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Kenyans national Rugby Sevens team suffered a humiliating defeat in the hands of United States Sevens on Saturday. The Kenyan side was thrashed 47-0 by United States in the ongoing World series in London,United Kingdom. Shujaa's defeat by US was the second hours after they were edged out12-10 by…
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Kenyan-born basketball player Josephine Achieng Owino was on Friday inducted into Union University’s Sports Hall of Fame. The 6 feet- 3 inches, 34-year-old Owino played four years at Union University, located in Jackson, Tennessee from 2005 to 2009, helping the team win two NAIA National titles in…
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Defending champions United States has announced that they have withdrawn from the IAAF World Youth (World Under 18) in Nairobi 2017 citing security concerns. US becomes the latest country to withdraw from the competition after UK, New Zealand, Britain, Australia, Canada and Switzerland withdrew…
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Tottenham midfielder and Kenyan national team skipper Victor Wanyama is the winner of 2017 Best of Africa role model award. Wanyama scooped the Youth Engagement Award, one of the ten honors awarded on April 25th during a gala at London’s Rosewood Hotel. Previous winners of the award include Yaya…
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The English Premier league is set to see another talented Kenyan international showcase his talent. jonah Ayunga is expected to make a debut in the Premier League next season following the promotion of his team, Brighton and Hove Albion from the second-tier British Championship League to the…
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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…