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

WADA to continue testing ‘where possible’ amid coronavirus

By Reuters,

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on Monday that it would continue to test “where possible” while remaining in line with protocols set out ...

coronavirus , WADA

ADAK halts anti-doping programmes over coronavirus concerns

By Harold Odoro,

The Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya (ADAK) is scaling down on testing and sample collection programmes in view of aiding in the control of the coronavirus...

ADAK , doping

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...

Olympic champion Jebet banned for four years

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

World Athletics has banned Kenyan-born Bahraini Ruth Jebet for four years after failing an out-of-competition doping test conducted in Kapsabet in Dec...

doping , Ruth Jebet

Chinese swimmer Sun Yang banned for eight years

By Reuters,

China’s world and Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang was handed an eight-year ban on Friday, a sanction that rules him out of this year’s Tokyo Ga...

doping , olympics , Sun Yang , Tokyo 2020

NOC-K appoints Tokyo 2020 chief

By Agencies,

The National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOC-K) Executive Board have approved the appointment of Wangui Kibe as the Tokyo 2020 games Executive Officer...

kru , NOCK , olympics , Tokyo 2020 , Wangui Kibe

Kenyan official lands WADA role

By Matthews Mutai,

The Anti-doping Agency of Kenya (ADAK) Director of Education and Research Agnes Wanjiku Mandu has been selected to join the World Anti-Doping Agency E...

ADAK , Agnes Wanjiku Mandu , doping , WADA

Salazar link hit me financially and emotionally, says Farah

By Reuters,

Four-time Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah said he had suffered “financially and emotionally” in the fallout from his former coach Alberto Salazar ...

Alberto Salazar , Mo Farah

Obiri steeling herself for Tokyo Olympics

By Reuters,

Kenyan runner Hellen Obiri was exhausted and discouraged five months ago, after placing a disappointing fifth in the 10,000 metres race in Doha. She w...

Hellen Obiri , kenya , olympics , Tokyo

AK conducts anti-doping seminar ahead of national championship

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Athletics Kenya (AK) on Friday conducted an anti-doping seminar for all competing athletes in Saturday’s national cross-country championship to be h...

AK , Athletics Kenya , Geoffrey Kamworor , kenya police service , Ngong Race Course

Jeptoo urges athletes to take responsibility after serving doping ban

By Reuters,

Disgraced marathon champion Rita Jeptoo has resumed training after serving a four-year doping ban and urged fellow Kenyan athletes to be more vigilant...

doping , Rita Jeptoo

Kipchoge’s sub-two shoe ‘legal’ under new rules

By Reuters,

Nike said the Alphafly shoe worn by Eliud Kipchoge to break the two-hour marathon barrier would be legal under World Athletics' new rules and that wid...

Eliud Kipchoge , Nike

MWANGI: With technology, Kenya is not left behind in fight against doping

By Citizen Reporter,

Sam Mwangi Despite the dampening news of few Kenyan high-profile athletes being recently sanctioned for anti-doping transgressions, the country is pr...

ADAK , anti-doping , Athlete Blood Passport (ABP) , WADA

Nike Vaporfly shoe escapes ban

By Reuters,

Nike Vaporfly shoes used to run the world’s first sub-two hour marathon will be banned from professional sport under a landmark decision on Friday t...

Eliud Kipchoge , Nike , Nike Vaporfly

World Athletics to tighten shoe rules after controversy

By Reuters,

Athletics’ ruling body will tighten regulations governing shoe technology, two sources familiar with the matter said, after Nike’s popular Vaporfl...

Brigid Kosgei , Eliud Kipchoge , Nike , Vaporfly , World Athletics

CS Amina says govt won’t give up doping fight

By Harold Odoro,

The Cabinet Secretary for Sports and Heritage Amina Mohammed says the Government will not let up in its fight against doping following a fresh wave of...

CS Amina Mohammed , doping

Obiri chasing fifth star at KDF Cross Country

By Philip Muchiri,

World Cross Country champion Helen Obiri will be the star attraction as the Kenya Defence Forces athletes converge at the Thika Barracks on Friday for...

Hellen Obiri , Joyceline Jepkosgei , KDF Cross Country

Farah happy for WADA to re-test his samples

By Reuters,

Four-time Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah said he would gladly have any of his previous blood or urine samples re-tested as part of the World Anti-Dop...

blood-urine samples , Mo Farah , test , WADA

MWANGI: Kenya can never go the Russian way

By Citizen Reporter,

Simon Mwangi in the UK On January 14th an interesting opinion piece was penned in The Times, a UK based newspaper, by Rick Broadbent titled: “Is it...

doping , kenya , russia , Simon Mwangi