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Tennis star Angela Okutoyi made history on Saturday by becoming the first Kenyan to win a Major Open title. The 18-year-old Kenyan won the Grandslam following her girls’ double victory at Wimbledon alongside her Dutch partner Rose Marie Nijkamp. Okutoyi and Nijkamp defeated the Canadian duo of…

Kenyan sprinter Ferdinand Omanyala bagged gold in the 100-meter race at the 2022 African Athletics Championships in Port-Louis, Mauritius on Thursday.  The 26-year-old clocked 9.93 seconds to edge out defending champion Akani Simbine of South Africa in a thrilling photo finish while South…

Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) defeated Egyptian giants Al Ahly in Kelibia, Tunisia on Tuesday night to be crowned the Africa Women’s Volleyball Club champions. The bankers bagged the continental title for the first time since 2006 and became the first Kenyan club to clinch the title in nine years…

President Kenyatta on Thursday received the 18-carat gold FIFA World Cup trophy which is on a two-day tour of Kenya ahead of this year's World Cup in Qatar.  The trophy was handed to the president at State House, Nairobi by legendary Brazilian footballer Juliano Belleti, a World Cup-winning…

Kenyan sprinter Ferdinand Omanyala recorded the fastest men’s 100m in the world this year with a time of 9.85 seconds in the Kip Keino Classic held at the Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi on Saturday. Omanyala, 26, outpaced Olympic 100m silver medalist Fred Kerley of the United States, who…

Kenya's Evans Chebet and Peres Jepchirchir have won the 126th Boston Marathon held on Monday. Chebet bagged the men’s crown in two hours, six minutes, and 51 seconds, holding off two past Boston Marathon champions Lawrence Cherono and Benson Kipruto, both Kenyans. Cherono, who won the race in 2019…

Kenyan athlete Shieys Chepkosgei, alias Hillary Kiprotich, was on Monday arraigned in an Eldoret court over forgery. The marathon runner is accused of presenting a forged post-natal discharge summary and a notification of birth to the Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya (ADAK), claiming it was issued by…

Four Kenyan-born athletes have switched their international allegiance as they seek to compete on the global stage.  Norah Jeruto, Daisy Jepkemei, Shadrack Koech, and Caroline Chepkoech have been granted Kazakhstan citizenship after the World Athletics approved their request to represent the…

President Kenyatta has congratulated athletes Eliud Kipchoge and Brigid Kosgei following their triumph in Sunday’s Tokyo Marathon. Both Kipchoge and Kosgei smashed the Tokyo Marathon course records, running the fastest ever marathon on Japanese soil. Kipchoge, who is the marathon world record…

The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) has condemned the recent social media racist abuse against Kenyan junior driver McRae Kimathi. The World Rally Championship (WRC) governing body stated that there is no room for racism in the sport and in society, pledging to ensure the…