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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Lieutenant General Retired Jackson Tuwei, President of Athletics Kenya (AK), has slammed the Export Promotion Council over an alleged gross maltreatment of junior athletes who attended the 2017 Expo in Astana, Kazakhstan.
Eight Kenyan athletes who medaled at the IAAF World Under 18 Championship…
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Kenyans have taken to social media demanding a unique picture of a young Kenyan athlete be elected as a billboard at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).
In the photo, a triumphant young Kenyan athlete is seen relaxingly walking on the pristine tartan track at Kasarani Stadium in Nairobi…
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Dirk Nowitzki, who plays for the Dallas Mavericks in the National Basketball Association (NBA) recently talked about his familial connections to Kenya.
In 2012, the German-born Dirk Nowitzki tied the knot with his Kenyan-Swedish fiancée in a Kenyan traditional wedding, which he says marked the…
