The Ndakaini Half Marathon is back after a three-year hiatus – the Ndakaini Dam Environment Conservation Association (NDEKA), the organizers of the event, have announced today. The annual half marathon, popular for its challenging terrain and fundraising efforts towards the conservation of the Ndakaini Dam, makes its return having been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled in favour of double 800m Olympic champion Caster Semenya in a case involving testosterone levels in female athletes. The 32-year-old South African was born with differences of sexual development (DSD) and is not allowed to compete in events between 400m and a mile without taking testosterone-reducing drugs. […]
Reigning Commonwealth Games 100m champion Ferdinand Omanyala will lead team Kenya at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. The Africa 100m champion won the 100m at 9.86 seconds as Athletics Kenya National Trials came to an end today at Nyayo stadium. The Africa 100m record holder will be the only Kneyan to compete in […]
Two-time Olympic and world 1500m champion Faith Kipyegon won the 5,000m title to book for the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary set for August 19-27. The double world record holder won the 5,000m title to increase her chances of doubling up at the championships in bith 1,500m and 5,000m after clocking 14:53.90 to win […]
Double Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon is the Sports Personality of the month of June 2023. The middle distance runner shattered two World Records in a span of one week, during the month of June, a feat that no sports personality would match. She set the women’s 1500 metres world record, clocking 3:49.11 at the third […]
Commonwealth Games 5,000m champion Beatrice Chebet will be eyeing the world Athletics title set for next month in Budapest Hungary. Speaking after winning the 5,000m title at the Stockholm Diamond League yesterday, the world cross country champion Chebet said he will be chasing the title to reclaim it after winning the race in 14:36.52. The world […]
Kenyan marathoner Titus Ekiru has been provisionally suspended by Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for the presence of a prohibited substances (Triamcinolone Acetonide and metabolite; Pethidine and metabolite). The AIU said on Monday that the 31-year-old marathoner faces two charges for doping and two more for tampering. The sixth-fastest marathoner of all time, Ekiru now faces a […]
kenyan Rodah Tanui and Japanese Naoki Koyama were the winners of the Gold Coast marathon held today in Australia. Women top ten Men Results
Robert Kipkemboi and Naomi Jebet were the winners of the second edition of Nairobi City Marathon. Kipkemboi won the men’s title in 2:07:38 followed by Charles Mneria (2:08:04) Former Kass International marathon champion Jebet won the women title at 2:24:33 ahead of Sharlon Chelimo who settled for second in 2:25:20 and Judith Jerubet completed the […]
Uganda’s Maxwell Rotich and Gladys Chepkurui were the winners in the half marathon race at the second edition of Nairobi City Marathon held today in Nairobi, Kenya. Rotich stunned home boys to win in 1:00:10 to win the race ahead of Kenya’s Vincent Kipkorir- 1:01:18 while Kennedy Kimutai finished third in 1:01:24. In the women’s […]