ITEN, Kenya (Reuters) - The athletes who pound the dirt trails snaking through Kenya's lush Rift Valley region have spawned a local industry around their talent and forged a reputation as the world's ...

ELDORET, Kenya — The runners came from across Kenya, lured by the top prize in the 3,000 meters: the chance to move to the United States and compete for a leading American college. Organizers ...

Kenya's 2021 New York marathon champion Albert Korir has been banned for five years after he admitted using a banned performance-enhancing drug, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Monday.

When Henry Wanyoike and Joseph Kibunja first started running, it was out of necessity. The childhood friends had no other way to travel the three miles from their Kenyan village to school. So they ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Evan Kibet is one of an estimated 1,400 African citizens recruited by the Russian army - www.dw.com Evans Kibet had hoped his ...

Benson Kipruto, 34, and Hellen Obiri, 35, both from Kenya, secured victory in the TCS New York City Marathon on Sunday. Kipruto, an Olympic bronze medalist, narrowly beat fellow Kenyan Alexander ...

Kenyan long-distance runner Evans Kibet said he came to Russia for a sporting event but was instead spirited away to a military training camp and sent to fight in Ukraine. Now in a Ukrainian prison ...