Elias Makori
Lead Editor, Sports and Integration Projects at Daily Nation
2012 IAAF World Journalist of the Year. “Journalism largely consists of saying Lord Jones is Dead to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive.”
Articles
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2 weeks ago |
nation.africa | Elias Makori
In Rabat Kenya’s Ferdinand Omanyala and South Africa’s Akani Simbine have been on the road for close to two months now, having launched their outdoor season at the Botswana Golden Grand Prix on April 12 in Gaborone before travelling to China for the opening Wanda Diamond League meetings in Xiamen and Shanghai-Keqiao and the World Athletics Relays Championships in Guangzhou.
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3 weeks ago |
nation.africa | Elias Makori
Daniel Waweru Irungu touched down at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on Wednesday this week, aboard a Qatar Airways flight from Doha. He had connected at Doha’s Hamad International Airport from an eight-hour flight from Beijing. Irungu was in China for a month, competing on the Chinese road running circuit to eke out a living, victory in the Anji Half Marathon in Huzhou - which is in East China’s Zhejian province – among the significant achievements on the tour.
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3 weeks ago |
nation.africa | Elias Makori
Samuel Kamau Wanjiru’s mausoleum lies desolate, some 14 years after his tragic demise shocked the running world. Overgrown grass and an untrimmed kei apple hedge, whose rugged flow is interrupted by a decaying wooden fence and some barbed wire, punctuate the emptiness.
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1 month ago |
nation.africa | Elias Makori
What you need to know:Exciting fighter, middleweight James Sebalamu, is also in the 12 Sports Rounds Promotions stable alongside UK-based super welterweight Isaac Zebra Junior. “Previously, the 12 Sports Rounds Promotions has managed and promoted Olympians Shadir Musa, the current ABU Champion, David Semujju, the current Asian Champion, and his young brother Isaac Sebuufu, among others,” Sembuya noted.
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1 month ago |
nation.africa | Elias Makori
When this year’s Africa Nations Championship (Chan) - to be jointly hosted by Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania - kicks off on August 2, one individual who will be sorely missed in the VIP boxes at the Moi International Sports Centre and Nyayo National Stadium is former Kenya Football Federation (KFF) Secretary General Sammy Joel Obingo.
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