Kenya faces threat of athletics ban amid doping crisis
Government commits to a ‘zero tolerance’ approach as it urges the world athletics governing body not to ban its athletes.Kenya’s government is urging World Athletics not to ban the…
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World Championships: Nigerian Tobi Amusan wins 100m hurdles gold
Amusan broke the world record earlier on Sunday by clocking 12.12 seconds in the semi-final at Hayward Field.Nigerian Tobi Amusan has stormed to victory at the 100 metres hurdles…
Africa’s fastest man gets US visa less than 24 hours to world race
The 26-year-old won the African 100m title last month. In 2021, he set the African men’s 100m record with 9.77 seconds.Africa’s fastest man, Ferdinand Omanyala, said he is…
Running from murder and abuse in Kenya
PodcastPodcast, The TakeKenya’s running reputation has been tarnished after two female athletes were murdered.
Kenya is famous for some of the fastest runners in the world, but…
Kenya’s Jepchirchir, Chebet win Boston Marathon titles
Six of the top 10 women’s finishers and five of the top 10 men were Kenyans as the world’s oldest marathon race returns.Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir made a thrilling sprint…
Nepal’s Mira Rai: Ex-child soldier to top ultra-runner and mentor
For years, Nepalese child soldier turned ultra-runner Mira Rai trained alone every morning, but now she leads other young women up and down the hills, hoping the sport can help…