Kenya duo of Robert Keter and Willy Mnangat, and Ethiopia’s Dejene Hailu Bikila have been stripped of their medals and prizes at the Beijing Half Marathon. After launching an investigation into a viral video from the April 14 race , the organising committee of the annual athletics event in Beijing found the trio guilty of deliberately slowing down doe China’s He Jie to win the race....
The 2024 World Indoor Championships came to a close on Sunday, March 3 with African athletes managing a decent run to claim a total of nine medals. Compared to the 2022 edition in Belgrade where they had an overall of 13 medals, Africa has only three gold medals, two silver and three bronze medals in Glasgow. Below are the biggest African winners at the 2024 World...
A Kenyan woman who gave birth to triplets this week has named her children after Arsenal’s Brazilian stars. After putting to bed at the Kakuma Mission Hospital in Turkana, the mother named her children Gabriel Martinelli, Gabriel Jesus and Gabriel Magalhaes. The mother of the babies, Epakan Ekaale is a resident of Loreng'esinyen village of Letea Ward in Turkana West, northern Kenya. Ekaale was not expecting...
Kenya government, World Athletics excectives, athletes, friends and family paid their final respect to late marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum in Kenya on Friday. Kiptum who died alongside his Rwandan coach, Gervais Hakizimana in a car accident on February 11, was buried in his hometown, Chepkorio in Western Kenya. Dignitaries who attended Friday’s funeral include Kenya President, William Ruto and World Athletics President, Sebastian Coe...
Former world record slayer Henry Rono passed away at the age of 72 on Thursday, barely three days after he celebrated his birthday. Rono was renowned for setting four world records in 3,000m, 5,000m, 10,000m and 3,000m steeplechase within 81 days in year 1978. Rono won two gold medals for Kenya in 10,000m and 3,000m steeplechase events at 1978 African Games in Algeris and he followed...
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