Kenyan long-distance runner Benard Kibet Koech has been banned by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU). “A period of Ineligibility of four (4) years is imposed upon the Athlete for the ADRV, commencing ...

Kenya suffered international embarrassment in 2016 when a string of doping scandals brought the country famed for its distance runners within a whisker of disqualification from the Rio Olympics. "It ...

Benard Kibet Koech has been issued a four-year ban for discrepancies in his Athlete Biological Passport. He had finished fifth at the Paris Olympics ...

This combination of photos taken and created on September 21, 2025 shows the winners of the 51st edition of the Berlin Marathon in Berlin, Germany as they cross the finish line: Kenya's Sabastian Sawe ...

Standing on top of the podium is the dream of every marathon runner. Staying there is the harder part. For Albert Korir, the 31-year-old Kenyan long-distance runner who won the 2021 New York City ...

NAIROBI, Kenya -- Despite a surge of doping cases over the past four years and an increasingly dysfunctional and now suspended drug-testing agency, Kenya's athletes were cleared to compete at the Rio ...

As the 2026 Winter Games get started, here are some of the ways Olympic athletes are stepping up to take climate action.

"If Kenya wants to really move into the Olympics with a clear conscience and with global credibility, then ... better testing and monitoring of our athletes has to be put in place immediately," ...

Kenyan athletes may have shone at the world championships in Tokyo, winning seven golds, but persistent allegations of doping still cast a shadow as the global anti-doping agency threatens to sanction ...