Kenya’s Talanta Hela Programme Boosts National Sports Performance

Sports Cabinet Secretary Ababu Namwamba praised the Talanta Hela Programme for its pivotal role in enhancing the potential of Kenyan athletes by identifying, nurturing, and developing talent nationwide. Speaking at a dinner for the Shujaa rugby team, Namwamba emphasized that the initiative, Kenya Kwanza’s sports flagship project, significantly contributed to the national men’s rugby team’s…

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Kenya’s Quarter-Final Victory Overturned at ISF Football Championships

The dreams of Kenyan boys advancing to the semi-finals in the International Schools Sports Federation (ISF) World Schools Championships (WSC) in Dalian, China, have been dashed. Their 4-0 quarter-final victory against Qatar was overturned. In a statement, the Ministry of Education announced that the victory, which would have been Kenya’s most significant win of the…

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Beatrice Chebet of Team Kenya wins the women's 10,000-meter run with a world record during the Wanda Diamond League Prefontaine Classic at Hayward Field on May 25, 2024 in Eugene, Oregon.

Beatrice Chebet Sets New Women’s 10,000m World Record at Prefontaine Classic

Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet broke the women’s 10,000m world record with a time of 28:54.14 at the Prefontaine Classic Diamond League meeting in Eugene, Oregon, on Saturday. The 24-year-old, a two-time world championships medallist at 5,000m and a cross-country world champion, surpassed the previous record of 29:01.03 set by Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey in Hengelo on June…

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