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After several heartbreaks, Kenya has bagged her first gold medal in the ongoing 2020 Tokyo Olympics after Emmanuel Korir won the men’s 800M race. Pre-race favorite Ferguson Rotich, after what looked like a poor tactical approach, recovered to win Silver. https://twitter.com/OlympicsKe/status/1422893722447007745?s=19 The win means Kenya has won the 800M race at the Olympics for a fourth straight time. Earlier, Hyvin Kiyeng picked bronze for Kenya in the women’s 3000M Steeplechase in a race won by Uganda’s Peruth Chemutai. Email your news TIPS to Editor@kahawatungu.com or WhatsApp +254707482874. You can also find us on Telegram through www.t.me/kahawatungu

Patrick Aussems has pledged to win AFC Leopards titles by “producing modern and attractive football.” The Belgian has committed his future at the 12-time Kenyan Premier League champions by signing contract extension “despite other offers.” https://twitter.com/PatrickAussems/status/1422593739734781961?s=19 Aussems, formerly of Simba SC of Tanzania, joined Ingwe in February with high hopes, but the team will again finish the season without a silverware. Read: Patrick Aussems Appointed New AFC Leopards Head Coach The team’s best chance for a trophy this season was against arch rivals Gor Mahia in the domestic cup but lost through penalties. However, he is promising better tidings next season,…

Sprinter Ferdinand Omanyala returned home from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to a warm reception at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on Wednesday. True to his Luhya roots, Omanyala, who was Kenya’s first ever representative in the 100M, was more than happy to join traditional dancers in Isukuti jig. Also in hand to receive him was his wife and kid. https://twitter.com/OlympicsKe/status/1422827797714776064?s=19 Omanyala, a student at Nairobi University, reached the semi-finals of the short distance race, equalising and shattering the national record in the process. Read: Tokyo Olympics: Julius Yego Fails To Progress In Javelin In the preliminaries, Omanyala clocked 10.02 seconds to…

Kenya’s medal hope in men’s Javelin dissipated after Julius Yego failed to make the final. Yego, a former world champion and Rio Olympics silver medalist failed to register a legal throw in his first two attempts, setting himself for a nerve wrecking third attempt in his bid to hit the automatic mark of 83.50metres. The qualifying round also claimed the scalps of former Olympic champion Kershon Walcott from Trinidad and Tobago. Germany’s Julian Weber was the first to qualify in the group, with a clean 84.41m in his first attempt, with Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem throwing 85.16m to also make the…

English man Mark Simon Harrison is the new coach of record Kenyan Premier League champions Gor Mahia. https://twitter.com/OfficialGMFC/status/1422278556428734469?s=19 Mark, 60, was unveiled on Monday to replace Portuguese Vaz Pinto who resigned last month. The former goalkeeper of English side Stoke City holds UEFA A coaching badge, a minimum requirement for a coach do duty in the CAF interclubs. Mark has coached mostly in Southern Africa where he handled Township Rollers of Botswana, Baroka FC, Chippa United and Golden Arrows of South Africa. Read: It’s A Wrap! Kenneth Muguna Leaves Gor Mahia He has also managed Zimbabwe side CAPS United. Mark finds…

Kenya’s quest for gold at the ongoing 2020 Tokyo Olympics will have to wait a little longer as Hellen Obiri settled for silver in the women’s 5000M. Earlier, Kenya’s dominance in the 3000M Steeplechase which has last 37 years was broken by Moroccan El Bakkali with Benjamin Kigen taking bronze. In the women’s 5000M, Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands won gold with Obiri, who appeared to have picked an injury in the final lap, bagging Silver. Agnes Tirop and Lilian Kasait finished outside the medal places. Email your news TIPS to Editor@kahawatungu.com or WhatsApp +254707482874. You can also find us on Telegram…

Kenya’s dominance in the 3000M Steeplechase at the Olympics has been broken in Tokyo! The country’s hope for the first gold went up in smoke as Morocco’s Soufiane el Bakkali emerged winner in the race. Kenya’s Benjamin Kigen settled for bronze, for her first medal in the games. More to follow… Email your news TIPS to Editor@kahawatungu.com or WhatsApp +254707482874. You can also find us on Telegram through www.t.me/kahawatungu

