Paris, April 9 (IANS) Men’s champion Paul Lonyangata of Kenya doubled his happiness as his wife Purity Rionoripo claimed the women’s title in the Paris marathon here on Sunday. Lonyangata won the men’s event in…
Nairobi, April 7 (IANS) Kenya’s athletics fans expressed shock and disappointment on Friday after receiving the news that Olympic Marathon champion Jemima Sumgong had failed an out-of-competition dope test in February. David Leting, former head…
Kampala, April 5 (IANS) Three Ugandan athletes will take part in the 2017 Wuhan Marathon slated for April 9 in China. Felix Ekikana, who won the Entebbe Marathon, teams up with Robert Lubega and John…
Nairobi, April 5 (IANS) Debate on the future of the World Cross Country Championship is still emerging after over 400 athletes from 59 countries and regions converged in Uganda on March 26, for the event….
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) Olympian gymnast Dipa Karmakar on Tuesday revealed that she has started her rehabilitation process after going under the knife for a knee injury. Dipa had reportedly hurt her knee ligament…
Nairobi, April 4 (IANS) Former world junior champion Viola Kibiwot of Kenya will make her marathon debut in Hamburg, Germany, later this month. Kibiwot, who was primed to dominate the 1,500m race after she emerged…
Paris, April 3 (IANS) The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) on Monday declared a potential threat by a network hacker named “Fancy Bears” to its servers containing Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) applications of athletes….
Nairobi, April 1 (IANS) Former World marathon record holder Patrick Makau of Kenya believes it will take time before the current generation of athletes runs the 42km race in under two hours and two minutes….
Nairobi, March 31 (IANS) Olympic and World 800m champion David Rudisha of Kenya will launch his season in China at the Shanghai Diamond League meeting on May 13. Rudisha, who is seeking to retain his…
Nairobi, March 30 (IANS) Olympic javelin silver medallist Julius Yego of Kenya has confirmed he will compete at the Paavo Nurmi Games, which are part of the IAAF World Challenge meeting in Turku, Finland on…
Nairobi, March 30 (IANS) As she seeks to conquer the Prague Half Marathon course on Saturday in the Czech Republic, World half marathon champion Peres Jepchirchir has warned her rivals that she is in top…
Nairobi, March 30 (IANS) Athletics legend Paul Tergat has thrown his hat into the ring and will be vying to lead Kenya’s Olympic committee in the national election scheduled for May 5. Tergat, a two…
Nairobi, March 29 (IANS) World cross country champion Irene Cheptai of Kenya has thrown down the gauntlet and warned her teammates she is ready to step up and conquer the 10,000m race at the London…
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) Sports Minister Vijay Goel on Monday felicitated special athletes, coaches and officials, who returned to the country after successful participation in the World Winter Games in Austria from March 14….
Nairobi, March 25 (IANS) Aiming to sweep the medals, the Kenyan athletics team has left for Sunday’s World Cross Country Championships in Kampala. Two years ago, Ethiopia prevented Kenya from winning a fifth successive senior…
Kampala, March 24 (IANS) Host Uganda has beefed up security in and around the capital Kampala where the 2017 World Cross Country athletics championships are slated to be held on March 26. Dominic Otuchet, President…
Moscow, March 23 (IANS) A central track and field stadium in Makhachkala, the capital of Russias North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, will be named after iconic pole-vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva, Dagestani Sports Minister Magomed Magomedov said….
Kampala, March 22 (IANS) A total of 59 countries and regions will take part in the 2017 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Cross Country Championship scheduled to take place here this weekend. Beatrice…
Nairobi, March 21 (IANS) The Kenyans have ruled the World Cross-Country athletics Championships in all the four editions held in Africa. That trend is not about to end as they take their title challenge to…
Havana, March 18 (IANS) The number of Cuban athletes signed to foreign teams has been on the rise since regulations made it possible, the National Sports Institute (Inder) said. Just a handful of athletes played…