Faith Kipyegon’s Royal Performance in Monaco
By Robert Rutto In the balmy evening air of Monaco’s Stade Louis II on July 21, 2023, Faith Kipyegon took to the track not just as a champion, but as a conqueror, ready to etch…
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Hail ‘Madame Faith De Paris’
By Robert Rutto Beneath the French sky, at Stade Charléty’s glow on July 7, 2024, the evening air hummed with possibility. The pacemakers dropped their jet wings and Faith Kipyegon, in Kenyan crimson, launched her…
Faith Kipyegon’s Unforgettable Night in Florence
By Robert Rutto Under the golden hues of a Tuscan sunset, the air at the Stadio Luigi Ridolfi crackled with quiet but heavy anticipation. Top echelon milers had gathered here for the third leg of…
Money in The Pipeline: KPC Volleyball Club Celebrates League Win with Sh2m Award
The Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) Managing Director Joe Sang says the corporation’s women’s volleyball team must now move on and conquer Africa after dominating the national Women’s Volleyball League. Sang spoke as he awarded the…
A Leap of Faith: Barefoot Faith Kipyegon’s Dramatic Arrival on World Stage in Punta Umbria, Spain
By Robert Rutto In the winter of 2011, a shooting star launched in the beautiful city of Punta Umbria, Spain. The star was a starry-eyed girl barely 17 years of age. On her maiden flight,…
Jean Jacques Boissy’s MVP Play Hands Libya’s Al Ahli Tripoli BAL 2025 Title
Pretoria, South Africa: Debutants Al Ahli Tripoli, led by their tournament Most Valuable Player, forward Jean Jacques Boissy, at the weekend defeated Angola’s Petro de Luanda 88-67 to win the 2025 Basketball Africa League (BAL), a continental competition’s finals…
Albert Batyrgaziev vs James Dickens: Unification WBA and IBA Pro Title Fight to Crown Boxing Show in Istanbul
Lausanne, Switzerland : Undefeated Russian Olympic gold medalist Albert Batyrgaziev (12-0, 8 KOs) will put his IBA.Pro and WBA Interim super-featherweight titles on the line against Liverpool’s beloved boxing star James “Jazza” Dickens (35-5, 14…
Faith Kipyegon Prepares For Lunar Mission in Paris… And We Shall Be There!
By Robert Rutto As if her 1,500 metres world record of three minutes, 49.04 seconds is not dumbfounding enough, triple Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon embarks on another impossible journey – breaking the four-minute mile barrier. …
Transforming Lives, Communities and Economies Through Basketball
By Clare Akamanzi, NBA Africa CEO Since the NBA opened its first office in Africa in 2010, the league has taken a long-term approach to growing basketball across the continent – starting at the grassroots…
‘On’ Sign Latest Star, Ethiopia’s 1,500m World Indoor Champion, Samuel Tefera
Zurich Swiss sportswear brand On has announced the addition of Ethiopia’s World Indoor Championships 1,500 metres’ gold medalist Samuel Tefera to its fast-growing elite athlete roster. The Ethiopian youngster, born on October 23, 1999, has…