Former Kenya Amateur Matchplay champion Isaac Makokha became the first Kenyan to win a Deaflympic Games medal. The deaf golfer Makokha won bronze medal at the ongoing Deaflympic Games in Caxias do Sul, Brazil after beating Germany international Guldan Nico.
Reigning Commonwealth Games bronze medalist Christine Ongare and Lorna Kusa have been bundled out of the ongoing IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships in Istanbul Turkey. Ongare lost to the reigning World championships silver medalist Hanna Okhota from Ukraine 5-0 points last night while Kusa lost to Kazakhstan’s Valentina Khalzova. Ongare and Kusa were making their […]
Sharon Jeptarus Bitok clinched silver at the ongoing 24th edition of Deaflympics Games in Caxias Do Sul, Brazil. Bitok’s silver in the 1,500m increased Kenya’s medal tally to 10 with two gold, four silver, and four bronze. After scooping 17 medals in the last edition in Samsun, Kenya team is expected to increase their medal […]
Kenya national women’s Deaf basketball team coach Mary Chepkoi says exposing the girls to intense matches is the only way to improving their performance. The team Tuesday May 10, 2022 lost 79-34 to Italy at the quarterfinals stage of the 24th Summer Deaflympics 2021 Games in Caxias Do Sul, Brazil. Previously at the group stage, […]
Kenya’s top Deaf golfer Isaac Makokha remains in contention for medal in the ongoing 24th Deaflympics in Caxias Do Sul, Brazil despite exiting in the semifinals. He will now face off with Guldan Nico of Germany in the bronze play off Caxias Golf Club. He lost to German John Allen. Allen is the World champion […]
Four Kenyans will be in action at the ongoing IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships in Istanbul today. The four are flyweight Ann Wanjiru, featherweight Beatrice Akoth, middleweight Elizabeth Akinyi and promising light-welter Teresia Wanjiru. Experienced Wanjiru, the gold medalist in Zone 3 tournament who will face Italy’s 2019 European Games silver medallist Assunta Canfora. Wanjiru […]
Establish measures that will lead to the teams growth Kenya national women’s Deaf football team coach Ben Bella is calling for the establishment of proper measures to develop the side. They were Monday May 9, 2022, eliminated from the 24th Summer Deaflympics in Caxias Do Sul in Brazil without registering a single win. In their […]
Kenya won the men’s 1500M and got a bronze in the women’s 400M races at the Sesi Centro Esportivo Athletics Track in Caxias Do Sul, Brazil on Monday evening. Ian Wambui Kahinga breezed to the tape for the gold in the race held at 5.10 PM (11.10pm Kenyan time),. Kahinga clocked 3.55.54 ahead of Jaime […]
Kenya’s Deaf golf representative player Isaac Makokha has stormed to the quarters of the ongoing Deaflympic Games in Brazil. At the same time, the Deaf Golf Federation are in advanced stages of plans to introduce the game among Deaf ladies and children. Kenya Golf Deaf Federation president Daniel Ogembo announced on the sidelines of the […]
Kenya national women’s deaf handball defeated Argentina to qualify into the semi-finals of the ongoing Deaflympic Games in Caxias Do Sul, Brazil. The Peter Mwathi coached side were 35 -3 winners that propelled them to the semis, the first win of the championships after losing to Denmark, Brazil, and Turkey in 28-12, 26-16, and 43-16 […]