Nairobi, Feb 20 (IANS) Beijing Olympic Games 800m gold medallist Wilfred Bungei of Kenya has quit athletics to pursue a career in politics in order to inspire youth to believe in themselves. The 37-year-old Bungei,…
Nairobi, Feb 19 (IANS) Kenya have selected a team of 28 athletes and six officials for this year’s World Cross Country Championships scheduled for March 26 in Kampala, Uganda. The team was selected during the…
Nairobi, Feb 17 (IANS) For two years, former Olympic bronze medallist Wilson Kipsang of Kenya has come close to winning a marathon but failed owing to strong competition and injury. However, with the injuries gone…
Moscow, Feb 15 (IANS) The All-Russia Athletics Federation (ARAF) has petitioned the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) requesting that 16 national track and field athletes be allowed to take part in the international competitions…
Monte Carlo (Monaco), Feb 15 (IANS) After glittering year for both athletes, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt and American gymnast Simone Biles won the Sportsman and the Sportswoman of the Year titles at the 2017 Laureus…
Nairobi, Feb 15 (IANS) Geoffrey Kamworor of Kenya will not compete in any road races to save his feet from the hard tarmac and focus on winning the elusive men’s 10,000 metres title at the…
Nairobi, Feb 14 (IANS) Kenya on Tuesday said it has embarked on a mission to charm nations that have announced their boycott of the 2017 World Under-18 Athletics Championships scheduled for July to review their…
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) Athens Olympics silver medal winning fencer Claudia Bokel, former chairperson of the IOCs Athletics Commission and Executive Board member, will be addressing a select gathering of players and sports administrators…
Nairobi, Feb 14 (IANS) Winning the London marathon and making it to Kenya’s national team for the World Championships in August is more of an inspiration for Chicago marathon champion Florence Kiplagat than setting another…
Lagos, Feb 12 (IANS) The Kenyans showed their dominance in the long distance races by winning the first four positions in the men’s and women’s events of the second International Access Bank Lagos City Marathon…
Nairobi, Feb 11 (IANS) Kenya’s Wilson Kipsang has taken his training for the Tokyo marathon a notch higher as he seeks his first win in over a year. Kipsang, whose last victory in marathon was…
Dubai, Feb 10 (IANS) Reigning world champion Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya clocked a winning time of one hour five minutes and six seconds to set a world record in the women’s half-marathon at the RAK…
Lausanne, Feb 10 (IANS) The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Friday sanctioned Russian 800-metre runner Mariya Savinova for four years over violations of anti-doping rules. Savinova was also stripped of the prizes and…
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) The ninth edition of the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon came to a befitting end, as Procam International and India Cares Foundation on Friday announced that through the event an amount…
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) Race walking as a sport received a shot in the arm on Thursday when leading private health insurance company Max Bupa entered into a partnership with the Athletics Federation of…
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) After Guwahati successfully organised the South Asian Games last year, Assam’s major city is all set to host the Himalayan Region Games from April 21 to 30, the Indian Olympic…
Nairobi, Feb 8 (IANS) World steeplechase champion Hyvin Kiyeng Jepkemoi of Kenya is the latest athlete to pull out of the World Cross-Country Championships in Kampala next month. Kiyeng, who won gold at the 2015…
Nairobi, Feb 8 (IANS) Elite Kenyan athletes have given a thumbs up on the decision by International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to freeze all new transfers of allegiance cases. The athletes’ reactions come after…
Moscow, Feb 6 (IANS) Many Russian sportspersons, especially paralympians, have been unfairly dismissed from competitions, Minister of Sport Pavel Kolobkov said on Monday. Kolobkov said it is unacceptable to ban clean athletes from the Olympics…
Nairobi, Feb 5 (IANS) The annual Kenya National Cross-Country Championship lost its international status after the athletics-mad nation failed to meet the stipulated obligations. For the championship to be classified as an IAAF event, it…