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Athletics: Team Kenya begins bubble training at Kasarani
By Gilbert Kiprotich,
948, March 2, 2021 (EAT)
Team Kenya's athletics is the first team to go into bubble camp that will last for two weeks at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani as pre...
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Olympics: Tokyo 2020 committee to pick at least 11 women to join board
By Reuters,
1511, February 27, 2021 (EAT)
The Tokyo Olympic Organising Committee is expected to add at least 11 women to its board as it expands the panel to 45 from 35, Fuji Network News (FNN...
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Semenya takes testosterone case to human rights court
By Agencies,
1635, February 25, 2021 (EAT)
Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya will appeal to the European Court of Human Rights against the restriction of testosterone levels in female runner...
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Tokyo 2020 organisers warn against big gatherings during torch relay
By Reuters,
1339, February 25, 2021 (EAT)
The Tokyo Olympic Organising Committee said on Thursday they could suspend the upcoming torch relay should big gatherings raise coronavirus infection ...
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Tokyo 2020 launches new gender equality team
By Reuters,
1607, February 24, 2021 (EAT)
The new president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics organising committee said on Wednesday that it had set up a gender equality team and aimed to boost the p...
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Malkia Strikers to hit camp in March ahead of Olympics
By Stanley Mativo,
1605, February 19, 2021 (EAT)
National women’s volleyball team, Malkia Strikers, will hit the camp next month for the preparations of the rescheduled 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. T...
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Kipchoge to return to Hamburg
By Gilbert Kiprotich,
1514, February 18, 2021 (EAT)
World marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge will be making a return to Hamburg, the place where he made his marathon debut for the NN Mission Marathon...
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Kenya bemoans cancellation of Olympic boxing qualifiers
By Mkalla Wa Mwambodze,
1634, February 17, 2021 (EAT)
Kenya national boxing team coach Musa Benjamin has slammed the International Olympic Committee’s decision to scrap the final boxing qualifying event...
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Tokyo Olympics chief Mori quits over sexist remarks
By Reuters,
1055, February 12, 2021 (EAT)
Tokyo 2020 Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori resigned on Friday and again apologised for his sexist remarks that sparked a global outcry, leaving the troubl...
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Tokyo 2020’s Mori to quit as he vows to end controversy
By Reuters,
1429, February 11, 2021 (EAT)
The president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics organising committee, Yoshiro Mori, will resign over a sexist remark that sparked an outcry, two sources said...
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IOC condemns Tokyo Games chief’s comments
By Agencies,
1028, February 10, 2021 (EAT)
Comments made about women by Yoshiro Mori, the head of the Tokyo Olympics organising committee, were "absolutely inappropriate", the International Oly...
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Tens of thousands sign petition against Tokyo Games chief after sexist comments
By Reuters,
2021, February 5, 2021 (EAT)
A petition calling for action against Yoshiro Mori, head of the Tokyo Olympics organizing committee who caused an uproar with sexist comments, gathere...
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Shujaa, Lionesses squads for Spain tourney named
By Alex Kinyua,
1729, February 5, 2021 (EAT)
The Kenya Rugby Union (KRU) has named Shujaa and Lionesses squads that will travel to Spain ahead of the invitational Madrid Sevens tournament. Shu...
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Olympic cancellation would be a ‘tragedy’ – AK chief Tuwei
By Kiprotich Kimetto,
1436, February 5, 2021 (EAT)
The Athletics Kenya (AK) president Jackson Tuwei has said cancellation of the Olympics would cast a huge mental burden upon athletes as he backed the ...
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Lionesses’ Chanjira hails NOCK sponsorship ahead of Olympics
By John Kyanda,
1646, February 4, 2021 (EAT)
Kenya Lioness vice captain Sheila Chanjira has hailed the sponsorship by Kenya Charity sweepstake as a huge boost to the team's morale as they prepare...
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Tokyo Olympics chief retracts sexist comments, refuses to resign
By Reuters,
1231, February 4, 2021 (EAT)
Tokyo Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori on Thursday apologised for sexist comments about women talking too much, but said he would not resign, even as his r...
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Tokyo 2020 member says Games going ahead ‘is up to U.S.’
By Reuters,
1712, January 27, 2021 (EAT)
Whether the beleaguered Tokyo Olympics begin as planned this July could come down to support from the United States and its new president, the Wall St...
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World Athletics chief Coe confident Olympics will go ahead
By Reuters,
1946, January 22, 2021 (EAT)
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said there is “an absolute, cast iron determination” to deliver the Tokyo Olympics and the arrival of COVI...
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Japan stands firm on Olympic Games schedule, denies report of cancellation
By Reuters,
1127, January 22, 2021 (EAT)
Japan stood firm on Friday on its commitment to host the Tokyo Olympics this year and denied reports of a possible cancellation but the pledge looks u...
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Tokyo 2020 chief expects vaccine rollout to aid Games
By Reuters,
1033, January 22, 2021 (EAT)
Six months from the start of the rearranged Olympics, Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto is cautiously hopeful that successful rollouts of COVID-19 vaccines ...
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