SOYA Awards , Faith Kipyegon , Hellen Obiri

Mushai eyes London glory after impressing in Trials

By Charity Wanja,

After dominating in the National Trials, two-time Paralympics Champion Samuel Mushai has his eyes firmly fixed on the forthcoming World Para Athletics...

Para-athlete , Samuel Muchai , Samuel Mushai , World Para Athletics Championships

Extreme weather cost Kenya African Para-Taekwondo title – coach

By Citizen Team,

The national Para-Taekwondo Head Coach Kolele Kahindi has blamed the extreme cold in Kigali for his team’s struggles at the Rwandan capital during t...

Para-Taekwondo