Olympic medalist Jepkirui suspended for doping

By Philip Muchiri,

Eunice Jepkirui Kirwa has become the second Kenya-born Bahraini to be handed suspension from athletics for doping after 3000m steeplechase Olympic cha...

Jemimah Sumgong

Ex-Team Kenya manager Rotich banned from athletics for 10 years

By Agencies,

The former head of Kenya's track and field team Major Michael Rotich has been banned from athletics for 10 years. An IAAF ethics panel found Major ...

Major Michael Rotich

SJAK names Paralympian Mutai April’s finest

By Agencies,

Sports Journalists Association of Kenya (SJAK) has honored Paralympian Vincent Mutai with the Sports Personality Award for April 2019. Mutai took t...

Paralympian , SJAK , Sports Personality , StarTimes , Vincent Mutai

Obiri leads strong Prefontaine Classic field

By Stephen Kiprop,

World 5000m champion Hellen Obiri highlights top entries for the Prefontaine classic at the Eugene/Stanford IAAF Diamond League slated for June 30. ...

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

Semenya to contest 3,000 metres at Prefontaine Classic

By Reuters,

Caster Semenya will compete in the 3,000 metres at the Diamond League’s Prefontaine Classic in Stanford, California on June 30, a distance she can r...

Caster Semenya , Diamond League , Prefontaine Classic

Kiprop lays it all bare in first ever interview after tweets uproar

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Three-time World 1500m champion Asbel Kiprop has hailed the Inspector General (IG) of Police Hillary Mutyambai for the big role he played when he was ...

Doping ban , EPO , IAAF , IG Hillary Mutyambai f , tweets

Yego to kick-off vigorous campaign

By Philip Muchiri,

Former World Javelin champion Julius Yego is set to kick off a vigorous campaign in order to return to the helm of Javelin throwing in the World. Y...

athletics , IAAF Diamond League , Jakub Vadlejch , Julius Yego

Marathon coach Cheromei backs Kenya to shine at World Championship

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Marathon coach Joseph Cheromei is adamant the selected Kenyan marathon team will shine in the World Championships due later this year in Doha despite ...

IAAF World Championships

Kenya kicks off Tokyo 2020 Olympic tour

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Kenya began its official tour of the Japanese City Kurume on Tuesday ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The Kenyan delegation led by Athletics ...

Olympic Games , Tokyo 2020

Hormonal regulation latest effort in promoting fairness in sport

By Agencies,

The athletics world continues to make headlines with recent rules affecting female runners that are designed to decrease naturally high testosterone l...

Caster Semenya , Court of Arbitration for Sport's (CAS) , Margaret Nyairera Wambui

Doping – WADA close to deciding on new president

By Reuters,

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) could have chosen a new president by Tuesday with Poland’s Witold Banka, a former middle distance runner, and Ma...

ew president , Witold Banka , World Anti-Doping Agency

South African gov’t instructs athletics body to appeal Semenya decision

By Reuters,

The South African government said on Monday it was “instructing” the country’s athletics governing body to appeal against the Court of Arbitrati...

Appeal , Caster Semenya , Court of Arbitration for Sport , South African government

Mutai, Jepkosgei hail relay team for bagging bronze at Championship

By Philip Muchiri,

Despite returning home with only a bronze medal to show from this year’s IAAF World Relays Championship in Yokohama, Japan, Kenya’s athletes recei...

bronze , JAPAN , World Relays Championship , Yokohama

Egoji crowned Eastern Intercollegiate Athletics champions

By Martin Mwenda,

Egoji TTC were crowned the Kenya Teachers Colleges Association Eastern athletics champions after securing 403 points to top the annual Intercollegiate...

Egoji TTC , Kenya Teachers Colleges Association , Kigari TTC

Manangoi season target is another gold at Worlds

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Elijah Manangoi has said his main target for the year is to successfully defend his World 1500m title at the IAAF World Championships in Doha, Qatar l...

Elijah Manangoi , IAAF World Championships

Kipchoge to defend Olympic Marathon title

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Eliud Kipchoge has said he will defend his Olympic title at the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo after he passed the chance to win a first World title over ...

Eliud Kipchoge , INEOS159

D-Day for DSD athletes after IAAF clampdown

By Reuters,

Athletes with differences in sexual development (DSD) hoping to compete at the World Championships must submit to new rules curbing their levels of te...

Caster Semenya , differences in sexual development , DSD , IAAF

Kiplagat, Kirui highlight marathon team for World Championships

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

World marathon champion Geoffrey Kirui and two-time world marathon champion highlight the Kenyan marathon team for the World Championships slated for ...

Amos Kipruto , Edna Kiplagat , Ernest Ngeno , Geoffrey Kirui , Kenyan marathon team , Laban Korir , World Championships

Olympic chief sympathises with Semenya, respects CAS decision

By Reuters,

Olympic chief Thomas Bach said on Saturday he had sympathy for Caster Semenya but respected the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)’s decision that...

Caster Semenya , Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) , Olympic chief Thomas Bach , testosterone