Topic: Kenya

Defending champ Kiplagat out of NY Marathon

Defending champion Edna Kiplagat of Kenya withdrew from next month's New York Marathon on Wednesday with a left knee injury, handing Liliya Shobukhova the women's World Marathon Majors title.Race officials said that Kiplagat has been unable to fully recover from the knee ...

FIFA asks Kenya to explain deadly match stampede

Seven fans were killed in the tragedy after the crowd scrambled to enter the Nyayo National stadium to watch the match between traditional rivals, AFC Leopards and Gor Mahia on Saturday night.FIFA's demand for a report comes after Kenya's Prime Minister Raila ...

Runnig Bare Foot is Better

The results of the latest study say, running barefoot is more beneficial for the body because our feet on the ground directly. They compared two groups of runners, the students from the United States and Kenya. Groups from the United States are ...

Tips On Climbing Mt. Kenya

Mt. Kenya which is believed to be the sacred home of the Kikuyu ancestors is the highest free standing mountain in Kenya and the second highest in Africa after Mt Kilimanjaro and also a UNESCO world heritage site. Mt Kenya which is ...
Kenya began a week of mourning on Monday for the victims of two massive fires that killed more than 140 people, and the Red Cross began the long process of trying to identify some of the dead with DNA samples.The government, meanwhile, ...

Eight killed in Kenyan road accident

At least eight people were killed Sunday when two passenger vans collided in eastern Kenya, police and Red Cross said.Twenty-one others were wounded in the accident in eastern province at about 1.00pm (1000 GMT), a police commander said. "They have all received ...

Kenya road accident kills 15, 24 injured: police

Fifteen people were killed outright and 24 injured, several critically, when two minibuses collided in western Kenya, police said Tuesday.The accident happened around 8:30 pm (1730 GMT) Monday in the town of Webuye. "It involved two matatus which collided head on. Fifteen ...