Kenya’s first Olympic Games 3,000m steeplechase champion Amos Biwott was full of praise for the fallen hero and two time Olympic Games champion Benjamin Jipcho. The two time Commonwealth Games champion Jipcho died on Friday in an Eldoret hospital where he was undergoing treatment with his burial set for Friday in his Kisawai land in […]
London marathon organizers are ser to make the decision if the race will go on as planned on 4th October following coronavirus pandemic. Today, they said tthey will be holding a meeting on 7th August to decide after the race that was to be held on 26th October was resechuled for October 4th and event […]
Two time Olympic champion Benjamin Jipcho is set to be buried next Saturday at his Kisawai home in Trans Nzoia County. According to funeral organizers, the late athletics hero will be laid to rest on 31st July 2020 following his death on Friday in an Eldoret hospital where he was admitted. The 1968 Olympics 1,500m […]
Deputy President William Ruto, Sports Cabinet secretary Amina Mohammed and National Olympics Committee of Kenya (NOC-K) president Paul Tergat have joined other sports men and women to mourn the death of former Olympics champion Ben Jipcho. Jipcho, the 1972 Olympics 3,000m steeplechase silver medalist died on Friday morning in an Eldoret hospital following his admission […]
Former Rotterdam marathon champion Kenneth Kipkemoi was handed a two ban by Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for flouting anti doping rules on Thursday 23rd July 2020. Kipkemoi says many Kenyan runners are falling prey to unscrupulous testing and serving a ban that they don’t deserve and because they don’t have a voice to air their […]
Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has today (Thursday 23rd) suspended former world 1,500m champion Elijah Manangoi for whereabouts. More to follow
Reigning Olympics 1500m champion Faith Kipyegon and world 1500m champion Timothy Cheruiyot are set to compete at the Monaco Diamond League on August 14. Monaco will be the first race in the series following the cancelation of all sporting events due to coronavirus pandemic. It will also be the first competitive appearance for Kipyegon since […]
Felix Korir has vowed to keep fit ahead of the world events that were postponed due to coronavirus pandemic. The student at Chewoyet High school in West Pokot county had cut the team for the Africa cross country, running in 8km junior men but that was cut short. Full report https://www.the-star.co.ke/sports/athletics/2020-07-22-i-cant-lose-hope-says-youngster-korir/
With his focus to claim world under 20 10,000m race walk, junior walker Hemstone Wanyonyi wants to be trained by two time africa 20km walk champion Samuel Gathimba. The two time Kenya Secondary Schools Sports Association (KSSSA) silver mmedalist wants Gathimba to train him after seeing the way he knows how to calculate his moves […]
When he missed running for Kenya at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, it was one of the most hurting moments in his life. But two Maria Soti cross country champion Michael Kibet, after he was comforted by his running mates and family, al is behind as he sets focus to compete at […]