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The Miler Who Kept Giving: A Cancer Diagnosis Turns the Kenyan Diaspora Toward One of Its Own

Peter Rono won 1,500m gold in Seoul in 1988. Now, facing prostate cancer, the mentor who quietly sent a generation of Kenyans abroad is the one asking for help.

about 2 months ago4 min

A packed Lumen Field stadium in Seattle during an evening professional soccer match, fans filling the stands

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The Ban That Bent, and the Scoreline That Didn't: How the Balogun Affair Followed America Out of Its Own World Cup

FIFA suspended a red-card ban after a call from the White House. UEFA said a line had been crossed. Then Belgium settled the argument on the pitch, 4-1.

about 2 months ago5 min

Faith Kipyegon running on the track in Kenyan colours during a championship race

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Three-Tenths of a Second: Faith Kipyegon's Streak Ends in Eugene, and Monaco Gets the Reply

about 2 months ago4 min

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Inches From Glory: Senegal's Seattle Heartbreak and the Night Africa's World Cup Ran Out of Time

about 2 months ago5 min

Hayward Field stadium in Eugene, Oregon, home of the Prefontaine Classic, seen from the stands

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The Mile Comes Home: Faith Kipyegon and a Kenyan Fourth of July at Hayward Field

about 2 months ago5 min

Democratic Republic of Congo football supporters celebrate in the stands during an international match.

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The Stillness in the Stands: How a US Visa Wall Kept Africa's Fans Away From Its Own World Cup

about 2 months ago5 min

Young men play a seven-a-side football match on a dusty open pitch in Wajir, northern Kenya.

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The Goal Beyond the Goalposts: How a Meru Football Final Became Kenya's Pitch for Jobs Abroad

about 2 months ago5 min

A lone athlete running on a red synthetic athletics track, lanes curving into the distance

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So Close, and Yet: Kenya's Distance Dynasty Comes Up Just Short on a Record-Breaking Night in Paris

about 2 months ago4 min

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The Long Way Home to Make the Team: How US Collegiate Runners Carried Kenya's Diaspora to Glasgow

about 2 months ago4 min

Pedestrians walk a sunlit European city street toward a church during a summer heatwave

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The Red Alert Over Charléty: How a Record French Heatwave Nearly Silenced the Paris Meet Kenya's Runners Live For

about 2 months ago5 min

Runners in spikes round a bend on a red athletics track during a competitive race

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The Record That Could Not Outrun the Test: How Kibiwott Kandie's Seven-Year Ban Reopens Kenya's Doping Wound

about 2 months ago5 min

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The Jet Lag They Ran Through: How America's College Tracks Quietly Built Part of Kenya's Glasgow Team

about 2 months ago5 min

Athletes compete in a track race at the athletics stadium during the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.

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The Scholarship That Runs Both Ways: How America's Kenyan College Stars Are Booking Tickets to Glasgow

2 months ago4 min

A packed football stadium filled with enthusiastic fans waving and cheering during a match.

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Home Soil, Far From Home: African Teams and Their Diaspora Light Up a North American World Cup

2 months ago4 min

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A Father's Country, Another Country's Shirt: How Philipp Mwene Became Kenya's Third Son at a World Cup

2 months ago5 min

A large crowd of football fans fills a packed stadium during an international match under floodlights.

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From a Camp to a Stadium in Seattle: How Refugee and Diaspora Roots Are Quietly Rewriting the 2026 World Cup

2 months ago6 min