Former world 800m champion Paul Kimutai Ruto has kept his Mercedes Benz won in 1993. With 29 years, Ruto has kept the history of his prize as a story to tell the importance of running to the young generation. He won the two lap race in 1:44.71 beating then race favourite Billy Konchella to third […]
Two time Olympic Games 800m champion Caster Semenya has come out with some revelations on what she went through as a junior athlete. Speaking to HBO, the South African said that she was ordered to show her vagina to athletics officials when she was 18 to prove that she was female. Yesterday, the 31-year-old burst […]
Kenyan boxers continued to suffer at the ongoing 12th edition of IBA Women’s World Championships in Turkey. On Wednesday night a minimum of six boxers had been b beaten out of the championships: these includes the light-middleweight Lorna Kusa, minimum weight Christine Ongare, flyweight Ann Wanjiru, featherweight Beatrice Akoth, middleweight Elizabeth Akinyi and light-welter Teresia […]
Former Rotterdam Marathon champion Duncan ‘Jamaica’ Kibet has been battling with depression, attempting to commit suicide three times to evade the tribulations of this world. Popularly called Jamaica due to his beard and fluency in speaking, Kibet was the second fastest marathoner winning Rotterdam marathon in 2:04.27 but tribulations befell the man after he picked an injury. […]
South Africa’s Stephen Mokoka is the new world 50km record holder after running Nedbank Runified 50km – a World Athletics Elite Label road race – in Gqeberha. The marathon set the new world record when he clocked 2:40:13 to break the men’s world record. Given the increasing popularity of 50km road races, the decision to add the […]
Liverpool Fc defeated Chelsea on penalties to win the 2021/2022 Carabao Cup title played at the Wembley stadium today. Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga missed the last and decisive penalty, lashing his shot over the bar to hand the Reds 11-10 goals following barren draw in normal and extra time play. The Reds under Jurgen Klopp […]
World Athletics is appalled by developments in Ukraine and condemns the Russian military invasion. World Athletics president Sebastian Coe has spoken with his senior vice-president Sergey Bubka and the Ukrainian Athletics Federation and has offered whatever practical support we can give. We continue to monitor the situation carefully, but there is no reason to believe […]
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang became the first player in this century to score a hat-trick in four major leagues across Europe. The Gabonese striker scored his first hat-trick yesterday in La Liga when Barcelona defeated Valencia 4-1 at their backyard. The former Arsenal striker, who last found the net in October in the Gunners’ 3-1 win over […]
West Ham coach David Moyes has advised Kurt Zouma to focus on his football career away from the cat drama. The defender was fined with Adidas withdrawing his wages after he was filmed kicking and slapping his cat in his house and apologized following public condemnation. At 27, Zouma was encouraged by his coach Moyes […]
Barcelona was held to a draw by the visiting Napoli in the first leg of their Europa League knockout stage playoff tie on Thursday. Following the one-all draw Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez was left to rue his side’s failure to convert chances after Piotr Zielinski gave Napoli the lead in the 29th minute before Barcelona […]