Former world 800m champion Janeth Jepkosgei has embarked on nurturing junior runners to advance in their studies as they focus on develop their track and field talents. The “All For Running” initiative targets talented athletes in secondary schools to help them successfully combine academics and sports. “Right now am working on a project called All […]
Athletics Kenya president Jack Tuwei is optimistic that the World Under 20 championships will be one of the most prestigious event come August at the Kasarani stadium. As the event’s Local Organizing Committee chairman, Tuwei has assured the rest of the world that the country is on course. He said they are still waiting for […]
World Athletics Under-20 Championships Local Organizing Committee (LOC) chairman Mike Rabar is optimistic that the championships will be successful. With barely 100 days to the championships set for August 17th to 22nd at Nairobi’s Kasarani stadium, Rabar said that the LOC is keen to host a memorable event devoid of adverse incidents resulting from the […]
World 10km record holder Rhonex Kipruto won the 10,000m title at the Fernanda Ribeiro Gold Gala in Portugal. The reigning world 10,000m bronze medalist led a 1-2 podium finish for Kenyan athletes with Shardack Koech coming in second position. Kipruto, the 10,000m under 20 champion clocked 27:11.01 ahead of training mate Koech who was second in […]
Gladys Mumbe and Emmanuel Lemama scooped double titles at the Athletics Kenya Southern Region World under 20 Athletics championships pre-trials held at the Machakos Boys’ high school grounds. While Leakey Kamina and Sharon Ndanu, all from Machakos county were the winners in the 5,000m titles. Coming from Machakos, Mumbe won the 400m and 200m while […]
Two time world marathon champion Abel Kirui has set his focus to compete at the Milano marathon following the suspension of Mumbai Marathon. The May 16th competition was a reprieve for 2016 Chicago marathon champion after missing a slot for the Olympic Games marathon team. The 2012 Olympic Games marathon silver medalist has abandoned the […]
World marathon champion Ruth Chepngetich is the Sports Journalists Association of Kenya (SJAK) and LG Sports personality of the month award in the Month of April. The world half marathon record holder produced a superb performance in the month of April winning Kolay Istanbul Half Marathon with 21km world record 64:02 to beat Ethiopia’s Yalemzerf […]
NTV will be broadcasting the highly anticipated World Under 20 Ath;etics Championships that will be held at the Kasarani stadium. Today, Nation Media Group (NMG) announced that they have secured the broadcast rights for the Championships set for August 17-22. According to Daily Nation, the NMG CEO Stephen Gitagama promised to pull all the stops […]
Organizers of Eldoret City Marathon organizers have announced new dates after President Uhuru Kenyatta lifted the sports suspension last week. Uasin Gishu governor announced the new dates and will be held on 6th June 2021 saying they are aware that because of COVID-19, they did not host the marathon but this year, they had to […]
World cross country champion Hellen Obiri is set to open her Diamond League title at the Doha Diamond League on 28th May. The two time world 5,000m champion is set to compete in the 3000m, chasing to retain her 8:20.68 record she set Doha in 2014. Obiri “After my half marathon debut in April (she […]