ATHLETICS

Sports Cabinet secretary Amina Mohammed on Tuesday is expected to launch the World Cross Country Tour that will be held on February 12th in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County. The CS is expected to accompoanied by Athletics Kenya president jack Tuwei among other top athletes and sports family to launch the race dubbed Agnes Jebet Tirop […]

Josephat Kiprotich and Edith Chepchuma were the winners of the second leg of Athletics Kenya Mountain running championships held today in Tinderet, Nandi County. Kiprotich won the 10km senior men’s title in 47:47 ahead of Frederick Domongole in second after timing 47:51 and Hillary Maiyo wounded the podium in 47:71. In 10km senior women, Jepchumba […]

Former world Junior 2,000m steeplechase champion Sndrafelis Chebet Tuei won the 96th edition of Sao Silvestre de Paulo 15km Road race held on Friday in Latin America. Chebet, who has dominated the cross country, road races and track retained her title she last won in 2019 following the cancellation of 2020 championships due to the […]

Ethiopian’s Ejegayehu Taye and Berihu Aregawi broke the world 5km records at the Cursa dels Nassos in Barcelona yesterday. Taye broke the women’s race that was held by Kenyan world 3,000m steeplechase record holder Beatrice Chepkoech when she clocked 14:18. The 21 year old set an Ethiopian 3000m record of 8:19.52 earlier this year, and […]

Nandi County will be hosting the second leg of Athletics Kenya (AK) Mountain Running Championship on Sunday morning. The Tinderet meeting winners will pocket kshs 50,000, with second-placed athletes getting Sh30,000. Third-placed athletes will get Sh20,000 to the 10th positions.   The event will feature senior men and women’s 10km events while junior men and […]

Kenyan Pauline Cherop Murumba has been named the Confederation of Africa Athletics (CAA) as the best official. According to the statement released by CAA, Murumba is a dedicated and enthusiastic athletics technician with many years of experience and solid credentials. “She is always very happy to offer her services to improve the quality of athletics […]

Double Olympic 5,000m silver medalist Hellen onsando Obiri will be the star artarction at the San Silvestre Vallecana race. The new year’s eve race in Madrid, Spain to open the new year on high. On Wednesday Pace Management announced on their facebook page that the two time world 5,000m champion will be in action on […]

Agnes Ng’etich Jebet and upstart Geoffrey Rono were the winners of Baringo County Athletics Cross country championships held today at the Metipso primary school. Selected results Senior men Geoffrey Rono- 29:43 Julius Kipkwony- 29:56 Musa Mitei- 29:58 10km senior women Agnes Ng’etich Jebet- 34:45 Judy Jepkemoi- 34:53 Josphine Wanjiku- 35:20. 8km junior men Ismael Kurui- […]

Olympic champion Joshua Cheptegei was the best athlete at the Firtebet Real Super Star of the year Awar held in Kololo. Cheptegei who bagged Olympic gold and silver medals in the 5,000m and 10,000m respectively was announced the winner by Rev. Can Duncan Mugumya the commissioner of physical education and sports in the Ministry of […]