SPORTS NEWS

Sat, 02/11/2012 12:10 PM | By Mwakilishi

Joy and jubilation marked the first day of the Las Vegas tournament of the International Rugby Board Sevens circuit as the National rugby Sevens team qualified for the Main Cup quarter-final.

Two impressive victories over bitter rivals Scotland 17-14 and underdogs...

Fri, 02/10/2012 10:56 PM | By Mwakilishi

In its opener at the 2012 USA Sevens, the Kenyan rugby team rallied from an early deficit to defeat Pool D opponent Scotland 17-14.

Scotland’s Sean Kennedy scored the first of his two tries in the opening minute of the game, and Colin Gregor matched his effort...

Tue, 02/7/2012 08:45 AM | By Mwakilishi

Kenyan runner Vivian Cheruiyot won the prestigious Laureus Award Monday, being chosen as the best Sportswoman of the Year ahead of a star-studded cast.

The award comes as a tonic after she missed out on the IAAF's award last November to Australia's Sally Pearso...

Sat, 02/4/2012 05:45 PM | By Mwakilishi

The IRB has confirmed the pool draw for round 5 of the HSBC Sevens World Series, the USA Sevens in Las Vegas, USA on 10-12 February 2012.

The draw was made live on television before the Cup final of the Hertz Sevens in Wellington, the fourth round of the 2011/1...

Sat, 02/4/2012 12:20 PM | By Mwakilishi

After securing a morale boosting Bowl victory at Wellington Sevens on Saturday, Kenya will be going flat out for main Cup performance at Las Vegas next weekend.

Kenya, who for the second time downed Australia 12-7 in the tight Bowl final, are up against Welling...

Tue, 01/31/2012 12:03 PM | By Mwakilishi

You can call it going full cycle for Kenya’s McDonald Mariga who has made a return to his first club in Italy’s Serie A, FC Parma.

On Monday, Parma announced on its website that it had acquired the midfielder on loan from Inter Milan with an option of taking hi...

Wed, 01/25/2012 11:05 AM | By Mwakilishi

Kenya is hoping to raise more than $5 million (£3.2 million/€3.8 million) to help market itself during London 2012, it has been revealed.

Brand Kenya, the agency set-up by the Government in the East African country to help bring investment into the country, is...

Fri, 01/20/2012 03:44 PM | By Mwakilishi

Undoubtedly the largest fan base that turns out to cheer on Kenya during the nine-leg global HSBC 7s series are the fans that show up in Las Vegas, and it's not lost on the players and coaching staff

"Very encouraging,positive impact, creates a home based atmos...

Fri, 01/20/2012 11:45 AM | By Mwakilishi

Desmond Owino has committed to play NCAA Division 1 College Football at North Carolina state University. The 6-foot-5 240-pound defensive lineman had earlier committed to joining the North Carolina Tar Heels program but changed his mind last weekend after visiting N.C. St...

Wed, 01/11/2012 05:58 PM | By Mwakilishi

Despite having their worst possible start to any HSBC World 7's series in recent times, Kenya is determined and sure of bouncing back in Wellington and, especially in front of their rabid USA fans at the USA 7s in Las Vegas February 10-12.

Even in their worst o...

Fri, 12/23/2011 10:59 AM | By Mwakilishi

Victor Wanyama is pleased to have been watched by Newcastle United, saying the interest from England is an indicator his form in the Scottish Premier League isn’t going unnoticed.

The Kenyan midfielder signed for Celtic in the summer from Belgian side Beerschot...

Thu, 12/22/2011 04:05 PM | By Mwakilishi

A leading Dutch medical expert has opened an investigation into the death of Kenyan world marathon star, Samuel Kamau Wanjiru. Dr Frank van de Goot from Symbiant in Alkmaar, North Holland, 40 kilometres west of the Netherlands capital city, said he was collecting more evi...

Sun, 12/18/2011 12:39 PM | By Mwakilishi

Edison Miranda, a former middleweight and super middleweight title challenger, stopped Tampa, Florida-based Kenya native Kariz Kariuki in the fifth round at the Super Six World Boxing Classic on Saturday night in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The fight was competitive until...

