Jemimah Sumgong in record breaking Brazil run

Olympic marathon champion Jemimah Sumgong’s love affair with Brazilian roads continued on Saturday when she won the 92nd Sao Silvestre international 15-kilometre road race in Sao Paulo, four months after her gold medal run at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Sumgong, who...

Officials ‘admit to existence of doping programme’

Russia is for the first time conceding that its officials carried out one of the biggest conspiracies in sports history: a far-reaching doping operation that implicated scores of Russian athletes, tainting not just the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi but also the entire...

Pogba is the best midfielder in the world- Mourinho

Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho says Paul Pogba is already the “best midfielder in the world” but expects him to be even better next season. Pogba has been slowly improving after a slow start to the season following his world record £93.25m move from Juventus in...

Harambee Starlets soaring High

Kenya girls move ten places up on Fifa rankings Harambee Starlets have moved up ten places to position 122 in the latest Fifa women’s rankings released recently. This is despite not winning any matches during the Africa Women’s Cup of Nations last month in...