Allafrica Sport

[Nation] Eliud Kipchoge, who will be defending his title at the Olympics, is no doubt the greatest marathoner of all time.

[Nation] Tokyo -- Wearing the national jersey in any sport bears huge responsibility. Putting on the captain's armband is an even heavier load.

[Nation] The World Under-20 Championships Local Organising Committee (LOC) has confirmed that the technical equipment and pitches to be used for the global event are almost complete.

[Nation] Tokyo -- Shujaa exacted some measure of revenge on Ireland after securing a 22-0 win in their classification final match at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium Wednesday.

[Nation] Malkia Strikers on Tuesday put up yet another spirited fight to go down 3-0 (25-14, 25,22, 26-24) to South Korea in their second Pool B match at the Tokyo Olympics.

[Nation] The crisis at Gor Mahia continues to deepen with over 10 players believed to be on their way out of the broke defending champions, who are yet to win in the last seven matches in the Football Kenya Federation Premier League.

[Nation] Kenya on Tuesday crashed out of the Cecafa Under-23 Championship after losing to Burundi 4-2 in post-match penalties in the semi-finals at the Bahir Dar Stadium in Ethiopia.

[Nation] Kenya's participation at this year's Cecafa Kagame Cup is in doubt after Football Kenya Federation (FKF) insisted that it has to finish the 2020/21 season first.

[New Era] Namibian mountain biker Alex Miller yesterday started off strongly in the men's cross-country race and at one point seemed well on course to catch up with the leading pack, but his adrenalised performance, unfortunately, proved insufficient to earn Team Namibia their first medal at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics.

[Namibian] VIKAPITA Meroro could have an indirect bearing on who wins the IBF, WBA and WBO heavyweight title fight between Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk in London, England on 25 September.

[Namibian] WBO AFRICA middleweight champion Lukas 'The Demolisher' Ndafoluma beat Cristiano Ndombassy of Angola in Gqeberha, South Africa, on Sunday, but it was not as straightforward as he anticipated.

[Namibian] THE youthful Alex Miller made a fine debut at the Tokyo Olympics when he came 31st in the Men's Cross Country mountain bike event yesterday, finishing nine minutes and 12 seconds behind the winner, Thomas Pidcock of Great Britain.

[Daily Maverick] Schoenmaker made a splash when she won South Africa's first medal of the Tokyo 2020 Games - and inspired Chad le Clos in the process.

[Nation] In Tokyo

[Daily Maverick] Tokyo -- South Africa got onto the medal board with silver in the pool for Tatjana Schoenmaker.

[Nation] Tokyo -- Kenya's taekwondo sensation Faith Ogallo was on Tuesday eliminated from the Tokyo Olympics after going down 13:0 Serbia's Mandic Milica in the  67kg category  round of 16 on Tuesday.

[Egypt Online] Hisham Hatab, President of the Egyptian Olympic Committee, decided to give an immediate reward for Taekwondo players Hedaya Malak and Saif Eissa after winning the bronze mdals in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

[Egypt Online] Egypt's table tennis player Omar Assar has qualified for the single men's round of 16 in the Tokyo Olympics.

[Nation] Tokyo -- Kenya Sevens' hopes off advancing to the quartefinals of the rugby event ended Tuesday after they went down 7-12 to Ireland in their final pool C match of the Tokyo Olympic Games.

[SAnews.gov.za] Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Nathi Mthethwa, has congratulated Tatjana Schoenmaker for winning a silver medal in the women's 100m breaststroke final at the Tokyo Olympics.

[Nation] The Caf women's Champions League qualifiers for the Council of East and Central Africa (Cecafa) region will run from August 7 to August 21.

[Nation] The East African Classic Safari Rally will be run in November this year. The event will be run from November 1 to 9 with approximately three stages per day over a period of eight days. The total distance will be approximately 4000km.

[Nation] Tokyo -- Malkia Strikers return to the Ariake Arena here for the second match of the women's volleyball tournament against South Korea from 9.45pm Tuesday (3.45pm Kenyan time).

[Nation] The 2019 World Athletics Championships marathon bronze medallist, Amos Kipruto, is banking on rigorous preparation to deliver victory on his first appearance at the 2020 Olympic Games in Japan.

[New Zimbabwe] Former Warriors captain Willard Katsande is set to end his decade long career at South African Premiership giants Kaizer Chiefs after the Soweto giants opted against offering him new contract ahead of the new season.

[The Herald] AFTER an interesting show by Donata Katai on Sunday when she made her debut at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, attention shifts to another swimmer Peter Wetzlar, who will be out in the pool today for the men's 100m freestyle at Tokyo Aquatics Centre.

[The Herald] DEREK Vincent, father to Zimbabwean professional golfer Scott, believes his son has the potential to make the cut when he tees off at the Tokyo Olympic Games on Thursday.

[The Herald] HARARE football giants CAPS United yesterday said Steve "The Dude" Kwashi's name will forever be emblazoned in the annals of the club's history as they reflected on the big role he played during one of the club's finest hours in 1996.

[Capital FM] Nairbi -- Kenya's hopes of medalling at the Olympic Games were quashed on Tuesday after losing their third successive pool match, going down 12-7 to Ireland at the Tokyo Stadium to ending their hopes of sneaking through to the Cup quarters.

[Capital FM] Tokyo -- Kenya Sevens skipper Andrew Amonde was emotional after the team failed in yet another bid to vie for a medal in the Olympic Games, but has called on his teammates to walk with their heads held high because he believes they did their best.