Champions Kenya Prison and General Service Unit (GSU) will begin their title defence against Kenya Pipeline Company and Kenya Defence Forces at the Kenya Volleyball Federation (KVF) play-offs at Moi Sports Centra, Kasarani in two weeks time. The women champions Prison begins the title defence against their rivals and former champions KPC will renew their […]
National men’s soccer team Harambee Stars has landed in Egypt ahead of their opening match against Egypt in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. Captain Victor Wanyama (Tottenham Hotspurs, England), star striker Michael Olunga (Kashiwa Reysol, Japan), Ayub Timbe (Beijing Renhe, China) will be joining local players in Cairo. The Kenyan contingent that included head […]
Former world half marathon record holder Abraham Kiptum has been handed four years ban for doping. Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) on Monday said The two time Lagos marathon champion was banned following irregularities that showed up on Kiptum’s biological passport, which is used to track potential doping. “The World Athletics Disciplinary Tribunal has banned the […]
Zambia national women’s team Shepolopolo defeated Kenya’s Harambee Starlets to book for the final of the 2020 Olympic Games set for Tokyo, Japan. The hosts will proceed to play at the finals following a 3-2 on aggregate with a 1-0 win at home and 2-2 against Starlets in Nairobi on Friday. Both teams played to […]
World Marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge made the cut to defend his IAAF Athlete of the Year Award set for Monaco in a fortnight. As Kipchoge will be chasing his double, world 1,500m champion Timothy Cheruiyot was dropped from the final list. Kipchoge on his part became the first human to ran a sub-two-hour marathon […]
Unbeaten Kabras Sugar leads the Kenya Cup table ahead of their rivals and champions Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) heading into the 4th round this weekend. The sugar millers have accumulated 15 points with three wins, beating the bankers on point difference. Kabras were 27-3 winners over Resolution Impala Saracens while KCB beat Nakuru 50-13. Homeboyz […]
Following a muddy experience on the high-altitude Meru terrain, the KCB Kenya National Rally Championship 2019 has now become a two-horse race between perennial rivals Baldev Singh Chager and Carl “Flash” Tundo. Third overall on the Rallye Sports Club (RSC) organised round saw Chager extend the lead in his quest for a fifth career KNRC […]
Homabay’s Onani Magwanga won National Scrabble Kenya (SK) tournament held in Eldoret over the weekend at Eldoret National Polytechnic. As the first tournament after World warriors, the national team returned in the country from World English Scrabble Players Championships in Goa, India, Magwanga defeated 60 other players for the title after toppling day one leader […]
Kenya’s Joseph Moses Kiptoo Kurgat and Munkhzaya Bayartsogt of Mongolia took the top honours at the fifth edition of Nanjing Marathon, an IAAF Bronze Label road race, on Sunday (10). The 28-year-old Kurgat emerged victorious from a two-man duel in the last 10 kilometres to set a personal best of 2:13:04, stretching Kenya’s win streak in […]
Kenya Women Premier League (KWPL) side Solasa Falcons have been crowned the champions Spare The Girl, Kick the Ball Solasa Women football tournament played in Eldoret on Sunday 10th. Falcons defeated their Division One side Solasa in a tournament dubbed meant to fight Gender-based Violence that attracted eight teams from Busia, Kakamega and Kisumu in […]