New dates for the 18th edition of Nairobi Standard Chartered marathon have been announced today with numerous changes aimed at fighting coronavirus. Race organizers announced that the race will be held on October 31 2021, after missing the 2020 edition was cancelled due to the biting coronavirus adopting a hybrid format that includes both physical […]
Commonwealth Games’ 800m champion Wycliffe Kinyamal Michael Kibet, Vincent Kibet and Jacob Krop will be facing top athletes at the London Diamond League meeting in Gateshead, England on Tuesday. Kinyamal will be facing off with Americans Clayton Murphy, Bryce Hoppel, Isaiah Harris, Daniel Rowden of Great Britain and Jeffrey Riseley of Australia in the two […]
Reigning Commonwealth Games 3,000m steeplechase silver medalist Abraham Kibiwot, world 3,000m steeplechase record holder Beatrice Chepkoech, Olympic 1,500m champion Faith Kipyegon will be leading the Kenyan contingent at the Monaco Diamond League on Friday in France. The top Kenyan athletes will be fighting for top positiins in the 6th leg of the series ahead of […]
Nairobi Standard Chartered Marathon returns this year after it was suspended last year due to coronavirus. The annual race, which enters its 18th year, will resume on a date that will be announced later. Paul Gitau, the race organizer said that the race, which started in 2003 has grown to become the largest marathon in […]
Athletes’ village at the Kenyatta University has been laid with tartan track ahead of world under 20 athletics championships. Today, the Mondo Track and Field engineers laid the new synthetic track ahead of the global junior show set for August 17th to 22nd at the Ksarani stadium in Nairobi, Kenya. Vincent Onywera, the Registrar-Research, Innovation […]
National Olympics Committee of Kenya (NOC-K) has released the depature programme for Kenyan teams to leave depart for the Olympic Games set fot Tokyo, Japan this month. The first team to leave today was Olympics chef de mission Waithaka Kioni and chief executive Officer, Wangui Kibe, alongside athletes’ representative Humphrey Kayange and Covid-19 liaison officer […]
Olympic Games javelin silver medalist Julius Yego has announced that he will not be the track and field captain ahead of Olympic Games that starts this month in Tokyo, Japan. Today, the former world javelin told his fans in facebook to announce his resignation as the captain protesting some reports published in section of media. […]
World 1,500m champion Timothy Cheruiyot, former world 3,000m steeplechase champion Hyvin Kiyeng and world 800m bronze medalist Ferguson Rotich claimed victories at the Stockholm Diamond League series on Sunday night. Cheruiyot, who missed to cut into the Kenya team at the Olympic Games, won the 1,500m title in 3:32.30 to beat Ignacio Fontes of Spain […]
Fears continue to grow among athletics lovers in the country after youngster Kamar Etiang claimed that there are forces to force him out of Olympic Games team set for Tokyo, Japan. The West Pokot born athlete, who finished second at the national trials last month in men’s 1,500m could also miss out for failing to […]
World under 18 400m hurdle silver medalist Mpoke Moitalel, will miss the Olympic games set for this month in Tokyo, Japan despite making the team during the national trials held last month at the Kasarani stadium. The hurdle went of his facebook page to apologize to his fans after failing to meet some World Athletics […]