Elly Barno took the home advantage to successfully retain the Nandi Bears Open Shield Title played at the par 72 Nandi Bears golf club in Nandi County. In an exciting finish, the home player defended the title in commanding fashion after posting a total score of 221. The final day delivered exceptional golf, with Barno […]
Former Commonwealth Games marathon champion Flomena Cheyech and Simon Njuguna were the winners to today’s 4th edition of Iten International Marathon held in Iten, Elgeyo Marakwet County. Njuguna was the surprise winner of the elite 42km men on his marathon debut after traveling all the way from Nyahururu cut the tape in 2:12:09 followed by […]
Fresh from winning the Impala Floodlit Menengai Oilers has taken a commanding lead at the Kenya Cup, the national rugby 15s top flight league after two weeks. The unbeaten Oilers, just like champions Kabras Sugar, KCB Rugby and Strathmore Leos, the former enjoys the top position on ten points an impressive 173 points and conceding […]
Catholic Monks defeated USIU Martials in the university derby to take to the top of the KRU Championships, the second tier rugby 15s league yesterday. Monks, who remains unbeaten in week 2 of the title race, won 39-12 away to USIU to take lead after a walk over in the opening match then collected 10 […]
For the fourth year in a row, Team Kenya reaffirmed their regional dominance after edging Uganda by two shots to retain the Africa Region IV Golf Championship title that came to an end yesterday in Antananarivo, Madagascar. The three-day event was staged at the par-71 Golf du Rova course, saw Kenya’s victory that was anchored […]
The Sports Journalists Association of Kenya (SJAK) president James Waindi, Anita Omwenga and Duncan Mutua recorded victories at the inaugural SJAK Indoor Games held yesterday at the Goan Institute in Nairobi. With three disciplines -table tennis, darts and Chess- competed in, Waindi was on the spot in the event sponsored by KCB Bank, and Coca-Cola, […]
The new world, and Deaflympics 5,000 metres record holder Ian Wambui Kahinga on Friday returned home to a triumphant welcome at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi. The 24-year-old Deaf athlete from Nyahururu in Laikipia County broke both the World, and the Deaflympics record over the distance at the 25th Summer Deaflympics held in […]
Kenya’s Ruth Jepchumba Bundotich was yesterday announced as the World Athletics Woman of the Year Award, following her outstanding leadership, commitment to athlete development and exceptional contributions to the growth of women’s athletics in Kenya and beyond. A trailblazer in the coaching community, Bundotich has become one of Kenya’s most influential figures in youth and women’s athlete development. She […]
Gloria Kitali is now the African Women’s champion in barebow archery. She won the crown at the recently concluded 14th Africa Archery Championship held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, from the 19th to 23rd November. In the barebow mixed teams category, Gloria partnered with Roy Ncheeri and narrowly lost the gold, settling for silver. In the […]
Amos Kipchirchir and Maryam Lufti Njoki braved the early morning windy condition to win the second edition of Eldohub Techrun 10km road race held today in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County. Lufti, originally Christine Njoki successfully defended her women title after changing her nationality to Qatar earlier this year, said that the race was part of […]