Sun, 12/11/2011 05:05 AM | By Mwakilishi

Edward Cheserek and Fustum Zeinasellassie were locked in a classic duel as the two distance titans ran shoulder-to-shoulder and matched surges in an epic battle at Saturday's 33rd Foot Locker National Championships at Balboa Park.

Mon, 12/5/2011 11:38 PM | By Mwakilishi

Marko Cheseto, the star UAA long distance runner who had his feet amputated last month after going missing for several days in a snowstorm, was struggling with depression at the time of his disappearance, according to a newly-released police report.

According to th...

Mon, 11/21/2011 08:09 PM | By Mwakilishi

A top collegiate runner from Kenya who spent two days lost in an Alaska snowstorm had both of his feet amputated because of severe frostbite damage, the University of Alaska at Anchorage said on Monday.

Marko Cheseto, a two-time NCAA All-American runner, disapp...

Thu, 11/10/2011 12:53 PM | By Mwakilishi

Desmond Owino hasn't even been in America for a year yet and he's already making a name for himself. The Kenya native, a 6-foot-5, 235-pound defensive end from Raleigh (N.C.) Sanderson, is playing his first year of organized football and he has already picked up at least...

Wed, 11/9/2011 03:26 PM | By Mwakilishi

A Kenyan student athlete at the University of Alaska, Anchorage who went missing in a snowstorm this week walked into a campus area hotel on Wednesday suffering from hypothermia, police said.

Marko Cheseto, a two-time NCAA All-American runner whose disappearanc...

Tue, 11/8/2011 08:55 AM | By Mwakilishi

A search team with dogs scoured the woods around the University of Alaska at Anchorage on Monday for a Kenyan student athlete who went missing in a heavy snowstorm, police and school officials said.

Marko Cheseto, a star runner recruited by the university's cro...

Mon, 11/7/2011 11:34 AM | By Mwakilishi

On a near perfect, windless day that seemed made for African marathon runners, Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya flew over five New York bridges, breaking away from the so called elite team in the final six miles to shatter a decade-old course record by more than two and a half min...

Sun, 11/6/2011 12:50 PM | By Mwakilishi

Seven months after a turbo-charged tailwind helped propel him to the fastest marathon time in history, Geoffrey Mutai broke more stunning road-race ground Sunday, and didn't need the wind to do it.

Mutai, 30, of Kapng'etuny, Kenya, captured the 42nd running of...

Fri, 11/4/2011 01:51 PM | By Mwakilishi

Conceivably, a Kenya rugby player is now able to earn a tidy Sh5.25 million a year, making the game the best-paying locally.This is the maximum amount of money each member of the Kenya Sevens squad will be able to earn in salary and performance bonuses over the next two y...

Thu, 10/20/2011 02:10 PM | By Mwakilishi

Kenya is known for producing some of the world's greatest runners and now a company wants to get them noticed wearing a brand from their country.

A group of young entrepreneurs have launched what they say is the nation's first running brand and they have high h...

Thu, 10/20/2011 07:18 AM | By Mwakilishi

An 18-year-old Kenyan rising basketball star is causing ripples in United States and has been tipped by coaches as a future star in the making. Joel Awich, who recently moved to NCAA Division 1 California Polytechnic State University ‘Mustangs’ Big West  Conference f...

Sat, 10/15/2011 12:13 PM | By Mwakilishi

It came down to the wire, but first-time marathon runner Stephen Muange from Kenya broke free from a pack to win the 2011 Baltimore Marathon on Saturday.

Muange, 30, broke away from two other elite runners with only a few hundred yards to go to cross the finish...

Sun, 10/9/2011 11:54 AM | By Mwakilishi

Kenya's Moses Mosop won the Chicago Marathon in a course record on Sunday as Russian Liliya Shobukhova claimed the women's title to become the first runner to win the event three straight times.

Both champions pulled away to post emphatic victories, Mosop clock...

Sun, 09/25/2011 08:44 AM | By Mwakilishi

Berlin - Kenya's Patrick Makau set a new world record in the marathon here on Sunday winning the Berlin Marathon in an official time of 2hr 03min 38sec.

The 26-year-old defending champion smashed the old mark of 2hr 03:59 set by Ethiopian legend Haile Gebrselas...

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