Betty Chelangat won 3,000m gold for Kenya at the World Under 20 Athletics Under-20 Championships in Cali, Colombia. As Chelangat ran to victory, her compatriot Nancy Cherop won bronze medal in the opening day of the championships, to retain the last year’s title won by Teresiah Muthomni Gateri with Zenah Jemutai settling for silver at […]
Kenya missed out the opportunity to retain the 5,000m title at the ongoing world under 20 Athletics championships in Cali, Colombia. Samuel Kibathi and Nelson Mandela finished sixth and eighth respectively in the final to fail to retain the title last won by Benson Kiplangat in kasarani. Kibathi fell in the last few metres coming timing […]
Nelly Chepchirchir and Everlyne Chepkoech qualified to compete at the 800m semifinals set for Wednesday in the opening day of World Athletics Under-20 Championships in Cali, Colombia. The national 800m champion, Chepchirchir won in heat one after commanding the race to cross the line timing 2:06.66 ahead of Veronica Sadek from Slovakia (2:07.10) and Veera […]
Reigning world under 20 3,000m steeplechase bronze medalist Faith Cherotich and Agnes Tirop Memorial Memorial under 18 champion Pamela Kosgei qualified to compete at the finals of 3,000m steeplechase at the opening day of World Athletics Under-20 Championships in Cali, Colombia Cherotich won the second heat in 9:38.18 ahead of Ethiopia’s Meseret Yeshaneh in 9:41.99 […]
Raymond Cheruiyot and Daniel Kimaiyo qualified to compete at the 1,500m finals during the opening day of World Under 20 Athletics championships in Cali, Colombia today. Cheruiyot won the second heat in 3:40.96 beating Vivien Henz (3:45.04) and Canadian Max Davies was third in 3:45.55 Kimaiyo won the first heat in 3:42.49 ahead of Ethiopia’s […]
Home junior golfer Mwathi Gicheru and Windsor’s junior Kanana Muthomi have been named winners of the 14th and last leg of the Safaricom Golf Tour junior tournament held at the Royal Nairobi Golf Club on Sunday. With only three years in golf, the eleven-year-old Gacheru carded 77 points to emerge the best boy of the tournament. […]
Kenyan Muqtadir Nimji has advanced to play in quarterfinals in squash at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in England. Nimji defeated Virgin Island’s Luca Reich 3-0 to advance when he made it easy, after qualifying to the club games following his walk-over against Emma Keane from Bermuda The win has seen Muqtadir Nimji and his […]
Reigning Africa Senior Athletics championships 100m champion Ferdinand Omanyala will be lighting up Alexander Stadium as track and field events kicks off tomorrow. The Africa 100m record holder who lost at the World Athletics championships in the semifinals, will have to prove his worth as the eighth fastest man of all time in the 100m […]
Kenya defeated Sri Lanka to qualify into the quarterfinals in men’s 3×3 basketball at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. The Zadock Adika coached side beat Scotland 15-14, Sri Lanka 21-18 and Canada 12-15 and 15-14 against Scotland to pull out of pool A as leaders to make it to the quarterfinals. Team captain, […]
Perfect team Kenya retained their Victoria Cup, the Kenya and Uganda golf championships that came to an end today at the par 72 Limuru golf club. Kenya beat Uganda 7-3 in the final round singles matches to clinch the Victoria Cup with a resounding 21-5. Taking home advantage Kenyans Ebill Omolo, Sammy Mulama, Dennis Maara, […]