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Kenyan athlete Eliud Kipchoge has made history as the first man to run a marathon in under two hours, breaking the sub-2-hour barrier by 20 seconds.
The 34-year-old Olympic Champion completed the 42km race in one hour 59 minutes 40 seconds in the INEOS 1:59 Challenge staged on the streets of Vienna…
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Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge on Monday departed the country for Vienna, Austria ahead of his attempt to become the first man to run 42km (26 miles) under two hours.
The 34-year-old marathon record holder left his training base in Eldoret town in a private jet provided by British…
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Timothy Cheruiyot won men’s 1,500m final to bag Kenya’s fifth gold medal as the World IAAF Championships in Doha, Qatar came to an end on Sunday.
Cheruiyot, who led from gun to tape, clocked 3:29.26 ahead of Taoufik Makhloufi of Algeria (3:31.38) and Poland’s Marcin Lewandowski (3:32.72).
Cheruiyot…
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Hellen Obiri successfully defended her world 5,000 meters title at the IAAF world championships in Doha on Saturday, securing Kenya’s fourth gold medal.
The 29-year-old led from the gun to tape as Kenyans on the terraces of Khalifa International Stadium cheered her every step to glory, touching the…
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After an 18-year hiatus, Kenya’s Safari Rally is set to make a comeback in the World Rally Championship (WRC).
Safari Rally will return in the WRC on July 19th, 2020, the International Automobile Federation (FIA) announced on Friday.
Yves Matton, FIA Rally Director said there was a need to have…
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Retired Kenyan athlete Barnaba Korir is on Friday set to be inducted to Iowa State Athletics Hall-of-Fame.
Korir, who currently serves as Athletics Kenya (AK) director in charge of youth and development, is among six sports personalities who will be inducted to Iowa State Athletics Hall-of-Fame.…
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Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei is the new world record holder for the fastest ran half-marathon by a female athlete.
Ms. Kosgei set a new world record when she won the Great North Run in Tyneside, the United Kingdom on Sunday in a time of one hour, four minutes and 28 seconds.
She ran 23 seconds quicker to…
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South African middle-distance runner Caster Semenya has decided to become a professional footballer.
The two-time Olympic 800m champion signed for South African women's football team JVW, which is owned by Banyana Captain, Janine van Wyk
Semenya, 28, is unable to compete in the 800m race without…
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Arsenal and online money transfer service, WorldRemit, are offering one male and one female football coach from Africa or the Americas the chance to attend an exclusive training program with Arsenal Football Development coaches in London.
Now in its second edition, the “Future Stars” programme…
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Former Kenyan short-distance runner and Olympic champion Robert Ouko is dead.
Ouko, who was a member of Kenya’s famous 4×400 meters relay team that won gold at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, passed away at his Ngong home on Sunday night aged 70.
While confirming his death, former track athlete Rose…
