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 manager Federico Rosa to reveal details of the contract the runner had with American sportswear makers Nike.

Life insurance

Mr Wahome, who is the Speaker of the Nyandarua County Assembly, said the athlete had told him before he died that he was entitled to an annual payment and expected Sh12 million a month.

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 current Olympic and world record holder in 800m. He is also the defending World champion in 800m, and has run 10 of the 20 fastest times in the history of 800m.

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, would step aside at the end of the season.

"The decision to retire is one that I have thought a great deal about and one that I have not taken lightly. It is the right time," Ferguson said on United's website (www.manutd.com).

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 the Year. He has helped Celtic win two Scottish titles and also became the first Kenyan to score a goal in the EUFA Champions League in a shocking win over Barcelona at the group stage last year.

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 in a game in September last year, when he was kicked and hit by members of the Sparki Youth team before being "attacked in my private parts" by one of the coaching staff.

Wekesa said Daudi Kajembe came onto the field and assaulted him after a decision to send a Sparki player off.

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 last athlete with the media at the finish line and I had just walked to the footsteps of the hotel when the explosion happened.

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 winners had completed the race.

"If this had happened two hours earlier, maybe I would have been among the victims," Mr Korir said.

He had been celebrating Kenyan Rita Jeptoo's victory in the women's race.

"The joy that we had has all been taken away," Mr Korir told the BBC's Newsday programme.

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 injured, dozens of them seriously.

'There are a lot of people down,' one man, whose bib No. 17528 identified him as Frank Deruyter of North Carolina, told the Associated Press.

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 previously won the race in 2006.

The men’s race was won by Ethiopia’s Lelisa Desisa at an unofficial time of 2:10:23. Micah Kogo of Kenya was second in 2:10:27. Another Kenyan in the race and the defending champion, Wesley Korir, finished in fifth position at a time of 2:12:30.

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…