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Thu, 05/16/2013 03:35 PM | By Mwakilishi

A lawyer Wednesday demanded that all contracts signed by Olympic marathon gold medallist Samuel Kamau Wanjiru prior to his death be revealed to his family.

Mr Ndegwa Wahome, who represents the family, said it had been difficult getting the runner’s Italian mana...

Mon, 05/13/2013 09:09 PM | By Mwakilishi

According to an annual list of ’50 Most Marketable Athleles’ in the world compiled by British sports magazine SportsPro Media, Kenya’s 800m World Record holder David Rudisha is the 41st most marketable athlete in the world for 2013.

Aged 24, Rudisha is the cur...

Wed, 05/8/2013 09:22 AM | By Mwakilishi

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson will retire at the end of the season after more than 26 years in charge, bringing to a close the most glittering managerial career in British football.

The Premier League champions confirmed on Wednesday that Ferguson, 71...

Mon, 04/29/2013 11:46 AM | By Mwakilishi

Sensational Kenya international midfielder Victor Wanyama, who plays for the Scottish Premier League side Celtic, has been nominated for the SunSport Scottish Player of the Year Award.

Wanyama, 21, was also on April 29, 2013 crowned the Celtic Young Player of t...

Tue, 04/23/2013 12:39 AM | By Mwakilishi

A Kenyan referee is suing the national football federation, saying he was left impotent after a coach grabbed and squeezed his testicles in a pitch invasion.

Referee Martin Wekesa said he was seeking $240,000 in compensation from FKF after the alleged assault i...

Thu, 04/18/2013 11:52 AM | By Mwakilishi

Two Kenyan athletes who escaped unhurt in the Boston blast returned home on Wednesday night to a tearful reception.

Rita Jeptoo and Micah Kogo arrived in Nairobi still rattled by the explosion that claimed three lives and left 180 injured.

"I was the...

Tue, 04/16/2013 08:56 AM | By Mwakilishi

Kenya's winner of the 2012 Boston Marathon, Wesley Korir, who came fifth this year, has told the BBC of his fear after hearing of the deadly blasts

Two explosions near the finishing line killed three people and injured at least 140 about two hours after the win...

Mon, 04/15/2013 03:20 PM | By Mwakilishi

Two large explosions has been reported near the finish line of the famous Boston Marathon, leaving behind a scene of carnage.

Eyewitnesses at the scene said there was a loud explosion and emergency vehicles crowded the scene. Up to 60 people have been reported...

Mon, 04/15/2013 12:57 PM | By Mwakilishi

Kenya’s Rita Jeptoo won the women’s race of the 2013 Boston Marathon which took place on Monday, April 15th in Boston. Jeptoo finished with a time of 2:26:23, followed in second place by Ethiopia’s Meseret Hailu. This was Jeptoo's second win of the Boston Marathon. She pr...

Mon, 04/15/2013 11:47 AM | By Mwakilishi

The 117th running of the Boston Marathon is underway. The men's defending champion, Wesley Korir – newly elected MP for Cherangany Constituency, is among the Kenyan runners in the race and a favorite to win again.

Watch the race LIVE here…

Fri, 03/29/2013 11:09 AM | By Mwakilishi

The Embassy of the Republic of Kenya in Washington D.C and RUN with KENYANS are hosting a fun evening with elite Boston Marathon runners on April 13, 2013 from 5:00pm to 8:30pm at the Back Bay Events Center, 180 Berkley St, Boston, MA 02116.

Mon, 03/25/2013 06:59 PM | By Mwakilishi

Kenya’s national football team Harambee Stars jetted back in the country earlier today to a colorful reception at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport after their impressive 1-1 draw against African champions Nigeria Super Eagles in Nigeria on Saturday.

Sun, 03/24/2013 05:08 PM | By Mwakilishi

Chinese President Xi Jinping faces growing calls from policymakers and economists in Africa for a more balanced trade relationship between the continent and China as he arrives in Tanzania at the beginning of an African tour on Sunday.

China's ties with the con...

Sun, 03/24/2013 11:40 AM | By Mwakilishi

The Kenya National Sevens teams jumped one place to fifth place in the IRB sevens circuit after yet another impressive performance in the Hong Kong leg of the international Sevens competition.

