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

Nairobi Under-20 Championships preps to continue

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

The preparations for the World Under-20 Championships as well as the World Athletics Continental Tour will proceed despite the postponement of the eve...

coronavirus , Nairobi World Under-20 Championships

KIPROTICH: How coronavirus is stretching the 2021 athletics calendar

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

@gil_kiprotich After months of speculation, the Olympics Games were finally, as widely expected, postponed to next year due the coronavirus pandemic....

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Heed FIFA’s directive on SDT ruling, referees implore

By Jacob Icia,

Kenyan FIFA referees have welcomed the directive by the world football governing body regarding the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) elections. On W...

FIFA , FKF , Milton Nyakundi , Nick Mwendwa , Refeeres , Richard Obare , SDT

IOC working toward July-August Olympics in 2021

By Reuters,

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is working with sports bodies to arrange a July-August window for the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and h...

olympics , Tokyo 2020

Nairobi World U20 Championships postponed

By Matthews Mutai,

The 2020 World Athletics Championships has been postponed, the global governing body announced Tuesday as major sports events continued to tumble unde...

Nairobi World Under-20 , World Under-20 Championships

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

What happens if the Tokyo Games don’t go ahead?

By CNN,

The Olympic flame arrived in Japan on Friday, marking the beginning of official celebrations for a global sporting event that could still be derailed ...

coronavirus , olympics , Tokyo Games

Coronavirus Pandemic: How KPL clubs are keeping players fit

By John Kyanda,

With the Coronavirus pandemic biting hard, sports has been adversely affected; leagues halted, major international sports championships pushed back as...

Anthony Kimani , coronavirus , Kakamega Homeboyz

Following in the footsteps of Wanjiru, Kipruto profile keeps rising

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

@gil_kiprotich When the heart-breaking news of the death of Samuel Wanjiru broke in May 15, 2011, he might have been only 18 years old but Amos Kipru...

Amos Kipruto , Samuel Wanjiru

Keen to host U20 Games, Kenya steps up security measures

By Agencies,

In the wake of coronavirus threat, security machinery in Kenya have vowed to go an extra mile to ensure all is well at all the entry points ahead of t...

coronavirus , World Under-20 Championships

Coronavirus: Hard times for athletes as AK orders shutdown of training camps

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Gilbert Kiprotich, Chief Athletics Writer Athletics Kenya has ordered all athletics training camps in the country to shut down in the wake of the bit...

Athletics Camps , Athletics Kenya , coronavirus

Coronavirus: Gremio players wear masks in on-field protest before Sao Luiz game

By Agencies,

Players from Brazilian club Gremio took to the field wearing masks on Sunday in protest at having to play a football match as fears over coronavirus g...

coronavirus , Gremio players , protest

African XC postponed over coronavirus concerns

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

The 6th African Cross-Country Championships that was slated for Lome, Togo in April 8 has been postponed over the fears of coronavirus. In a statem...

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Sports events hit by the coronavirus epidemic

By Reuters,

Here is a list of international sports events hit by the coronavirus outbreak: ITALY * All sports events have been cancelled until April 3. OLYMPIC...

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Kasarani to be closed yet again for renovations ahead of World U20

By Harold Odoro,

The Moi International Sports Centre Kasarani will for the umpteenth time be closed for renovations from Monday next week to give the facility a new lo...

Fred Muteti , Kasarani stadium. , Renovations , Sports Kenya , World U20

Amina calm ahead of Worlds despite coronavirus scare

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Sports Cabinet Secretary ambassador Amina Mohammed has reiterated that the spread of coronavirus won’t deter the preparations of the upcoming World ...

Amina Mohamed , coronavirus , World Under-20 Championships

No reprieve for Kenya in latest doping rankings

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Despite the sustained efforts to contain the doping menace, Kenya remains a hot bed of drug cheats in the latest categorisation of nations by the Worl...

Kiprop, Chebet seek to extend dominance at Nairobi AK meet

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

African Games 5000m champion Robert Kiprop and world under-20 5000m champion Beatrice Chebet are some of the star attraction expected at the second At...

Beatrice Chebet , Robert Kiprop , Sandra Chebet

Kamworor heads Kenyan team for World Half championships

By World Athletics,

Defending champion Geoffrey Kamworor and 2018 bronze medallist Pauline Kamulu will lead the Kenyan squad for the World Athletics Half Marathon Champio...

Geoffrey Kamworor , World Half Marathon Championships