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Riadha House Stormed NAIROBI, Kenya - The Kenyan government met with athletes on Tuesday to discuss the issues which led them to occupy the headquarters of Athletics Kenya, report Reuters. Athletes continued to barricade Riadha House on Tuesday due to their dissatisfaction with how Athletics Kenya is running the sport. Ahead of a meeting of the sports ministry, the Kenyan Commissioner for Sports, Gordon Oluoch, said: “We want to discuss the issues raised by the athletes to see if we can resolve the matter. We believe in the rule of the law. So even if the athletes have genuine cases, they must operate within the confines of the law, not through the law of the jungle.”  On Tuesday the athletes were joined by their top representatives Wilson Kipsang and Wesley Korir. The two-day protest ended late on Tuesday after the two parties reached an agreement to end the crisis. According to reports, the agreement, brokered by the Kenyan Sports ministry, called for an

Thomas Bach / IOC President PORT LOUIS - The concerns and allegations raised against Athletics Kenya, AK, are very serious and need to be addressed, according to International Olympic Committee, President Thomas Bach.  For the second consecutive day, a group of Kenyan athletes who were joined by the former World marathon record holder Wilson Kipsang, occupied the offices of AK, Riadha house. The athletes want the top brass of the national governing body to step down over corruption and doping cover-up allegations, a decision that was also endorsed by the Government. Bach said he had been following the developments and he was concerned with the allegations that had led the athletes to take matters into their own hands.  “What I heard is that some athletes were entering the headquarters of the national Athletics Federation.  This has to be taken very seriously and addressed. I will take the opportunity here to meet with the representatives of the Kenyan committee,”

Isaiah Kiplagat NAIROBI, November 24- Athletics Kenya (AK) president, Isaiah Kiplagat and Vice-president, David Okeyo, have to step aside to pave way for full investigations into corruption allegations against them. The same treatment will be accorded to any other top federation official accused of graft before they can resume duty. That was the highlight of a seven-point agreement reached on Tuesday evening that formally ended the two-day blockade of the federation’s Riadha House headquarters by a group of runners allied to Professional Athletes Association of Kenya (PAAK) that paralysed operations.  During the formal announcement of the end of the Riadha House siege, Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Sports, Culture and Arts (MOSCA), Dr. Richard Ekai, asked Kiplagat and Okeyo to relinquish their positions with immediate effect. “We the representatives of officials of AK, PAAK and the MOSCA, following a joint meeting at the Nyayo National Stadium to resolve administ

Athletics Kenya Officials Kenya’s corruption "is now so bad that it has sucked in some of the country’s greatest heroes: its fleet-footed runners," according to Jeffrey Gettleman of the N.Y. TIMES.  On Monday, dozens of world-class athletes "stormed the headquarters of the national athletics association," accusing top officials of "stealing money from a Nike deal and demanding that they resign." Julius Ndegwa, a spokesperson for the runners, said, "These guys have eaten so much," using the Kenyan term "to eat" to refer to official stealing. He added, "Enough is enough." Ndegwa said that "more than 70 runners were planning to spend the night in front of the offices to make sure the officials could not get inside. " The Int'l Association of Athletics Federations announced this month that "its ethics commission was looking into allegations that officials from Athletics Kenya, Kenya’s governing body

International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach laughs while holding a speech during the 44th European Olympic Committee general assembly in Prague, Czech Republic, Friday, Nov. 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) PRAGUE (AP) — IOC President Thomas Bach proposed an overhaul of the World Anti-Doping Agency's operations Friday, including the creation of independent testing and professional intelligence-gathering units to avoid the type of scandals that have embroiled Russia and track and field. In a radical change, Bach also recommended that all doping sanctions be handed down by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, rather than by individual sports bodies or WADA. Bach also said that Russia's Olympic chief briefed him on "important first steps" that have been taken to reform the country's anti-doping program following the suspension of its track and field federation. Bach spoke in a keynote address at the opening in Prague of the general as

Waziri Mkuu Kassim Majaliwa Rais John Pombe Magufuli leo amemteua waziri mkuu mpya ambaye amejinadi kama mwanamichezo. Kassim Majaliwa hii leo ameapishwa kuwa wazii mkuu baada ya kuteuliwa na rais hatimaye kupitishwa na bunge la Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania kuwa waziri mkuu mpya wa serikali ya awamu ya tano. “Mimi ni mwanamichezo, ni kati ya wakufunzi 27 wa TFF, nitamwelekeza rais amteue waziri wa michezo anayefaa kwani michezo itatutangaza kimataifa” Hayo ni baadhi ya maneno yake waziri mkuu mpya.

Lamin Diack Former International Association of Athletics Federations (IAFF) president Lamin Diack was born on 7 June 1933 in Dakar, Senegal.  A talented long jumper, Diack won the French Athletics Championships title in 1958. He held the French/West African record from 1957 to 1960.  He turned to football coaching after suffering a knee injury that ruled him out of the 1960 Olympics. One of the teams he managed was Foyer France Senegal football team, from 1963 - 1964.  Later in 1970 he took up a three-year post as Senegal's Secretary of State for Youth and Sport. In 1976, he was elected to the IAFF council, becoming its president in 1991. He was replaced as president by British politician Sebastian Coe in 2015.  Now Diack has been put under criminal investigation on suspicion of corruption and money laundering amid allegations linking his sons to extorting money from athletes who tested positive for doping.  Source: telegraph.co.uk/sports