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Kenya: Bungei Lavishes Praise
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:20:31 GMT
Wilfred Bungei, the 800 metres Olympic champion, leads by example. As he stepped out of the Emirates Airline flight which landed at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on Wednesday night, Bungei was mobbed by top Government officials and fans.
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Kenya: VP Insists On Need to Engage in Other Sports
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:20:20 GMT
Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka arrived in Mombasa on Thursday barely 12 hours after receiving the victorious Olympic athletics team which returned from Beijing on Wednesday night.
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Kenya: Jelimo Parades At the Golden League
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:20:19 GMT
Barely two weeks after winning her first major global race at the Beijing Olympics, Pamela Jelimo will be out again to prove her prowess in the 800m in the penultimate race towards the Sh67 million jackpot at the Zurich Golden League on Friday night.Also on parade will be Usain Bolt, the Jamaican who dominated the sprints on the super-fast track of the Bird's Nest Stadium in Bejing, winning three Olympic gold medals and setting fabulous World records in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay.
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Ghana: Accra Int. Marathon On Sept. 28
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:33:53 GMT
On September 28, about 1,000 runners will hit the streets of Accra for the second annual Accra International Marathon (AIM).
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Kenya: Top Stars Fail to Arrive With Rest of the Squad
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:21:40 GMT
The last batch of Kenya's athletes who did duty for the country at the Beijing Olympics arrived home Wednesday night to a raptous welcome.
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Kenya: Red Carpet Welcome for Beijing Squad
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:21:38 GMT
The triumphant national team to the Beijing Olympic Games received a fitting reception at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on Wednesday.
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Uganda: Why Ugandans Can No Longer Run, Jump Or Box
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:16:03 GMT
Not too many expected that Uganda's team to the Olympic Games in Beijing would return with a gold medal. But quite a few expected a surprise; an inspired dash - or punch - by one of our athletes or boxers that wins gold.
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Kenya: Athletics - Olympics Stars Return
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:45:48 GMT
A little the worse for wear after the monotony of the Peking Duck and the otherwise delicious Chinese cuisine, Kenya's Olympics heroes and heroines got closer home on Monday night when the country's ambassador to China, Ruth Solitei, treated them to a more familiar ugali, nyama choma and sukuma wiki menu at a farewell-cum-congratulatory party at her Beijing residence.
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South Africa: Mokoena Gets R500 000 for Bringing Home Silver
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:00:23 GMT
Long-jumper Khotso Mokoena, who clinched South Africa's only silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics is half-a-million Rand richer today.
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Kenya: Raila, Kalonzo Congratulate Olympic Team
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:26:03 GMT
As the curtains came down on the Beijing Olympics, the Government sent congratulatory messages to the Kenya squad after putting up their best ever performance at the games.
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