Elijah Manangoi Completes his two years Ban
The 2017 World 1500m champion, Elijah Manangoi will be free (from today midnight Dec 22) to compete after serving his two years ban for “whereabouts failures” that was imposed on him by the Athletics...
View ArticleSex verification in sport: the sidelining of intersex athletes
Sex verification in sport has been debated for decades, with the likes of Ewa Kłobukowska and Caster Semenya being banned from women’s sports in the process. As more athletes were prohibited from...
View ArticleSecrets that corrupt Lamine Diack took with him to the Grave
Champion long jumper. Coach of the Senegal national football team. Mayor of Dakar. Head of global athletics for 16 years. Olympic powerbroker. Fixer. Corruptor. Convicted super criminal. Lamine Diack...
View ArticleRoad Kings Kitwara, Oloititip , Kabuu Complete Doping Ban Race
Sammy Kitwara and Nicholas Kosgei are some of the Kenyan athletes who have completed their doping ban after serving their term that was imposed by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU). AIU, the body...
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Coe asks Senegalese President to help extradite Papa Massata Diack to France...
Sebastian Coe has personally asked Senegal’s President Macky Sall to intervene and help have former International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) marketing consultant Papa Massata Diack...
View ArticleRussian Athletics Federation takes IAAF to court over suspension
Russia’s athletics federation said on Wednesday it had filed an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the decision by global athletics body IAAF to prolong its suspension. The...
View ArticleSebastian Coe: Russia ban no yet lifted
IAAF president Sebastian Coe said Thursday that Russia still has two pre-conditions to meet before they are allowed to return to international competition, despite the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)...
View ArticleSimotwo’s four year Doping Ban Upheld
The doping ban imposed on the 2010 Meeting Grand Prix IAAF de Dakar 3000m champion Suleiman Simotwo of Kenya has been upheld. The provisional ban that was imposed was on July 14, 2017, was upheld by...
View ArticleSemenya set to attempt triple in Ostrava
After speeding to her hat-trick of Diamond League titles this week, Caster Semenya is gunning for one that is missing from her collection of major medals – the International Association of Athletics...
View ArticleKenyan politician calls for report into progress of anti-doping law following...
A Kenyan Member of Parliament has called for a report on the anti-doping law as the country attempts to tackle a crisis following several positive tests in athletics. Kathuri Murungi, a Member of...
View ArticleTwo Russians who served doping bans previously get medal upgrades
The International Olympic Committee says it will give medal upgrades to two Russian athletes who have served doping bans. The IOC will award silver medals to Ekaterina Poistogova and Tatyana Tomashova...
View ArticleCoe hopeful all countries will attend 2019 IAAF World Championships in Doha...
International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe has expressed his hope that all nations will participate at the 2019 World Championships in Doha, despite the ongoing...
View ArticleDeputy President William Ruto to Attend Nicholas Bett’s Burial
Deputy President William Ruto will lead other top brass government and athletics fraternity during the burial of the late Nicholas Bett at his home in Simat village, Uasin Gishu County on Thursday....
View ArticleAsbel Kiprop maintains he did not dope
Multiple world 1,500m champion Asbel Kiprop has taken his doping claims to the social media, accusing some individuals of witch-hunt to end and taint his career as an athlete. First, the runner wrote...
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Nuns on the run: Vatican launches athletics team and targets Olympics
The Vatican has launched an athletics team with the aim of competing in international competitions – including the Olympics – as part of an agreement signed with the Italian Olympic Committee (Coni)....
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NINE THINGS FOR 2019: ON THE ROADS
Over the first nine days of 2019, we are taking a look at nine things we’re really looking forward to as we enter another year. We started with a look at returning stars and then some exciting rising...
View ArticleBrigid Kosgei rules out competing at World Cross Championships
Chicago marathon champion Brigit Kosgei has ruled out competing at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Denmark in March. The 24-year-old said she is fully focused on the marathon competition...
View ArticleKenyan men took first 17 places in Singapore marathon
Kenyans finished in the first 22 spots of the men’s Singapore marathon — with winner Joshua Kipkorir completing the race about half an hour quicker than the fastest non-Kenyan. Kipkorir — 24, and...
View ArticleIAAF approve changes at 2020 World Under-20 Championships in Nairobi
Concluding races in the decathlon and heptathlon events at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Under-20 Championships in Nairobi in 2020 will see the introduction of...
View ArticleWorld athletics body extends ban against Russia
World athletics body IAAF on Tuesday upheld a ban against Russia’s athletics federation over doping in the country, the TASS news agency reported, citing a source. Russia’s athletics federation has...
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