Former Ivory Coast and Manchester City defensive midfielder Yaya Toure has been appointed as the new assistant coach of Russian Premier League club FC Akhmat Grozny. He will not take his salary. All will be donated to local children’s charity. “I didn’t come here for the money. My goal is to develop football and help people”. “I think I can contribute to the development of football in the Chechnya Republic”. “It is also important for me how the head of the republic will look at me. “I am waiting for my arrival in the republic, I want to see the…

Lewis Hamilton says he has been “fighting all year” with his health, after contracting Covid-19 in December. The seven-time world champion saw his Mercedes team’s doctor with dizziness and blurred vision after finishing third in Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix. After belatedly joining the post-race news conference, Hamilton said: “I had really big dizziness and everything got a bit blurry on the podium.” Hamilton missed last year’s Sakhir Grand Prix because of coronavirus. He returned for the final race of the season in Abu Dhabi a week later but admitted he was not fully healthy when he did so. Read: Lewis Hamilton…

Kenya’s 100M race hopeful Ferdinand Omanyala is through to the semi-finals at the Tokyo Olympics. Omanyala, who is Kenya’s first-ever representative in the short distance, clocked 10.01 seconds to finish third in heat five. Andre De Grasse of Canada won the heat in 9.91 seconds, while Fred Kerley of the USA clocked 9.97 to finish second. Omanyala’s teammate and national rival Mark Otieno missed the heats after his A sample turned a positive test for a banned substance. Otieno is waiting for the results of sample B test to know his fate. Email your news TIPS to Editor@kahawatungu.com or WhatsApp +254707482874. You…

Football Kenya Federation, FKF has suspended five match officials for alleged involvement in match-fixing. In a statement, FKF said it took the step as a “precautionary measure and in the interest of safeguarding the integrity of its leagues and competitions.” The five officiate in the top tier league, the FKF Premier League. They are; Samuel Mwaura, Isaac Memusi, Collins Opiyo, Japheth Juma, and FIFA Referee, Raymond Onyango. “The federation’s Integrity Department, with the assistance of FIFA, has initiated preliminary investigations against the said individuals, with a view of establishing their involvement, if any, in the said match manipulation practices,” adds…

In an unprecedented move, two of Kenya’s most successful clubs AFC Leopards and Gor Mahia have refused to honor their league fixture over non-payment by the Football Kenya Federation, FKF. The arch-rivals were booked to clash on Saturday at Thika Municipal Stadium, but in a joint press statement, the two demanded to be paid their monthly league grants, youth team grants and prize monies for the domestic cup before they could take to the field. According to the latest report, the two clubs are presently engaged in a friendly game at Jericho’s Camp Toyoyo. Meanwhile, FKF boss Nick Mwendwa has…

Kenya’s 100M sprinter at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics Mark Otieno has failed a doping test ahead of his race. Otieno, who boasts a personal best time of 10.05 seconds over the distance was expected to compete in the 100M heats Saturday afternoon. Kenya’s Chef de Mission to the Tokyo games Waithaka Kioni confirmed the athlete has been notified of the findings of his A sample. “I hereby confirm that we have received communication this afternoon from International Testing Agency (ITA) regarding one of our sprinters who has had an adverse analytical finding on a urine sample he provided on 28…

Hong Kong police have arrested a man after he allegedly booed the Chinese national anthem while watching an Olympics award ceremony inside a shopping mall, authorities said on Friday. The 40-year-old man was accused of “insulting” the anthem when watching a live stream of an award ceremony on Monday, which showed Hong Kong fencer Edgar Cheung winning the first gold medal for the city in 25 years. When the Hong Kong flag was raised and the “March of the Volunteers” was played through a live stream, the man — who identified himself as a journalist — was accused of “insulting”…

Kenya’s hopes of clinching the first medal at the Olympic Games went up in smoke as none of the three Kenyans finished in the podium places in the 10,000m, a race won by Ethiopia’s Selemon Barega with Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei and Jacob Kiplimo taking silver and bronze. Rodgers Kwemoi was Kenya’s best finisher in the race coming in at seventh while Rhonex Kipruto was ninth with Weldon Korir outside the top 12. Barega powered home in the final lap of the race, clocking 22:37.6 with world record holder Cheptegei coming in second in 22:36.8. Kiplimo clocked 22:37.3 to win the…