Athletics

[Nation] University of Nairobi student Ferdinand Omanyala Saturday blasted to the fastest time in 100m on Kenya soil during the second leg of Athletics Kenya Relays Series at Nyayo National Stadium. (AllAfrica)

[Nation] The Kapsait Athletics Training Camp in Elgeyo Marakwet County is proving to be a distance running Mecca of sorts with an increasing number of elite foreign athletes pitching camp at this address, some 3,000 metres above sea level, seeking improved performance. (AllAfrica)

[Nation] Century Fox (Richard Kibet), knuckled down from the Kenya Guineas stalls to lead a merry pace, but then a stack of horses approached him in gritty fashion. (AllAfrica)

[Daily News] THE Government in Kilimanjaro region said it will continue supporting Kilimanjaro Marathon due to its vital role in improving the region's economy and global level tourism. (AllAfrica)

[Monitor] World 800m champion Halimah Nakaayi and her team have intensified focus on preps for the Tokyo Olympic Games where she bids to win Uganda's first medal in middle distance. (AllAfrica)

[The Herald] THE Bonaqua 2021 Africa Triathlon Cup Troutbeck that had been scheduled for February 20 has been indefinitely pushed back due to the prevailing circumstances. (AllAfrica)

[Nation] Since its inception in 2015, the Kapsait Athletics High School has produced athletics stars, the latest success being World Under-20 Championships 5,000 metres gold medalist Edward Zakayo and Africa Youth Games 3,000 metres champion Zena Chemutai. (AllAfrica)

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Five elite athletes led by world 1500m champion Timothy Cheruiyot on Monday received scholarship cheques from the National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOC-K). (AllAfrica)

[Nation] The trailblazing Charles Mneria blew away the field on his way to sealing an emphatic hat-trick in senior men's 10km race at the Kenya Prisons Service Cross Country Championships on Saturday at the Prisons Staff Training College, Ruiru. (AllAfrica)

[Nation] Rosemary Wanjiru was sublime in her execution leading from gun to finish to win her maiden Kenya Prisons Service Cross Country senior women's race at Prisons Staff Training College on Saturday. (AllAfrica)

[Nation] In 2017, during the World Cross Country Championships held at Kololo grounds in Kampala, Uganda, Kenyan athletics fans thronged the venue to cheer their team. (AllAfrica)

[Nation] This weekend will truly be a cross country one with dozens of races programmed ahead of the tough regionals that will be staged two weeks later. (AllAfrica)

[Nation] Former champions Alice Aprot and Celliphine Chespol are back to wrestle the title from Loice Chemining when the Kenya Prisons Service Cross Country Championships go down Saturday at the Prisons Staff Training College (KPTC) in Ruiru. (AllAfrica)

[Namibian] Despite restrictions due to Covid-19 and a dearth of sponsors, the Quinton Steele Botes Athletics Coaching Course was once again successfully staged in Windhoek last week. (AllAfrica)

[Capital FM] Addis Ababa -- The Kenyan trio of Solomon Boit, Evans Kipkemei and Kennedy Kimutai had a taste of the Total Great Ethiopian Run that celebrated its 20th Anniversary on Sunday in the Ethiopian Capital. (AllAfrica)

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- The 2020 Great Ethiopian Run (GER), which is Ethiopia's flagship annual event, has supported bird conservation in the country. (AllAfrica)

[Namibian] One of Namibia's top junior swimmers, Jose Canjulo, excelled with some superb performances at the Northern Tigers Gala in Pretoria last month. (AllAfrica)

[The Herald] Sports Reporter (AllAfrica)

[The Herald] It's biting. (AllAfrica)

[Namibian] The Quinton Steele Botes Athletics Training Camp takes place for the 28th consecutive year in Windhoek this week. (AllAfrica)

[Nation] This year marks the 20th year since Kenya last won a gold medal in the 10,000 metres at a major senior athletics competition. (AllAfrica)

[Daily Maverick] Ultra-marathons are fast gaining popularity, and the more brutal and extreme the better. Should you join the race? (AllAfrica)

[Daily News] AS Police investigate into the cause of a road accident in which 14 athletes were injured on New Year, medical doctors at the Mnazi Mmoja Hospital say the injured are recovering gradually. (AllAfrica)

[Leadership] Abuja -- The Nigeria Paralympic Committee (NPC) has stressed that the nation's special athletes will not disappoint but leave up to expectations as they are set to make the country proud in international competitions this year. (AllAfrica)

[Nation] Woow! The passage of the Anti-Doping (Amendment) Bill of 2020 on Tuesday night, as recommended by the National Assembly Department on Sports, Culture and Tourism, was, for lack of better words, a move in the right direction. (AllAfrica)

[The Herald] Sports Reporter (AllAfrica)

[Nation] World marathon champion Ruth Chepng'etich hopes to end a coronavirus ravaged season on a high on the last day of the year when she lines up for the San Silvestre Vallecana 10-kilometre road Thursday night. (AllAfrica)

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Senators on Tuesday unanimously passed the Anti-Doping (Amendment) Bill 2020 that once assented into law by President Uhuru Kenyatta will see doping athletes, key among other stringent measures, subjected to jail terms. (AllAfrica)

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Senators on Tuesday unanimously passed the Anti-Doping (Amendment) Bill 2020 that once assented into law by President Uhuru Kenyatta will see doping athletes face punitive measures including jail terms. (AllAfrica)

[New Frame] Regarded as the greatest downhill mountain biker of all time, the 39-year-old from Pietermaritzburg is hungry for more success despite the glittering career already behind him. (AllAfrica)

[Nation] With the race in Geneva down to the wire, Kenya's athletics legends have drummed up support for Sports Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed's bid for the World Trade Organisation (WTO) director-general's position. (AllAfrica)