James Mwamba

Kenya, Nairobi

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Seb Coe roots for athlete-focused leadership ahead of IOC elections

1 month ago | nation.africa | James Mwamba

What you need to know:Japanese businessman Watanabe, 66, is one of two candidates from Asia seeking to replace Bach as IOC president. He is the president of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG). He has served as general-secretary of the Japan Gymnastics Association and sat on multiple committees of the Japanese Olympic Committee ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games.
Hussein Mohammed: We are keeping all the balls in the air

Jan 12, 2025 | nation.africa | James Mwamba

Football Kenya Federation (FKF) president, Hussein Mohammed, has spoken of the huge responsibility bestowed on him of reforming local football, adding that he cherishes the challenge that comes with huge expectations from local football stakeholders.
Hussein: Building women’s football is high on our agenda

Jan 10, 2025 | nation.africa | James Mwamba

One month into office, Football Kenya Federation (FKF) president Hussein Mohammed, who was elected on a platform for transparency, accountability and integrity, spoke to Nation.Africa. He shared insights into the results of audit of FKF accounts, hiring of a permanent coach for Harambee Stars, plans to grow women’s football and the fight against gender-based violence in the sport. He also spoke about the ongoing preparations for the Africa Nations Championships (Chan).
Kilifi youngsters walking in the footsteps of legendary athlete Seraphine Antao

Jan 6, 2025 | nation.africa | Bernard Rotich |James Mwamba

It may have been overshadowed in recent times by other areas that have produced star athletes, but the coast region of Kenya holds a special place in the country’s athletics history. Mombasa is home to Seraphine Antao, runner of Goan descent, who became the first Kenyan to win a gold medal at an international athletics competition in 1962.
2025 Afcon and 2024 CHAN: Kenya appoints team to oversee preparations

Dec 6, 2024 | nation.africa | James Mwamba |Victor Otieno

The government has appointed a multi-agency team to oversee Kenya's preparations to co-host the 2024 African Nations Championship (CHAN) and 2027 African Cup of Nations (Afcon) tournaments with Tanzania and Uganda.
Ailing coach Jan Koops is owed millions, but living on borrowed time

Nov 18, 2024 | nation.africa | James Mwamba

From Busia town bus stop, take a motorbike and travel one kilometre back on the Kisumu-Busia road, and branch off to the left at Texas Annex Hotel. I will be standing on the balcony, so just come down the murram road, and I will see you,” Jan Koops, former coach of 12-time Kenyan football league champions AFC Leopards, tells me on the phone. Battling a debilitating disease, the Dutchman who arrived in Kenya on coaching expedition 15 years ago, has visibly slowed down due to advanced age.
NBA to build 100 basketball courts in Kenya, 1000 in Africa

Oct 8, 2024 | nation.africa | James Mwamba

The National Basketball Association (NBA) has committed to building 1,000 basketball courts in Africa over the next 10 years, 100 of them in Kenya. Speaking in Nairobi on Tuesday, NBA’s Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer, Mark Tatum, said the NBA, through NBA Africa, was keen to create spaces where boys and girls can access more opportunities to play basketball. “We hope to provide youth here in Kenya and around the continent with more opportunities to play basketball.
Ethiopia's Tola wins gold in Olympics marathon, Kipruto third

Aug 9, 2024 | nation.africa | James Mwamba

Ethiopia's Tamirat Tola timed two hours, six minutes 26 seconds to win gold medal in the men's marathon at the 2024 Olympic Games on Saturday morning. Tola, who won gold medal at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Oregon, won in an Olympics record time ahead of Somali-born Bashir Abdi of Belgium who timed 2:06.47 to claim silver medal. Benson Kipruto of Kenya claimed bronze medal in 2:07.00.
Making history: Beatrice Chebet wins first ever Olympic gold medal for Kenya in women’s 10,000m

Aug 9, 2024 | nation.africa | James Mwamba

World record holder in women’s 10,000 metres, Beatrice Chebet, won a historic Olympics gold medal for Kenya in the race at the 2024 Paris Games on Friday night. Chebet ran a tactical race to win in 30 minutes and 43.25 seconds ahead of silver medallist Nadia Batocletti (30:43.35) of Italy, and Ethiopian-born Dutch runner Sifan Hassan who timed 30:44.12 to claim bronze medal. Hassan won a gold medal at the delayed 2020 Olympic Games which were held in 2021 in Tokyo.
KQ CEO: It’s been five years of making life easier for athletes travelling to New York for races

Nov 14, 2023 | nation.africa | James Mwamba |Strangers NoteableyUndo |Strangers Noteabley

What you need to know:Last Wednesday, Kenya Airways marked five years of flying directly to New York City, with a ceremony on Terminal Four at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, and aboard the flight to Nairobi. James Mwamba, who travelled on the direct flight to cover the 2023 New York City Marathon for Nation Sport, talked to Kenya Airways CEO Allan Kilavuka afterwards.