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Belarusian athlete leaves Japan after Poland visa offer

August 4, 2021  

Belarusian Olympic athlete Krystsina Tsimanouskaya flew out of Japan on Wednesday and was expected to take refuge in Poland after saying she feared for her life if she was forced to return home. The 2... Read More

Olympics: Sydney McLaughlin smashes her 400m hurdles world record

August 4, 2021  

The USA’s Sydney McLaughlin smashed her own world record with a sensational run as she took Olympic gold in the women’s 400m hurdles at the Tokyo Games. McLaughlin, 21, powered down the ho... Read More

Yego bows out of Olympics after missing out on preliminary qualification mark

August 4, 2021  

Kenya Julius Yego bowed out of the Tokyo Olympics after the javelin qualification round on Wednesday, but was quick to say he had not done enough. He said he was not happy with the results, but then a... Read More

Ferdinand Omanyala: Kenyan sprinter makes history, misses 100m Olympics final by whisker

August 3, 2021  

Sprinter Ferdinand Omanyala may have exited the Olympics stage but he did so on a high having made history as the first Kenyan to ever make an Olympics semis in 100 metres. Omanyala twice broke the na... Read More

Olympics: Lamont Marcell Jacobs claims shock 100m gold

August 3, 2021  

Italy’s Lamont Marcell Jacobs claimed a shock gold in the Olympic 100m final, after Great Britain’s Zharnel Hughes was disqualified for a false start. Jacobs, who only switched away from l... Read More

Omanyala equals 100m national record on his way to Olympics semis

August 2, 2021  

Ferdinand Omanyala equalled his own national record, clocking 10.01secs to in finishing third in his heat to qualify for the Semi-Final of the Olympic Games in Tokyo on Saturday. Omanyala who had earl... Read More

Mark Otieno: Kenyan sprinter fails drugs test, appeals decision

August 2, 2021  

Kenyan sprinter Mark Otieno has been been provisionally suspended by the International Testing Agency after testing positive for a banned substance in an out-of-competition test at the Tokyo 2020 Olym... Read More

Jamaica’s Fraser-Pryce fastest in women’s 100m semis

August 2, 2021  

Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce clocked the fastest time to reach the women’s 100 metres final on Saturday and stay on course to become the first woman to win a single individual Olympic athlet... Read More

Schauffele clings to gold medal position as Matsuyama lurks

August 2, 2021  

A slow-burning Olympic golf tournament roared to life on Saturday as American Xander Schauffele fought off attacks on all fronts to cling to a one-shot lead over home hero Hideki Matsuyama heading int... Read More

Olympics: Tirop, Obiri, Kasait qualify for the women’s 5,000m finals

August 2, 2021  

Kenya will have three representatives in the women’s 5000 metres final on Monday, in Tokyo Japan. Agnes Tirop Jebet, Lilian Kasait and Hellen Obiri all made it to the finals after finishing second and... Read More

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