Reigning Olympic 1500m champion Faith Kipyegon and former Kenya Sevens captain Humprey Kayange will today join 23 other athletes across the world to celebrate the International Olympic Day. The Kenyan stars will join the Olympic video from their respective locations due to coronavirus. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) selected23 Olympic athletes to take part in […]
Athletics Kenya is set to rescue more Kenyan runners stuck in India due to coronavirus. The Tuesday afternoon show will see the federation and, ministry of sports will facilitate the return of Gedion Kipkurui, Alexander Ngéno, Isaac Mburugu, Dalmas Kiprono and Isaac Kihara from Mumbai, India aboard a Kenya Airways. The cost of ferrying the […]
National Assembly Sports Committee chairman Victor Munyaka was ousted from the post in the national assembly rearrangement by the ruling party Jubilee. The Machakos Town legislature was last Wednesday, Munyaka shown the door in ongoing political realignments. Munyaka oversaw the establishment and the operation of the National Sports Fund (NFS) created to provide a comprehensive […]
London arathon organizers are optimistic that the race will be held in October. Led by race director Hugh Brasher, said they are working on the rescheduled race set to be held on October 4th after it was postponed from April 26th due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Brasher added that they would be providing a further […]
Nondescripts Rugby team will be set to leave their usual Jamhuri Showground to Jokey Club of Kenya (JCK). The Kenya Cup side Nondies will now be playing their home matches at the JCK. A statement from the club on Wednesday said: “On behalf of the club we are delighted to announce that we have signed […]
National Super League NSL) side Shabana head coach Vincent Nyaberi is optimistic that will perform well in the next fixtures. The team has been struggling with financial constraints registered poor results but the coach has hope of better results. Speaking to Citizen Digital said the was as a result of the financial struggles that characterized […]
When an athlete stands at the starting lineup in a race, he or she expects a prize at the end after good results. But that still hounds reigning Warsaw marathon champion Gilbert Masai who has missed two prizes after winning Great Green race in Thika and finishing second at Lari half marathon where he was […]
Athletics Kenya has taken up initiative to educate young girls and boys oer early pregnancies and marriages, urged to focus in both their running career and education. Youth Development program Barnaba Korir has been offering the advise to athletes while distributing the stimulus food package to world under 20 athletes Full Report: https://www.the-star.co.ke/sports/athletics/2020-06-19-early-marriages-pregnancies-a-threat-to-kenyan-talents-says-korir/
Athletes Integrity Unit (AIU) has handed Gold Coast marathon bronze medalist Japheth Kipchirchir Kipkorir four years ban after he was found guilty for doping allegations. According to AIU, the athlete violated the World Athletics (WA) anti-doping rules following the announcements on Friday that he tested positive to prohibited substance Norandrosterone. His ban started on 11th […]
Sports Dispute Tribunal (STD) has ruled in faour of Athletics Kenya to run the race in a case that Kenya Mountain Running Association (KMRA) had launched. In the ruling today, STD chairman John Ohaga ruled that KMRA has no mandate to handle mountain running matters in Kenya. He said that Athletics Kenya has the mandate […]