Nairobi — Newly-crowned Copenhagen Half Marathon champion Edward Cheserek admits he was surprised by his win in the Danish capital on Sunday. The United States-based Kenyan has been in a lacklustre form on the road this year but put in a virtuoso performance to win the men’s 21km race in 59:11. Fellow countryman, Bernard Koech, […]
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Nairobi — The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has slapped Kenyan distance runner Agnes Jeruto Barsosio, the 2022 nairobi City Marathon winner, with a five-year ban for inconsistencies in her Athlete Biological Passport (ABP) following blood tests conducted on her in a nine-year period. The sanction was supposed to have been six years, four for the […]
Nairobi — Beatrice Chepkoech earned a second World Record stripe to her name after setting a new 2,000m steeplechase world best at the Boris Hanzekovic Memorial, a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting Chepkoech who paced Faith Kipyegon to her 5,000m World Record in Paris earlier on this year seemed to have rubbed off some […]
Nairobi — Commonwealth Games champion Ferdinand Omanyala wiped off the disappointment of finishing seventh at the World Championships with an assured win at the Zagreb Continental Gold Tour on Sunday night. Omanyala clocked an impressive 9.94 seconds to win the race ahead of Jamaican Oblique Seville and Olympic Champion Marcell Jacobs respectively. The Kenyan had […]
Nairobi — Recently crowned 800m World Champion Mary Moraa has announced she will not be competing in the Brussels leg of the Diamond League on Friday night, despite her name appearing on the start sheet. Moraa who was to run the 400m in Belgium announced on her socials that she had not travelled for the […]
Nairobi — Nicholas Kimeli has admitted that he was bitter with his performance at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, but says he is working to rub it off his mind and focus on what’s ahead. Kimeli was a man on form heading to Budapest and he expected to get a medal in at least […]
Nairobi — Kenyan athletics stars will descend in Zurich, Switzerland for the Zurich leg of the Diamond League, just days after the conclusion of the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Here is the rundown of the Kenyan athletes and the times in which they will be competing in Zurich. 9:23pm – Women’s steeplechase Budapest […]
Addis Ababa, — The Ethiopian athletics delegation has received a hero’s welcome upon arrival at the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport early this morning. The team, which registered an impressive results at the 19th World Athletics Championships, was welcomed by senior government officials including Culture and Sport Minister, Kejela Merdasa, Foreign Affairs State Minister, Ambassador […]
Budapest, Hungary — Commonwealth champion Beatrice Chebet says the entrance of Faith Kipyegon in 5000m race has motivated her to go extra-mile, promising to unleash her full potential at next year’s Paris Olympics. Chebet had to contend with playing second fiddle to Faith Kipyegon at the recently concluded World Championships in Budapest, returning 4:53.88 while […]
Nairobi — The government will this week announce a new reward scheme for sportsmen, Sports Principal Secretary Eng. Peter Tum has said, as the country looks to ensure those who perform well are appreciated handsomely. Tum says that the government has been working on a policy that will see all top achievers get rewarded, commensurate […]
Nairobi — Mary Moraa became the third Kenyan to win the 800m women’s title at the World Athletics Championships when she ran a super calculative race in Budapest to edge out defending champion Athing Mu of the United States. Moraa upgraded her bronze from Eugene last year to gold, with a massive personal best, timing […]
Budapest — Kenya topped the continent and finished fifth in the globe as the 2023 World Athletics Championships came to a close in Budapest, Hungary. With the ‘dancing queen’ Mary Moraa delivering the last gold for Kenya in the women’s 800m, the East Africa nation athletics power house scooped a total of 10 medals; 3 […]
Budapest — Kenya’s Mary Moraa has for the first time opened up on how she uses her post-race jig to offer her fans bonus entertainment. Strutting her stuff on the track in the wake of her maiden 800m World Championships gold in Budapest, Moraa became a darling of fans for her dance moves moments after […]
Nothing good ever happened by chance. This is a crude lesson for the bosses at Athletics South Africa who sent a highly unprepared team of athletes to the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Hopes of any medals were dashed on Thursday night when Wayde Van Niekerk, the doyen of SA athletics failed to secure a […]
With just days left until the 2023 Tusker Lite Rwenzori marathon set for September 2 in Kasese, title sponsors Uganda Breweries Limited were on Wednesday joined by other partners at their head offices in Luzira to unveil this year’s marathon kit. The kit is designed to offer runners an ultimate experience and includes a t-shirt, […]
Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL) has unveiled the official kit for this year’s Tusker Lite Rwenzori Marathon, ahead of the highly anticipated event scheduled for September 2, in Kasese. UBL Managing Director Mr. Andrew Kilonzo officially unveiled the kit with other marathon partners at the Uganda Breweries Limited Grounds in Luzira on Wednesday afternoon. At the […]
President Paul Kagame has challenged athletes to report sports administrators who mistreat them while they are representing the country. Kagame was addressing more than 2,000 youths from different parts of the country during the 10-year anniversary of YouthConnekt at the Intare Conference Arena, Rusororo. The President slammed sports federation officials who put their egos and […]
Team SA is still hunting for its first medal after five days of competition in the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. But the team remains hopeful that its run of bad luck will end on day six, Thursday, when Wayde van Niekerk competes in the 400m finals. The world record holder is now among […]