Africa 800m silver medalist Lilian Odira won the 800m gold on the final day of World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. Odira edged out defending champion and Olympic 800m champion Mary Moraa as well as reigning world under 20 800m champion sarah moraa to win the two lap race in 1:54.62, that was the championships […]
It was a battle of royale was exhibited when students and pupils from various schools faced off at the inaugural Cheptigit Junior Cross Challenge in search of 2026 academic year school fees. At the Complete Sports Ground in Kaptagat, Uasin Gishu County, Kelvin Kiptoo and Ivone Jebet were crowned the champions of the secondary school […]
Olympic Games 800m champion Emmanuel wanyonyi defied the odds to win gold on the penultimate round of World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. The former world under 20 800m champion improved from his silver he won two years ago to gold after revenging against Canadian Marco Arop in today’s final. Wanyonyi won the two lap […]
Fresh from winning gold in the 10,000m, double Olympic Games and World cross country champion Beatrice Chebet stunned Faith Kipyegon to win the 5,000m title at the penultimate day of World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. Just like at the Paris Olympics Chebet won both the 5,000m after outstaging Kipyegon for gold and it was […]
The Africa under 20 javelin silver medalist and Kenya’s only javelin women representative Irene Jepkemboi bowed out of the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. Making her maiden appearance, Jepkemboi carried Kenya’s hopes in javelin but she could not manage to go past the qualification round despite having two national titles, finished a disappointing […]
Three Kenyans Mary Moraa, Lilian Odira and Sarah Moraa have qualified to compete at the 800m final at the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. Mary won in semi-final heat One in 1:58.40 ahead of Great Britain’s Georgia Bell (1:58.62) for automatic qualification. The reigning champion was later joined by compatriots Lilian Odira who […]
About eighteen years ago, a bloody militia group emerged in the fertile slopes of Mt. Elgon, the Sabaot Land Defence Forces (SLDF) led by the dreaded commander Wycliffe ‘Matakwei’ Matwakei, who unleashed a reign of terror between 2003 and 2009 with the mission of defending ancestral land from perceived outsiders in villages such as Cheptais, […]
Athletics Kenya president Jack Tuwei has led Kenyan athletes in mourning the death of former Olympic Games 3,000m bronze medalist Jairus Kipchoge Birech. As serving as the World Athletics vice president, Tuwei mourned the steeplechaser saying that he was a great athlete, representing the country in various events. The former Commonwealth Games 3,000m steeplechase silver […]
Olympic Games 800m champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi will be the only hope for Kenya at the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. Wanyoyni, who won silver two years ago in Budapest will be facing off with Marco Arop, the reigning champion at the finals set for Saturday September 20th. In a thrilling semifinal today, Wanyonyi […]
Double Olympic Games gold medalist Faith Kipyegon and Beatrice Chebet have one step in winning double gold medals at the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, japan when they will face off in 5,000m final. The duo will be joined by Agnes Jebet Ngetich who was 8th in heat 2 after clocking 14:57.90 but Margaret […]