Obiri lands bronze as Aregawi dominates
Moscow, Russia, August 15- Abeba Aregawi beat Jenny Simpson for the gold medal in the women’s 1500m at the Luzhniki Stadium on Thursday night using the simple strategy of taking the US runner’s best...
View ArticleUganda’s Kiprotich proves he is a champion
Moscow, Russia-Uganda’s Stephen Kiprotich became just the second man to win the Marathon at back-to-back Olympic Games and IAAF World Championships when he strode to victory around the streets of...
View ArticleDefar a step too far for charging Cherono
Moscow, Russia- Meseret Defar made it two World Championships titles to go with her two Olympic titles when she sprinted away from her rivals to win the 5000m on Saturday night. A race that had been...
View ArticleCaptain Yego’s record throw misses podium, just
MOSCOW, Russia, August 8- There was one more twist of drama in the final of the men Javelin final and it came from a shocking source. Team captain and 24-year-old Kenyan policeman Julius Yego, who has...
View ArticleSum shocker seals Kenya’s 5-star show
MOSCOW, Russia, August 18- Russian hearts were broken inside the Luzhniki Stadium as the home favourite Mariya Savinova, known as ‘the chess player’, was tactically out-manoeuvred by the unheralded...
View ArticleMoscow redemption as Kiprop defends
MOSCOW, Russia, August 18- Although he was the defending champion, Asbel Kiprop was out for redemption in the men’s 1500m final after the Kenyan finished last in the 2012 Olympic final when carrying an...
View ArticleSum’s triumph fires Jepkosgei to go on
NAIROBI, Kenya, August 26- Kenya’s former World 800m champion Janeth Jepkosgei has decided to give up the try to move up to the 1,500m distance next season and will continue to fight for her place in...
View Article‘Well done, boys,’ Gor boss Williamson asserts
NAIROBI, Kenya, August 26- Gor Mahia’s tactician Bobby Williamson reserved grovelling praise for his players after charging from 2-0 down to hold archrivals AFC Leopards in his first ‘Mashemeji’ derby...
View ArticleCopa squad revved up for SA trip
NAIROBI, Kenya, August 26- The 16 players selected to represent Kenya from the 2013 Copa Coca-Cola are gearing up for the September 8 trip to South Africa where they will face 14 other nations in a...
View ArticleMuseveni showers marathon ace Kiprotich with gifts
KAMPALA, Uganda, August 26 – World marathon champion Stephen Kiprotich has been “overwhelmed” with gifts and support after pulling off an upset in Moscow against distance giants Kenya and Ethiopia, he...
View ArticleSports dean Hez Wephukulu passes on
NAIROBI, Kenya, August 27- The Kenyan sporting fraternity was thrown into grief on Tuesday when the eyes of the doyen of sports writing, Hezekiah Wephukulu, shut for the last time at a Nairobi hospital...
View ArticleJuniors out to emulate Moscow golden shine
NAIROBI, Kenya, August 28 – With what was largely an acclaimed performance at the Moscow Worlds to emulate, the Kenyan team for the Africa Junior Athletics Championships departed for Mauritius on...
View ArticleCharged Kipruto leads Diamond trophy hunt
NAIROBI, Kenya, August 29- After missing out on his maiden world title in Moscow courtesy of the unstoppable championship force that is Ezekiel Kemboi, teenager Conseslus Kipruto is in line for a first...
View ArticleAwe-Sum Eunice adds Diamond sparkle
NAIROBI, Kenya, August 30- World champion Eunice Sum crowned her awesome season by clinching her first IAAF Diamond League crown as steeplechase prodigy and Moscow silver winner, Conseslus Kipruto,...
View ArticleWanyama out to become Saints star
LONDON, England- He is the man who famously reduced Rod Stewart to tears and has broken records throughout his fledgling career. Indeed, Victor Mugubi Wanyama is intent on becoming a big hit in his own...
View Article‘Only God supports Harambee Stars’-Amrouche
NAIROBI, Kenya, August 30- It has taken Belgian head coach Adel Amrouche six months since his appointment as national football team head coach in February to realise what majority in this nation have...
View ArticleAngry Adel denies hawking players
NAIROBI, Kenya, August 31- Harambee Stars head coach, Adel Amrouche, has vigorously denied allegations he is hawking the country’s local based players to overseas clubs for profit. Speaking at a media...
View ArticleSuperSport rolls out local ultra-modern studios
NAIROBI, Kenya, August 31- Kenyan sporting greats, including running legend, Dr. Kipchoge Keino, were among the glitterati who gathered to witness the launch of the new ultra modern SuperSport and...
View ArticleGallant Tundo toasts lakeside win
KISUMU, Kenya, September 1- Carl “Flash” Tundo navigated by Tim Jessop in a Mitsubishi Lancer EVO 9 fought gallantry to win the KCB Mobi Bank Kisumu Rally in Chemase region on Saturday. The Equator...
View ArticleDisaster averted in abandoned Gor, Sony tie
NAIROBI, Kenya, September 2- It was one of those matches where you knew football would not make the headlines and so it proved after the crunch Kenyan Premier League (KPL) tie between leaders Gor Mahia...
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