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.”
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1 month ago |
nation.africa | Elias Makori
What you need to know:The IBA has been moving to lure more member federations with lucrative cash awards as it fights for supremacy of the sport with World Boxing. At the championships that concluded on Sunday, IBA set aside about Sh370 million) in prize money with winners in each of the 12 weight categories taking home Sh13 million each, silver medallists Sh6.4 million, bronze medallists Sh3.2 million and quarter-finalists Sh1.3 million each.
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1 month ago |
nation.africa | Elias Makori
What you need to know:The Kenyan squad leaves Serbia tomorrow and are expected back in Nairobi on Wednesday morning, ready to get back to the drawing board, with a competitive domestic circuit an important part of the development agenda. “That’s (absence of competitive league) where we have a problem,” Musa noted.
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1 month ago |
nation.africa | Elias Makori
In Nis, Serbia Estonian referee Moris Punho stood in the ring nonplussed, but seemingly unapologetic at having deliberately destroyed a boxer’s career at the 14th IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships. The Kenyan corner protested feverishly, an irate coach Benjamin Musa throwing ferocious verbal jabs of anger at the ref. Compatriot David Munuhe was in a fit of rage, furiously interjecting and accusing the Estonian umpire of discriminating against African boxers.
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1 month ago |
nation.africa | Elias Makori
Next week in Greece, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will hold its eagerly-awaited elections to vote in a new president who will succeed current leader Thomas Bach. This is the most competitive contest in history, featuring seven candidates with no clear-cut favourite between Briton Sebastian Coe, Spaniard Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr, France’s David Lappartient, Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry, Japan’s Morinari Watanabe, British-Swede Johan Eliasch and Prince Feisal al Hussein of Jordan.
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1 month ago |
nation.africa | Elias Makori
Win or lose, Team Kenya’s captain Elizabeth Andiego is assured of a $10,000 (Sh1.3 million) reward today for making the quarter-finals of the 14th IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships, her biggest career payday yet and a huge motivation to Kenya’s female boxers.
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