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American Tennis starlet Serena Williams has expressed her 'love' for Kenya, describing the East African country as "one of my favorite places to go." Responding to a question by BBC sports about plans of setting up a Women Tennis Association (WTA) tour in Africa, in what would be the first for the…

Team Kenya will on Saturday night face Argentina in the May Cup Quarter Finals of the 2018 USA Sevens Rugby. The team qualified for the quarter finals after a thrilling win on their last Pool A match against Fiji earlier on Saturday, winning by a score of 17-14. Kenya finished the Pool matches tied…

Kenya lost its opening match at the 2018 USA Sevens Rugby on Friday, after falling 14-19 to France. Kenya is placed in Pool A alongside France, Fiji, and Russia. The team’s next game is on Friday at 6:45 pm  PST (9:45 EST) against Russia before playing the last Pool A match against Fiji on…

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) world cup trophy has finally landed in the country. The six-kilogram gold-made trophy arrived at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on Monday morning from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. President Kenyatta will receive the silverware…

Kenyan alpine skier, Sabrina Wanjiku Samider is set to feature in the upcoming 2018 Winter Olympics to be held in Pyeongchang, South Korea between February 9th and March 9th. The Austria-based skier qualified for the snow event in early 2017 and will be the only representative of Kenya. She will…

Kenyan boxer Zarika Fatuma has defended her World Boxing Council (WBC) super bantamweight title after trouncing Zambian Catherine Phiri. Zarika clinched the title on unanimous points decision after scoring 97-92, 98-91 and 99-92 from the three international judges who presided over the fixture.…

Kenya’s Joyciline Jepkosgei broke her own Half Marathon world record on Sunday when she won the Valencia Half Marathon in a time of 1:04:51. Jepkosgei, 23, beat her previous record of 1:04:52 by one second. It was my first race in Valencia, I enjoyed a lot, the weather is nice, the circuit is…

Legendary Kenyan marathoner Paul Tergat has been elected as the new President of National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK). Tergat was elected unopposed to replace Kipchoge Keino at the helm of the Olympic committee following the polls held on Friday. Keino has been holding the NOCK President…

Organizers of Warsaw Marathon have found themselves on the spot for failing to offer help to a Kenyan athlete who collapsed about 800 meters from the finish line. Recho Kosgei had taken a clear lead in the women’s race and was ahead of her competitors by almost three minutes, but collapsed during…

Kenyan athlete Magdalyn Masai got a surprise marriage proposition from her New Zealand boyfriend at the finishing line of Great North marathon in the United Kingdom. Jake Robertson, a New Zealand runner took part in the Great North Run and finished second after being beaten by British Olympic hero…