In Brief
Sep 03, 2009
Top stars for half-marathon<br>- Top athletes Isaac Kiprop, Boniface Kiprop and Wilson Busienei have confirmed participation in Sunday’s national half marathon. The race will count to their battle for slots on the team to the 11th IAAF world meet due O
Top stars for half-marathon
- Top athletes Isaac Kiprop, Boniface Kiprop and Wilson Busienei have confirmed participation in Sunday’s national half marathon. The race will count to their battle for slots on the team to the 11th IAAF world meet due October 25 in Birmingham, Britain.
Athletics publicist Namayo Mawerere yesterday said the trio is among 100 runners that have confirmed their participation in the event whose start and finish is slated for Namboole.
Prisons lose on home soil
- E. & C. Africa Clubs meet
Overall results
Nairobi 87pts (Kenya)
Coast 84 (Kenya)
Kilifi 81 (Kenya)
Prisons 79 (Uganda)
The organisers of the East and Central taekwondo club championships left Uganda Prisons club aggrieved. The changes made in the format of play catapulted Nairobi junior side to victory relegating the Ugandan side to fourth place instead.
Uganda starts on high note
- Ethiopia 32 Tanzania 32
Kenya 26 Burundi 37
Sudan 17 Djibouti 17
Uganda 35 Sudan 16
Rwanda 27 Tanzania 19
Burundi 49 Somalia 13
Uganda started on a high by beating Sudan in the Zone V nine-nation Under-20 handball championships taking place in Bujumbura, Burundi.
- Top athletes Isaac Kiprop, Boniface Kiprop and Wilson Busienei have confirmed participation in Sunday’s national half marathon. The race will count to their battle for slots on the team to the 11th IAAF world meet due October 25 in Birmingham, Britain.
Athletics publicist Namayo Mawerere yesterday said the trio is among 100 runners that have confirmed their participation in the event whose start and finish is slated for Namboole.
Prisons lose on home soil
- E. & C. Africa Clubs meet
Overall results
Nairobi 87pts (Kenya)
Coast 84 (Kenya)
Kilifi 81 (Kenya)
Prisons 79 (Uganda)
The organisers of the East and Central taekwondo club championships left Uganda Prisons club aggrieved. The changes made in the format of play catapulted Nairobi junior side to victory relegating the Ugandan side to fourth place instead.
Uganda starts on high note
- Ethiopia 32 Tanzania 32
Kenya 26 Burundi 37
Sudan 17 Djibouti 17
Uganda 35 Sudan 16
Rwanda 27 Tanzania 19
Burundi 49 Somalia 13
Uganda started on a high by beating Sudan in the Zone V nine-nation Under-20 handball championships taking place in Bujumbura, Burundi.