Category: Sports
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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025 – Women’s 800m Final – Japan National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan – September 21, 2025 Kenya’s Lilian Odira celebrates winning the gold medal REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier Purchase Licensing Rights Kenya’s Lilian Odira produced a storming finish to win an astonishing women’s 800 metres world gold on Sunday, smashing her personal best by…
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Beatrice Chebet has won the 5000m title at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, completing a distance double, repeating the feat she achieved at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The Kenyan narrowly beat her teammate and close friend, Faith Kipyegon, the 1500m champion and defending titleholder. Chebet and Kipyegon stayed close to Italy’s Nadia Battocletti…
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Shabana FC began their FKF Premier League campaign on a high with a 4-2 victory over newcomers APS Bomet in an entertaining clash in Kisii on Sunday September 21, 2025 in the afternoon. The hosts made their intentions clear early on, with Brian Michira Migiro striking twice in 11 minutes. He opened the scoring in…
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Kenya U20 Women’s National Team, under head coach Jackline Juma, opened their 2026 FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup qualifying campaign with a 1-1 draw against Ethiopia in the first leg of the second round played on Sunday, September 21, 2025, at the Abebe Bikila Stadium in Addis Ababa. Kenya made a dream start, striking just…
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Bidco United handed Gor Mahia a rude awakening in their opening match of the 2025/26 FKF Premier League season, securing a hard-fought 1-0 victory at Kasarani Stadium on Sunday September 21, 2025 in the afternoon. The first half saw Gor push forward with intent, creating chances through Ebenezer Adukwam and Bryton Onyona, but Bidco’s backline…
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Nyayo National Stadium will be the center of attention this Saturday as Nairobi United FC welcome Uganda’s NEC FC for the decisive second leg of their CAF Confederation Cup preliminary round tie. Kick-off is set for 4:00 pm. The first leg in Kampala ended in a pulsating 2-2 draw, leaving the contest finely balanced. Nairobi…
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The Kenya Rugby Union (KRU) has confirmed the participation of four sides ahead of the 2025 Safari 7s, scheduled for October 10–12 at the Nyayo National Stadium. Among the early confirmations are the UK Sevens Select side, the French Renegades, Tunisia women’s team, and Zambia men’s team. The inclusion of these sides signals a competitive…
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Kenyans won the Men’s and Women’s Berlin Marathons as the Kenya team in Tokyo 2025 finished aecond only after USA. Sabastian Sawe wins the Berlin Marathon (© AFP / Getty Images) Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe lived up to his billing as favourite as he produced a long solo run to win the men’s race at the…
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Team Kenya finished in a commendable top position in Africa and second globally with 11 medals; seven gold, two silver and two bronze, as the curtains fell on the 20th World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday. The United States, for the fifth straight time, topped the medal standings with 21; 16 gold, five…
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Gold medallist Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon celebrates after competing in the women’s 1500m final of the athletics event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on August 10, 2024. (Photo by Jewel SAMAD / AFP) Kenya’s middle-distance queen Faith Kipyegon is ready to take on a new challenge—long-distance…