Neema Children’s Home in Eldoret benefitted from foodstuffs distributed by Chicago marathon winner Lawrence Cherono. With over 50 children, majority of them orphaned, it was an early celebrations for the staff and children at the facility. “The virus has made life tough for many in the world and to this young innocent children, they have […]
Professional athletes who are experiencing financial hardship due to the coronavirus pandemic will be able to register for a one-off welfare grant from today until May 31. Two weeks ago World Athletics and the International Athletics Foundation (IAF) announced that a Sh54 million welfare fund had been created to support professional athletes who have lost a substantial […]
Deaf Athletics Association of Kenya (DAAK) has set new dates for national championships ahead of World Deaf Championships in Radom, Poland. Today, the federation announced that the trials will be held in July after they were slated for May 29th to May 30 for track and field while half marathon was to be held on […]
Former Toronto Marthon champion Benson Kipruto has taken farming seriously in this coronavirus period to avoid boredom. With light training, the Kapsabet based runner has taken dairy farming as part of his daly job Full report https://www.the-star.co.ke/sports/athletics/2020-05-14-kipruto-survives-virus-crisis-through-dairy-farming/
World Athletics has ratified two time world under 20 10,000m champion Rhonex Kipruto’s 5km and 10km World Records to (13:18) and 10km (26:24) respectively. The world 10,000m bronze medalist set the new world record during the January 12th 2020 Valencia Ibercaja 10km. He won the title in 26:24 taking off 14 seconds from then record […]
When the International Paralympics Committee (IPC) changed his T46 category, Paralympian Abraham Tarbei almost gave up running but his resilience kept him going, changing into marathon. He made his debut at Nairobi Standard Chartered marathon finishing 10th, running with normal athletes, which was his achievement. Full report https://www.the-star.co.ke/sports/athletics/2020-05-13-paralympian-tarbei-keen-to-leave-a-mark-in-marathon/
Organisers of the annual Athletics Diamond League have relased new calendar after they were postponed due to coronavirus pandemic. The new calendar comes at a time when some events were cancelled. The whole season will end in October with 11 events after Rabat, London, Zurich being cancelled. World Athletics 2020 international competition calendar: August11 Turku […]
The inaugural Nairobi Continental Tour has got a new date following the postponement due to coronavirus pandemic. The World Athletics Tour that was the held on 2nd May 2020 at Nairobi’s Moi Sports Centre, Kasarani to open the season will be held on 26th September 2020, the World Athletics announced today.
World Athletics president Sebastian Coe has assured Kenyans that the postponed World Under-20 Championships and Continental Tour. The two world events were to be held in Nairobi said after the coronavirus new dates will be set for the championships. The World Under-20 Championships were scheduled for July 7 to 12 while the inaugural leg of […]
World marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge and multiple world record holder Kenenisa Bekele have predicted a tough battle when they will be facing off at the postponed London marathon. The Kenyan Olympic marathon champion and reigning Berlin marathon champion have spoken on their battle of titans once the world is open for sports after coronavirus […]