Former Kenya Amateur Matchplay champion Isaac Makokha became the first Kenyan to win a Deaflympic Games medal. The deaf golfer Makokha won bronze medal at the ongoing Deaflympic Games in Caxias do Sul, Brazil after beating Germany international Guldan Nico.
Kenya Rugby Union (KRU) has parted ways with Shujaa, the national rugby sevens team head coach Innocent Simiyu. A statement from the union indicated that the Simiyu had a mutual agreement and will be replaced by Briton Damian McGath who will guide the team for two years. Macgath is supposed to lead the sevens team […]
Reigning Commonwealth Games bronze medalist Christine Ongare and Lorna Kusa have been bundled out of the ongoing IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships in Istanbul Turkey. Ongare lost to the reigning World championships silver medalist Hanna Okhota from Ukraine 5-0 points last night while Kusa lost to Kazakhstan’s Valentina Khalzova. Ongare and Kusa were making their […]
Sharon Jeptarus Bitok clinched silver at the ongoing 24th edition of Deaflympics Games in Caxias Do Sul, Brazil. Bitok’s silver in the 1,500m increased Kenya’s medal tally to 10 with two gold, four silver, and four bronze. After scooping 17 medals in the last edition in Samsun, Kenya team is expected to increase their medal […]
Former world cross country champion Agnes Tirop’s suspected murder husband Ibrahim Kipkemboi Rotich has been denied bail. The Eldoret High Court today denied a bail to Rotich who is suspected of murdering track mistress who won two bronze medals at the world championships in 10,000m Justice Reuben Nyakundi ruled today that it was not yet […]
Kenya national women’s Deaf basketball team coach Mary Chepkoi says exposing the girls to intense matches is the only way to improving their performance. The team Tuesday May 10, 2022 lost 79-34 to Italy at the quarterfinals stage of the 24th Summer Deaflympics 2021 Games in Caxias Do Sul, Brazil. Previously at the group stage, […]
Kenya’s top Deaf golfer Isaac Makokha remains in contention for medal in the ongoing 24th Deaflympics in Caxias Do Sul, Brazil despite exiting in the semifinals. He will now face off with Guldan Nico of Germany in the bronze play off Caxias Golf Club. He lost to German John Allen. Allen is the World champion […]
Four Kenyans will be in action at the ongoing IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships in Istanbul today. The four are flyweight Ann Wanjiru, featherweight Beatrice Akoth, middleweight Elizabeth Akinyi and promising light-welter Teresia Wanjiru. Experienced Wanjiru, the gold medalist in Zone 3 tournament who will face Italy’s 2019 European Games silver medallist Assunta Canfora. Wanjiru […]
Johana Erot wants to keep the 3,000m steeplechase legacy as he prepares to compete for Kenya at the 2022 World under 20 championships in Cali, Colombia. The 17-year old runner who benefited from the Athletics Kenya under 20 training camps, based at the Kamoi secondary school in Elgeyo Marakwet County said he was disappointed when […]
Establish measures that will lead to the teams growth Kenya national women’s Deaf football team coach Ben Bella is calling for the establishment of proper measures to develop the side. They were Monday May 9, 2022, eliminated from the 24th Summer Deaflympics in Caxias Do Sul in Brazil without registering a single win. In their […]