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Kenyan long-distance athlete Betty Wilson Lempus has been banned for five years over doping. Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced on Thursday that the 31-year-old runner was banned for using the banned substance triamcinolone acetonide. Lempus was tested after her win at the Harmonie Mutuelle…

World Athletics has ratified Eliud Kipchoge’s marathon world record of two hours, one minute and nine seconds. The 38-year-old Kenyan runner set the record during last year’s Berlin Marathon, taking off 30 seconds from the previous world record that he had in the same race in 2018. Kipchoge crossed…

Kenyan sprinter Ferdinand Omanyala on Tuesday graduated as a police constable from Kiganjo Police Training College. Omanyala, who is the African record holder and 8th fastest man of all-time in the 100 meters, was among the 2,881 recruits who graduated at an event presided over by President Ruto.…

Kenyan tennis star Rosehilda Asumwa has secured a scholarship to study and further her career in the United States. The 18-year-old landed a university scholarship to Cowley College in Kansas to study business management and play tennis, according to her manager Allan Atola. The manager said Asumwa…

Kenya’s long-distance runner Diana Kipyokei has been stripped of her Boston Marathon title and $150,000 prize money after she was found guilty of doping. The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced on Tuesday that Kipyokei has been disqualified from the race and handed a six-year ban for multi-…

Kenyans Evans Chebet and Sharon Lokedi are this year's New York Marathon champions. Chebet, who won the Boston Marathon in April, clocked two hours, eight minutes and 41 seconds to win the men's race, becoming the first man to win both races in the same year since his compatriot Geoffrey Mutai in…

Wilson Kiprugut Chumo, the first Kenyan man to win an Olympic medal, has passed away at the age of 84. Kiprugut, who clinched bronze in 800m during the 1964 Olympic Games, died in Kericho on Tuesday after battling a long illness, Athletics Kenya (AK) said. Athletics Kenya President Jack Tuwei said…

Kenyan long-distance runner Mary Keitany is set to be inducted into the New York Road Races Hall of Fame in the United States. Keitany, who retired from professional running in 2019, will be inducted alongside the late American long-distance runner Art Hall at a ceremony slated for November 4th,…

Legendary Kenyan boxer Philip Waruinge has died at the age of 77, the Boxing Federation of Kenya (BFK) announced on Wednesday. Waruinge, one of Kenya’s most decorated pugilists, died at his home in Lanet, Nakuru on Wednesday morning after a short illness.    "He had a problem with his…

Kenyan tennis sensation Angela Okutoyi has joined Auburn University in the United States to study and advance her tennis career. Okutoyi, 18, made the announcement through social media on Monday, saying she is excited to join the Alabama-based higher learning institution to advance her education…