With doping menace taking toll on Kenyan runners, some retired and active have called for sports companies to cancel their contracts as a way of fighting the vice in the country and across the world. Kenya, which is under the watch-list has had a couple of athletes banned or suspended for doping cases the latest […]
Sports cabinet secretary Amina Mohammed has defended the move that Olympic marathon champion is distributing food to North Rift regions only in the fight against coronavirus pandemic. “We are happy to collaborate with Eliud Kipchoge in extending the Sports Covid-19 stimulus and food programme to athletes in the North Rift region. We are targeting at […]
Fifty-nine vulnerable athletes from the North Rift region today, May 9th 2020 benefited from food donated from the Ministry of Sports and Eliud Kipchoge Foundation. Young and vulnerable athletes from Kapsabet in Nandi County, Eldoret in Uasin Gisgu, Iten in Elgeyo Marakwet and Kaptagat in Elgeyo Marakwet received foodstuffs by world marathon record holder Kipchoge […]
Police in Eldoret are holding twelve athletes who were arrested at night partying in the outskirts of Eldoret town. According to the police the 12 who were arrested at Eldoret Block 10 Estate will be forced into quarantined for 14 days as they were alleged to have congregated at a student’s house. Evidence produced by […]
The reigning world under 20 10,000m champion Rhonex Kipruto will be hoping to lower his 10km world record when the coronavirus pandemic ends. According to Daily Nation, the young runner believes that with good preparations his record can dip further after breaking the world record during the Valencia Ibercaja road race in 26:23 breaking Uganda’s […]
Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) on Friday provisionally suspended two Kenyan athletes for an anti-doping rule violation. Marathon runner Mikel Kiprotich Mutai and Alex Korio Oliotiptip were provisionally suspended. Mutai was suspended for banned substances norandrosterone in his blood while Korio for his whereabouts failures. The suspension of the Kenyan duo comes after AIU suspended 2017 London Marathon […]
With coronavirus on the rise, cancelling all races, world half marathon record holder Joyciline Jepkosgei has taken her efforts to the farm. As she was preparing to run New York City Half marathon and London that were postponed Full report https://www.the-star.co.ke/sports/athletics/2020-04-30-jepkosgei-seeks-distractions-after-races-are-postponed/
Athletics Kenya has opened an investigation into the allegations that Kenyan athletes dope in open following an expose that some syringes were found in training areas in Iten, Elgeyo Marakwet county. In a press release, the federation said that they have noted with concern the images of syringes purported to have been taken in Iten […]
Kenyan Michael Saruni is locked up in the USA and lacks training ahead of championships after coronavirus. Full story https://www.the-star.co.ke/sports/athletics/2020-04-23-lack-of-training-poses-huge-challenge-to-my-career-says-saruni/
Eugene and Paris Athletics Diamond Leagues ha due to the coronavirus pandemic. All June meetings in the USA and France that were to be held on June 7th and June 13th respectively will now be run later. In a statement, the organizers wrote: “As with previous suspensions, this decision was reached in close consultation with […]