With current crop runners earning from their career, former Boston marathon winner Sharon Cherop has advised them to invest wisely. Speaking in Kapcherop Girls, Cherop said their earnings should be well spent to avoid crying in future. Full report https://www.the-star.co.ke/sports/athletics/2020-06-15-invest-well-cherop-advises-budding-athletes/
Winny Kosgey will be running a virtual Ottawa 10km road race in the North Rift on Tuesday. The race that was postponed due to coronavirus, failed to travel to Canada just like others across the world. However, she will still run the Ottawa 10km race, and has the possibility of bagging prize money. Virtual running […]
Kenyan midfielder Francis Kahata joined his Tanzanian club Simba SC ahead of Tanzanian league restart following the suspension due to coronavirus. The Harambee Stars player joined the Tanzanian side a year ago, travelled yesterday to Tanzania for the league following the announcement by President John Magufuli that allowed all sporting activities to resume this month […]
Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge and Berlin marathon champion Kenenisa Bekele are set to battle in the Virtual Marathon Relay in June. According to BBC, Kipchoge from Kenya, Bekele of Ethiopia will be joined by Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei and world half marathon record holder. The race is set to be run between June 7th and […]
Olympic Games 1,500m silver medalist Nancy Chelang’at Koech was born blind but her brother, now her guide Geoffrey Rotich advised her to take on athletics. Through that she has made a name for herself in the athletics world competing in T11 Koech wants to break her time in 1,500m. Full Report https://www.the-star.co.ke/sports/athletics/2020-05-19-koech-hopeful-of-breaking-the-record-despite-covid-19/
Professional athletes who are experiencing financial hardship due to the coronavirus pandemic will be able to register for a one-off welfare grant from today until May 31. Two weeks ago World Athletics and the International Athletics Foundation (IAF) announced that a Sh54 million welfare fund had been created to support professional athletes who have lost a substantial […]
Former Cecafa secretary general Nicholas Musonye will be chasing the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) presidential post when elections will be recalled. The veteran football administrator will be facing off with incumbent Nick Mwendwa as well as former chairman Sam Ntamweya. Musonye led CECAFA for 21 years who said: “There is no doubt about my experience […]
When the International Paralympics Committee (IPC) changed his T46 category, Paralympian Abraham Tarbei almost gave up running but his resilience kept him going, changing into marathon. He made his debut at Nairobi Standard Chartered marathon finishing 10th, running with normal athletes, which was his achievement. Full report https://www.the-star.co.ke/sports/athletics/2020-05-13-paralympian-tarbei-keen-to-leave-a-mark-in-marathon/
Kenya National Football Coaches Association (Kenfoca) chairman Robert Matano has called on Football Kenya Federation (FKF) to allow the association to vet foreign tacticians before they are allowed to handle the national team and league clubs. According to Daily Nation, Kenfoca, which was recently registered, is an independent entity that comprises elite coaches. It is […]
Sports cabinet secretary Amina Mohammed has defended the move that Olympic marathon champion is distributing food to North Rift regions only in the fight against coronavirus pandemic. “We are happy to collaborate with Eliud Kipchoge in extending the Sports Covid-19 stimulus and food programme to athletes in the North Rift region. We are targeting at […]