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English rugby star Joe Marler has been banned for 10 weeks after he was found guilty of grabbing and squeezing an opponent’s private parts.
Marler was seen squeezing his opponent Alun Wyn Jones’ genitals during the Six Nations match between England and Wales last Saturday after a scuffle emerged…
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The National Basketball Associated (NBA) on Wednesday evening announced that it has suspended the current season until further notice due to the Coronavirus outbreak.
This is after Rudy Gobert, a player for the Utah Jazz, tested positive for the virus.
The NBA had been mulling playing games in…
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Kenyan rugby player Tony Onyango Opondo has passed away.
The 28-year-old KCB RFC star reportedly collapsed and died at his home in Ngong on Tuesday night, just a few hours after he participated in a club training session in Ruaraka ahead of the Kenya Cup playoffs this weekend.
“We join the entire…
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The US leg of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2020 kicked off on Saturday in Los Angeles, California.
The Kenyan team lost its opening Pool B match against South Africa, falling 5-31 at Dignity Health Sports Park in Los Angeles.
Kenya is grouped with South Africa, Ireland, and Canada in Pool B.…
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1,500m Olympic champion Asbel Kiprop has ditched athletics to pursue a new career in motorsports after he was banned for four years over doping.
Kiprop, a three-time 1,500m World champion, announced the new move through Twitter on Monday. He has joined a Nairobi-based motor-rallying academy to…
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Former NBA superstar Kobe Bryant’s 13-year-old daughter Gianna "Gigi" Maria-Onore also died in the Sunday morning helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and four other people on board, TMZ reports.
TMZ reports that Kobe, Gianna and three other people who have not yet been identified were on their…
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Former NBA superstar Kobe Brant has died. Bryant died in a helicopter crash near Calabasas, California, 30 minuets from downtown Los Angeles on Sunday morning.
TMZ and ABC News report that all people onboard died in the crash. No word yet on the identifies of the other four passengers, but it being…
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Celebrated Kenyan marathoner Eliud Kipchoge has played down claims that the Nike Zoom Vapor racing shoe he wears gives an unfair advantage over other long-distance runners.
This comes after media reports on Wednesday suggested that athletics governing body IAAF was considering banning…
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Kenya's national women’s volleyball team, Malkia Strikers have qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Games, ending their 16-year absence in the competition.
Malkia Strikers clinched the only ticket reserved for Africa in the Summer Games after whipping Nigeria 3-0 (25-15, 25-21, 25-12) in their…
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Kenyan marathoner Eliud Kipchoge has been voted BBC Sports Personality's World Sport Star of the Year.
Kipchoge, 34, topped an online public vote to win the prestigious award ahead of his rivals American gymnast Simone Biles, South Africa's Rugby World Cup-winning captain Siya Kolisi, Australian…
