Sports cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed was the first person to mourn with National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOC-K) president Paul Tergat following the death of his mother. Tergat’s mother Esther Toyoi passed on on Wednesday with Amina describing her as a good mentor. “I thank her ever so dearly for bringing us an athletic icon […]
Friday night Sports Personality of the Year (SOYA) gala at Fort Jesus in Mombasa were dominated by athletics. Reigning world marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge, 3,000m steeplechase world record holder Beatrice Chepkoech, Commonwealth 5,000m champion Hellen Obiri, world 1,500m champion Elijah Manangoi, world under 20 5,000m champion Edward Zakayo, Deaflympycs double champion Daniel Kiptum, caroline […]
Kenyan athletes are mourning the death of former National Olympics Committee (NOC-K) chairman Charles Mukora. Mukora who served as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) member died on Thursday evening was the pioneer athletics coach who boasts to having coached some of Kenya’s greatest athletes among them Kipchoge Keino. At 83, Mukora stepped down as NOCK […]
Kenyans have been urged to vote for their favourite athletes ahead of 2018 Safaricom Sports Personality of the Year Awards (Soya) set for January 11th at Fort Jesus, Mombasa. In a statement from Simon Chebon on behalf of the organisers, public voting is now open and can cast their votes for their favourites athletes by […]
Sabrina Wanjiku became the second Kenyan to compete at the Winter Olympics after Wilson Boit and today, it was her day taking on the world in women’s giant Slalom.
Betting company Lotto Foundation contributed three million shillings to Safaricom ahead of Sports Personality of the Year (SOYA) next week as public voting ends tonight.
History will be made on Kenyan soil when two times Olympic 10,000m champion Haile Gebreslassie will take to the podium ton award various sports personalities in the 2016 season. Speaking during the launch of the Soya Awards ceremony on Tuesday morning, former marathon record holder Paul Tergat said Gebreslassie, the four world 10,000m gold medalist […]
Mother of all sports awards in Kenya will give kshs 1,000,000 for the sports person of the year at the 2016 Sports Personality of the Year Award (SOYA) to be staged early next year.