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Lace-up for Bank Windhoek’s Red Run

      The Bank Windhoek Red Run, previously known as the Bank Windhoek Relay, is shaping up to be a memorable, active, and thrilling experience. The event is a collaboration between the /Ae //Gams Sports Club and Bank Windhoek and is scheduled to take place on 10 August 2024 in Windhoek, starting at Zoo Park. Anticipating a day of high energy and physical activity, it will challenge participants to […]

today23 July, 2024

South Africa

Road to Paris: African Olympic hopefuls shine in Durban ahead of the Paris Olympics

      By Stephen Granger, bird story agency     Just a month before athletes head to Paris for the 2024 Olympics, some of the Africa's top marathoners gathered in the port city of Durban on July 7 to compete in the Absa RUN YOUR CITY DURBAN 10k — and the results highlighted a depth of talent that suggests the Paris Olympics will be a specatacle of African running […]

today8 July, 2024

Sport

Sakaria and Armas win Vivo Energy Windhoek Marathon

    Namibian long-distance runners Tangeni Sakaria and Alina Armas won the second edition of the Vivo Energy Windhoek Marathon, dominating their respective categories on Saturday. Vivo Energy, the marketer and distributor of Shell-branded fuels and lubricants in Namibia, hosted the second edition of the Vivo Energy Windhoek Marathon to raise funds for charitable projects. The marathon attracted more than 2 000 runners who competed in different categories, including the […]

today27 May, 2024

Oshiwambo

Enyakwa loku lotaka moKenya, Kelvin Kiptum ota fudikwa mo 24 February.

Enyakwa loku lotoka mo Kenya olo kwa lopotelwe laxulifa oshivike shadjako moshiponga shotuwa okwa fanekwa lika kale lafudikwa mo lomakaya lo 24 February. Eelopota doikundaneki oku dja koshilongo osho odati , okwa tulwa koshivalo shokuningilwa efudiko lopapangelo onga enyakwa kwali loshilongo. Kiptum ota ka holekwa komukunda wavo oko adile mo  Chepsamo,  tauhangwa popepi na  Eldoret, mondingandinga ya Kenya. Omunambelewa omukulunhu elilepo ocommitee yomaudano moshilongo osho Barnabas Korir, ta lombwele oikundaneki […]

today15 February, 2024

Africa

Kelvin Kiptum: the Kenyan runner who redefined what it takes to win marathons

  By Wycliffe W. Njororai Simiyu, Stephen F. Austin State University   Kenyan athletics has lost Kelvin Kiptum, the marathon world record holder who was destined to be the first person to run the race in under two hours. The runner, aged only 24, died on 10 February in a car accident that also claimed his coach Gervais Hakizimana, 37, from Rwanda. The accident occurred near one of the high-altitude […]

today14 February, 2024

Sport

Marathon world record-holder Kelvin Kiptum killed in car crash in Kenya

Marathon world record-holder and Paris Olympic favourite Kelvin Kiptum died in a car crash in western Kenya, police said Monday. The 24-year-old was driving from Kaptagat to Eldoret around 11 pm (2000 GMT) on Sunday when the car rolled, killing the young sensation and his Rwandan coach Gervais Hakizimana. "The car had three occupants, two died on the spot, while one was taken to hospital. The two are Kiptum and […]

today12 February, 2024