World Athletics

Kenya has named distance runners Agnes Ngetich and Daniel Ebenyo to its squad for the World Athletics Road Running Championships scheduled for Copenhagen in 2026, according to world-track.org. The pair are among the country’s most established current road racers and will lead the Kenyan challenge in the Danish capital. Kenya has long dominated international distance […]

Nairobi has formally submitted its bid to host the 2029 World Athletics Championships, aiming to become the first African city to stage the sport’s flagship global event, according to reporting by the Ghanaian Times carried by AllAfrica. The Kenyan capital’s candidacy, if successful, would bring the championships to a continent that has long punched well

Kenya has formally launched a bid to become the first African country to host the World Athletics Championships, according to Africanews, aiming to bring one of the sport’s premier events to a continent long associated with middle- and long-distance running excellence. The proposal, which would see the championships staged in Nairobi, marks an unprecedented push

A Kenyan athlete has struck gold at the World Under-20 Athletics Championships, securing the country’s first title at the biennial competition, according to Daily Nation. Frankline Kibet’s victory adds to Kenya’s long tradition of success in middle- and long-distance running, a discipline in which the East African nation has consistently produced some of the world’s