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Kenya’s Mary Keitany set a new women’s only world record on Sunday as she won the women’s London Marathon. Keitany posted 2:17:01, breaking the previous record held by Paula Radcliffe. “I want to say it was a great day for me. It was really amazing,” Keitany told BBC after the win. Tirunesh Dibaba…
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Premier League's Chelsea and Tottenham have both had four players each named in the Professional Footballers' Association Premier League team of the year. Defenders Gary Cahill and David Luiz and midfielders N'Golo Kante and Eden Hazard are Chelsea's representatives while Tottenham's quartet are…
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Tennis great Serena Williams announced on Wednesday that she is expecting her first baby. Serena, through her publicist confirmed the news through her publicist Kelly Bush Novak, a day after posting a photo with what seemed with a baby bump and with the caption “20 weeks”. "I'm happy to confirm…
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Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez, a former New England Patriots tight end, was found dead in his prison cell on Wednesday after hanging himself. The former tight end was found hanging from a bed sheet that he had tied to a cell window at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Massachusetts…
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Geoffrey Kirui won the men’s race of the 121st running of the Boston Marathon, capping a sweep for Kenya after Enda Kiplagat won the women’s race. The 24-year-old Kirui finished in 2:09:37, followed in second place by Galen Rupp of the United States in 2:09:58.  Sugar Osako of Japan finished…
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Kenyan veteran runner Edna Kiplagat won the women’s 2017 Boston Marathon on Monday, April 17th. The 37-year-old, running in her first Boston Marathon, cruised to victory in a time of 2:21:52. Bahrain's (Kenyan-born) Rose Chelimo finished second in a time of 2:22:51, followed in third place by…
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David Komen, the world record holder in 300m, has been charged in court with six counts of forgery and obtaining goods by false pretense. Komen appeared Senior Resident Magistrate Christine Njagi of the Milimani Law Court on Monday to face accusations of defrauding Thomas Getanguta, the seller of a…
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A Kenyan husband and wife won the 41st Paris Marathon on Sunday, with Paul Lonyangata winning the men’s race and his wife Purity Rionoripo the women’s race. Lonyangata, 24, won then men’s race in a time of 2:06:10. Second and third place winners were also Kenyan, Stephen Chebogut finishing in a…
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Jemima Sumgong, Kenya’s gold medalist in women marathon at the 2016 Rio Olympics, has yet to speak publicly on the shocking news that she tested positive for EPO (Erythropoietin) in February, a substance banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency. She did however post a message on Facebook on Friday…
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Jemima Sumgong, Kenya’s gold medalist in women marathon at the 2016 Rio Olympics, has tested positive for performance enhancing drugs. Sumgong, 32, who became the first Kenyan woman to win gold in the marathon last year in addition to winning the London Marathon, has tested positive for the banned…