Articles by Philip Muchiri

Hellen Obiri en route to her 5000m African title in Asaba (PHOTO/IAAF/Bob Ramsak)

Obiri says use of wild cards ‘not a good idea’

1052, February 21, 2019 (EAT)

World 5000m champion Helen Obiri has urged Athletics Kenya (AK) to reconsider their decision to include wild card selection for athletes who will take...

Kenya's Elijah Motonei Manangoi celebrates winning the final of the men's 1500m athletics event at ...

Itching Manangoi can’t wait to go as X-Country D-Day nears

1205, February 20, 2019 (EAT)

It will be a different ball game for World 1,500m champion Elijah Manangoi as he aims to represent Kenya for the first time in the World Cross Country...

Legend Kadenge grapples with huge hospital bill

1232, February 18, 2019 (EAT)

The family of hospitalised football legend Joe Kadenge is grappling with a huge hospital bill accrued at the Nairobi Hospital where the 83-year-old-le...

Edward Zakayo (L) and Stanley Waithaka celebrate finishing 5000m men in 1 and 2 positions during the ...

Waithaka to lead Central onslaught at National XC

1019, February 14, 2019 (EAT)

World U20 5000m silver medalist Stanley Waithaka Mburu will lead the Central Kenya onslaught during this year’s Athletics Kenya National Cross Count...

(FILE)AFC Leopards Chairman Dan Mule. Photo/Stafford Ondego/Sportpicha

I’m ready to work with Rescue Committee, says Leopards boss Mule

1200, February 13, 2019 (EAT)

AFC Leopards chairman Dan Mule has pledged to work with the recently constituted Rescue Committee in order to help improve the club’s performance. ...

Kenya's Malkia Strikers celebrate their historic 3-0 wn over Kazakhstan at the FIVB World Championships ...

Malkia Strikers face tough draw in Olympic qualifiers

1037, February 12, 2019 (EAT)

The national women’s volleyball team Malkia strikers, faces an uphill task to qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan on their first hurd...

Africa Race walking queen, Grace Wanjiru and king, Samuel Gathimba after sealing the Kenyan double ...

Star race-walker Gathimba welcomes proposed IAAF changes

1240, February 9, 2019 (EAT)

Two-time Africa Athletics Championship 20km race walking gold medalist Samuel Gathimba has welcomed the proposed changes in the walking event. In a...

Big names parade for Cross Country race

1313, January 22, 2019 (EAT)

A battle of the titans is on the cards at the 28th edition of the Discovery Cross Country race set for Sunday at the Eldoret Sports Club, as upcoming ...

KSSA boss Orero attributes SOYA fete to U-16 football success

1422, January 14, 2019 (EAT)

The successful hosting of the 2018 Africa Under-16 football champions in Nakuru was the key factor to Kenya Secondary Sports Association (KSSSA) winni...

Promising Zakayo highlights 2019 targets, aims at improved performance

1618, January 13, 2019 (EAT)

The 2018 Safaricom Sports Personality of the Year most promising athlete Edward Zakayo believes he will build on the successes he realized last year t...

(L-R) Bronze medallist Kenya's Amos Kirui, gold medallist Kenya's Conseslus Kipruto and silver medallist Kenya's ...

Year in Review: Kenya’s podium sweep in 3,000m steeplechase highlights C’W

1926, December 31, 2018 (EAT)

Philip Muchiri After a horrendous outing at the Rio Olympics Games in 2016, Kenya went to the Commonwealth Games in 2018 not only bullish...

Kenya holds her collective breath ahead of IAAF awards

1109, December 3, 2018 (EAT)

The world athletics governing body IAAF will tomorrow feat the 2018 top performers at a glamours gala night in Monaco. Kenya will be hoping to bag ...

Bett, Obiri rule AK Cross County in Nyandarua

1504, December 1, 2018 (EAT)

Defending champion Emmanuel Bett and the World 5,000m champion Hellen Obiri are the champions of the second Athletics Kenya Cross Country event held a...

Athletes race during the National Cross Country Championship at Uhuru Gardens in Nairobi, Kenya on ...

AK Cross Country series heads to Nyandarua County

1034, November 30, 2018 (EAT)

The second meet of the Athletics Kenya (AK) Cross Country season heads to Ol Kalau in Nyandarua County on Saturday, December 1 2018. The meet start...

Benjamin Limo wins the men's 5000m gold at Helsinki 2005. (PHOTO/IAAF)

Why former World champion Benjamin Limo quit AK job

1430, October 31, 2018 (EAT)

Persistent allegations of corruption levelled against Athletics Kenya (AK) in 2015 forced Benjamin Limo into stepping out of sports administration, th...

Janeth Jepkosgei waves at the crowd after completing a race. PHOTO/André Zehetbauer from Schwerin, ...

I will be back soon, declares 800m ace Jepkosgei

1145, October 16, 2018 (EAT)

Former women 800m World Champion Janeth Jepkosgei is set to return to the track after an extended maternity break since 2016. Jepkosgei, who announ...

Elite athletes (L to R) Eliud Kipchoge, Brimin Kipruto, Augustine Choge and Abel Kirui listen ...

Eliud Kipchoge to AK: Bring x-country trials home

1254, October 15, 2018 (EAT)

Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge has urged Athletics Kenya (AK) to spread out national events across the country instead of hosting them exclusively in...

Chebet, Kipruto win Cross Country Championship

1518, October 13, 2018 (EAT)

Rhenox Kipruto and Sandra Chebet overcame hot weather to win the 10th edition of the Isaiah Kiplagat Ndalaat Gaa Cross Country Championshi...

Ndalat Gaa champion Sandra Felis Chebet wins 10km senior women

Champs Kipkorir, Chebet to lead Ndalat assault

1135, October 11, 2018 (EAT)

Defending champions Noah Kipkorir and Sandra Chebet will lead more than 3,500 athletes expected in this year’s Ndalaat Gaa Cross country set for Nda...

Dream to build ultra modern stadium in Vihiga still on – Ottichilo

1326, August 21, 2018 (EAT)

A disagreement on where to build a state-of-the art stadium in Vihiga County has delayed the process for more than a year. County Governor Wilberfo...