Ayumba Ayodi

Kenya

Nation Sports Writer at Daily Nation

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Wanyonyi, Chebet named Kenya's top athletes for 2024

6 days ago | nation.africa | Ayumba Ayodi

Paris 2024 Olympic champions Emmanuel Wanyonyi and Beatrice Chebet have been named Kenya's best sportsperson of the year. Wanyonyi, the Olympic 800m champion, was named the 2024 Sportsman of the Year at the 21st Sports Personality of the Year (Soya) Awards held at the iconic Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) in Nairobi on Thursday night.
Police manhunt for pharmacist suspected of helping Kenyan athletes dope

1 week ago | nation.africa | Ayumba Ayodi

A Kenyan pharmacist, James Cheruiyot Kipsanai, who is suspected of administering performance-enhancing substances to athletes in Rift Valley, is on the run after escaping a multi-agency dragnet on Thursday in Eldoret. Kipsanai has been on the radar of the Anti-doping Agency of Kenya (Adak), Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and the Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) since January last year.
Police hunt for pharmacist suspected of helping Kenyan athletes to dope

1 week ago | nation.africa | Ayumba Ayodi

A Kenyan pharmacist, James Cheruiyot Kipsanai, who is suspected of administering performance-enhancing substances to athletes in Rift Valley, is on the run after escaping a multi-agency dragnet on Thursday in Eldoret. Kipsanai has been on the radar of the Anti-doping Agency of Kenya (Adak), Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and the Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) since January last year.
Omanyala, Moraa to lead Team Kenya at World Relay Championship

1 week ago | nation.africa | Ayumba Ayodi

Africa’s fastest man Ferdinand Omanyala and world 800m champion Mary Moraa have been named in Team Kenya for the World Athletics Relay Championships scheduled for May 10 to 11 in Guangzhou, China. Also to earn wildcards to the team are former national 100m champion and record holder Mark Otieno and Kip Keino Classic 400m hurdles champion Wiseman Were. Athletics Kenya (AK) named the team of 21 athletes and six officials after the one-day national trials at the Nyayo National Stadium on Saturday.
All hail Kabras Sugar, the undisputed kings of Kenyan rugby!

1 week ago | nation.africa | Ayumba Ayodi

Surely, Kabras Sugar are now knocking on the door of greatness after claiming their fifth Kenya Cup title and fourth in row on Saturday in Kakamega However, it was a case of so near yet so far for Menengai Oilers who came so close to winning their first Kenyan title in the tight final at Kakamega Showground on Saturday. Kabras Sugar, displaying their power, experience and guile carried the day 27-26 and remain unbeaten in three consecutive seasons of Kenya Cup.
Omanyala relinquishes Botswana Grand Prix title

1 week ago | nation.africa | Ayumba Ayodi

Kenya’s Ferdinand Omanyala has relinquished the Botswana Golden Grand Prix 100 metres title to South Africa’s Akani Simbine. Omanyala, who won the title in 2023, cruised to the lead through midway before Simbine, the world indoor 60m bronze medallist, took charge to storm to victory in a world leading time of 9.90 seconds at the National Stadium in Gaborone on Saturday.
Oilers seek to stop Kabras juggernaut in Kenya Cup final

1 week ago | nation.africa | Ayumba Ayodi

What you need to know:This will be the second final meeting between the two “brother” teams as they fight for the 55th Kenya Cup title. Since their debut in 2018, Oilers are yet to beat Kabras Sugar, who hold a three-season unbeaten run in Kenya Cup. Defending champions Kabras Sugar and Menengai Oilers clash in the 2024/2025 Kenya Cup final at the Kakamega Showground today. This will be the second final meeting between the two “brother” teams as they fight for the 55th Kenya Cup title.
Dark side of National Olympics Committee of Kenya elections

1 week ago | nation.africa | Ayumba Ayodi

What you need to know:The NOC-K Congress will take place on April 24 in Nairobi, during which the Kenyan Olympics body will elect new office holders. Some of the federations which will participate in the elections have been hit by wrangling among officials as to who holds the federation’s vote.
New tartan track to be laid at Nyayo Stadium

2 weeks ago | nation.africa | Ayumba Ayodi

The national trials for the World Athletics Relay Championships scheduled for Saturday will be the last event to be staged at the Nyayo National Stadium before the venue gets a new tartan running track. Athletics Kenya (AK) director in charge of development, Barnaba Korir, said on Wednesday that work of laying a new track was supposed to start this week but they requested the government to allow the trials to first be held.
Athlete welfare at heart of Judo boss Maluki’s bid

2 weeks ago | nation.africa | Ayumba Ayodi

For eight years, Shadrack Maluki has served as under the wings of National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOC-K) President Paul Tergat as the deputy to the former long-distance runner. The period brought stability to the scandal-ridden Kenyan Olympics body that was smarting from the bungling of Team Kenya’s operations at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games.