Speculation was rife that the team will dip in form, with the exclus...

Sat, 03/23/2013 11:05 AM | By Mwakilishi

STREAM LIVE here the FIFA World Cup qualifying match between Kenya and Nigeria. The group ‘F’ match between Kenya’s Harambee Stars and Nigeria’s Super Eagles takes place in Calabar, Nigeria.

There has been an epic twitter battle between Kenyans and Nigerians si...

Thu, 03/21/2013 08:03 PM | By Mwakilishi

Kenyans and Nigerians taunted each other on twitter following reports that Kenya’s Harambee Stars had been denied a proper training ground and forced to train on a grassless compound of what looked like an abandoned school in Lagos.

Kenyan Sports journalist Odi...

Thu, 03/21/2013 08:42 AM | By Mwakilishi

The Nigeria Football Federation abandoned the visiting Kenyan national team to its fate on Wednesday. The east Africans will play against the Super Eaglesin Saturday’s 2014 World Cup qualification match in Calabar, Cross River State.

The Harambee Stars arrived...

Tue, 03/19/2013 12:42 AM | By Mwakilishi

Liverpool are interested in Celtic midfielder Victor Wanyama. The Daily Mail says Reds manager Brendan Rodgers has had the 21-year-old watched extensively and is ready to make a move in the summer window.

Rodgers has made strengthening his defence a pr...

Tue, 03/12/2013 03:33 PM | By Mwakilishi

Kenya native Patrick Rono over the weekend helped his University of Arkansas athletics program win the 2013 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championship.

Patrick, 20 years old and a sophomore, is a 2012 All-American and a two-time SEC Indoor Freshman Runner of the...

Thu, 03/7/2013 05:48 AM | By Mwakilishi

The 2012 Boston Marathon winner Wesley Korir was among a host of athletes who successfully made headway into politics. Korir, eased to victory in the Cherangany Constituency parliamentary race.

Korir, 28, dethroned Joshua Kuttuny, a close ally of Jubilee Allian...

Wed, 02/27/2013 10:21 PM | By Mwakilishi

English-middle-lightweight champion Erick 'The Eagle' Ochieng makes the fourth defence of his crown against the highly experienced Terry Carruthers at the Wembley Arena on March 9.

Having dispatched of the likes of Andrew Lowe, Ryan Toms and Max Maxwell since b...

Wed, 02/27/2013 06:57 PM | By Mwakilishi

The national rugby sevens team is reportedly in turmoil with core players threatening to boycott the Hong Kong 7s following the sacking of Collins Injera by the Kenya Rugby Union (KRU).

The squad that resumed training for the March 22 to 24 sixth leg of the HSB...

Sun, 02/24/2013 04:55 AM | By Mwakilishi

The brother of South African athlete Oscar Pistorius - accused of murdering his girlfriend - is also facing trial over the death of a woman.

Carl Pistorius is charged with culpable homicide over the death of a woman motorcyclist in a traffic accident, his lawye...

Fri, 02/22/2013 03:36 PM | By Mwakilishi

Kenya has banned three marathon runners for doping offences, including the first case of an athlete using the banned blood booster EPO, the country’s national athletics body said on Thursday.

Wilson Loyanae Erupe, who won the 2012 Seoul marathon in a course rec...

Fri, 02/22/2013 02:14 PM | By Mwakilishi

Oscar Pistorius was granted bail Friday, paving the way for him to be freed from custody pending his trial in the Valentine's Day shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Pistorius' family members and supporters shouted "Yes!" when Chief Magistrate Des...

Tue, 02/19/2013 02:55 AM | By Mwakilishi

Oscar Pistorius’s slain girlfriend is to be cremated today as the South African “Blade runner” athlete appears in court for a bail hearing expected to reveal more about what happened the night she was shot dead.

Model Reeva Steenkamp, 29, was shot four times in...

Mon, 02/18/2013 12:55 PM | By Mwakilishi

The Kenyan Diaspora Sports Organization (DSO) will host a soccer tournament in Dallas USA that will bring together Kenyan teams featuring former players living and working in USA. The first annual Kenya-DSO Dallas memorial soccer tournament will be held from May 24th thro...

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