Tuwei expects good show from Kenyan sprinters in Poland

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Athletics Kenya (AK) President Jackson Tuwei has challenged the Kenyan team selected for the World Relays Championships to give a good account of them...

Athletics Kenya , World Relays Championships

Juniors fired up for WU20 Trials

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Fireworks are expected when the Athletics Kenya (AK) preliminary trials for the World Under-20 Championships kicks off on Friday at the Nyayo National...

502 juniors to compete at World Under-20 trials

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Some 502 junior athletes will congregate at the Nyayo Stadium on Friday for a two-day pre-trial event for the World Under-20 Championships. The nat...

Junior athletes , nyayo stadium , Pre-trial event , World Under-20 Championships

Fabinho joins Van Dijk on Liverpool’s defensive injury list

By Reuters,

Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp suffered another injury blow with Brazilian Fabinho joining Virgil van Dijk on the sidelines after picking up a hamstr...

Fabinho , Liverpool FC , Van Dijk

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

Upcoming athletes from Coast region call for more support

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Upcoming athletes in Coast region are in dire need of help in order to realise their potential. The young athletes have showed lots of promise espe...

Athletics Kenya , coast region , Upcoming athletes

Screen players more, experts weigh in on Kenyan rugby fatalities

By Alex Kinyua,

@Alex_Kins On March 3, 2020, a dark cloud of grief engulfed the Kenyan rugby fraternity after news broke that a former international Tony Onyango Opo...

injuries , Rugby

Nyanza North plot for success in World Under-20

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Gilbert Kiprotich iin Nyanza Despite the Covid-19 crisis, athletes from Nyanza North are still holding on to their World Under-20 Championships dream...

athletes , Nyanza North , World Under-20 Championships

AK calls on government to sustain its ambitious youth camp programme

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Athletics Kenya (AK) has urged the government to sustain the youth camp programme beyond the 2020 World Under-20 Championships. Ahead of next year�...

Athletics Kenya , government , World Under-20 Championships , youth camps

Mogonga High School, the breeding ground of Kenya’s sprint talents

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Gilbert Kiprotich in Kisii Discussions bordering  on sprints in Kenya can never be complete without a mention of Mogonga High School in Kisii County...

athletes , Athletics Kenya , Camp , Haron Onchong’a , Mogonga High School , sprint

Asher-Smith seizes golden opportunity

By Reuters,

Dina Asher-Smith seized her golden opportunity to win the world championship 200 metres on Wednesday and become the first British woman to claim a glo...

Dina Asher-Smith

Kishoyan reclaims 400m title as Police dominate sprints

By Jacob Icia,

Alphas Kishoyian of Kenya Defence Forces made light work of closest challenger Alex Sampao to reclaim the National 400m men's title at the Nyayo Natio...

Alphas Kishoiyan , National Athletics Championships , Timothy Cheruiyot

Yego slams omission of coach from African Games

By Philip Muchiri,

The 2015 World javelin champion Julius Yego has raised the red flag after his coach Joseph Koech Mosonik was left out of the coaches' list for the Afr...

Julius Yego

Police Championship; records on the line, Syombua out to extend dominance

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

The national 400m record holder Hellen Syombua is keen to extend her fine form in sprints when the National Police Service Athletics Championships kic...

Hellen Syombua , Kasarani stadium. , Maximilla Imali , National Police Service Championship

Wanjiru eyes All Africa Games after Narok show

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Mercy Wanjiru said she is focused on the forthcoming trials for the All Africa Games after blazing the 5000m field at the Athletics Kenya (AK) Field a...

AK Track and Field meet , Mercy Wanjiru , NaumGlorious Chepchumba

Kenya should build on bronze medal at the World Relays -Mwaniki

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Head coach Stephen Mwaniki has said that Kenya's journey to greatness in sprints is achievable if they build on the bronze medal earned in the 4x400m ...

Hellen Syombua , Stephen Mwaniki , World Relays

Mwaniki upbeat as Kenya’s Relays team heads to Japan

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Kenya’s team for the World Relay championships slated for Yokohama, Japan on Saturday and Sunday jetted out Wednesday night ahead of the biennial ev...

IAAF World Relays

Kenyan sprinters off to USA for Penn Relays action

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Kenya’s sprinters will leave the country on Wednesday night for USA ahead of the participation in the 125th edition of Penn Relays to be held in Phi...

Penn Relays

Baringo to roll out red carpet for Cherono upon return

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

The newly crowned Boston Marathon champion Lawrence Cherono is set to receive a heroic welcome when he jets back to the country after he defied all th...

boston marathon , Lawrence Cherono , Lelisa Desisa

Degefa dominates, Cherono outsprints Desisa in Boston

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Worknesh Degefa and Lawrence Cherono won the 2019 Boston Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label road race, on Monday with utterly different race strategies. ...

boston marathon