Former Chicago marathon champion Abel Kirui will be returning to the South Korea for this year’s Daegu Marathon set for Sunday 2nd April.The two time World marathon champion will be returning to the course after 14 years to compete againt, the course that he won the world marathon title in 2009.“After finishing 5th at the […]
Yesterday, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) provisionally suspended Esther Macharia after testing psitive for doping.Machairia tested positive for Testosterone, by boosting the muscle mass and strength, endurance levels and faster recovery from injuries. Macharia timed 2:45:08 to win the Singapore Marathon in December last year, following on from her fourth-place finish at the Grandma’s Marathon […]
Athletes gathering in Eldoret in a consultative meeting with Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) and Athletics Kenya (AK) told the leaders that they should be celebrated once they win in any race without any doubt. Led by world marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge, double Olympic Games 1,500m champion Faith Kipyegon, former world javelin champion Julius Yego […]
Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya (ADAK) has banned former Africa 10,000m champion Alice Aprot for violating anti–doping rules.Aprot, the former world championships has been battling with Sports Dispute Tribunal (SDT) but her ban was upheld.ADAK had filed an application at the SDT on August 12, 2022, bringing charges against Aprot whom they had busted for the […]
Former national 20km race walk champion Erick Shikuku, Kenneth Mburu and double Africa Masters championships gold medalists Regina Mulatya won medals for Team kenya at the ongoing World Indoor Athletics Championships in Torun, Poland.Shikuku won the 300m race walk title while Mburu was victorious in men’s cross country race winning the 8km title in 25:32.07 […]
Amanal Petros and Matea Parlov Kostro were crowned the winners of today’s ADAC Marathon Hannover.Running on flat course, the German record holder attacked the course when Patrols won the men’s title in a course record of 2:07.02 failing to lower his national record of 2:06:27.Patrols was followed closely by Kenyan Dennis Chrichr who ran his […]
Former Africa bronze medalist Christine Ongare has been eliminated from the ongoing IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships in New Delhi, India. The former Commonwealth Games bronze medalist Ongare fell to Turkey’s Erivan Barut in the pre-quarters at the Jadhav Indoor Hall today in the minimum-weight encounter. Hit Squad coach Benjamin Musa termed the referee’s decision […]
Athletics Kenya has called postponed the planned Confederation of Africa Athletics (CAA) under 20/18 trials that set for Friday and Saturday at the Nyayo national stadium. The federation today, in a statement said that the trials are considered a World Athletics Competition and must therefore be held in a standard stadium, Kasarani and Nyayo in […]
Bungoma County Commander Francis Emalach Kooli will captain a twenty three member of athletes and five officials as Kenya make their debut at year’s World Indoor Masters Championships set for March 24-April 1 in Torun, Poland. The team that is expected to leave the country on Tuesday evening for the Polish City promising top medals […]
Betty Chepkwony won the Rome Marathon held today in Rome, Italy. The 28 year old Kenyan won the race in 2:23.01 ahead of Ethiopia’s Fozya Jemal and Zinash Getachew in 2:25.08 and 2:25.58 respectively. The race course record of 2:22.52 that was set in 2019 by Ethiopia’s Alemu Megertu remains standing. Allam edged out Kenyans Wilfred […]