Top Five Stories From Monday You Must Read Today

NAIROBI, Kenya- The final instalment of the A Day In Life With: Eliud Kipchoge rolled out on Monday to round off the pioneering new feature segment on SportPesa News that has been warmly welcomed by the reading republic.

On the same day, Anti-Corruption magistrate, Douglas Ogoti ordered former Cabinet Secretary for Sport, Dr. Hassan Wario and athletics legend, Dr. Kipchoge Keino to surrender to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations on Thursday to answer to charges related to the Rio 2016 Olympic scandal as three co-accused appeared before him.

The Kenyan Premier League rolled out the fixtures of the 2019 SportPesa Premier League on Monday where champions Gor Mahia FC face a difficult trip to runner-ups Bandari FC in their season’s opener on December 8.

Further afield to wrap the top five stores on SportPesa News from Monday that you should read today, North and South Korea will hold talks on submitting a jointed bid to host the 2032 Olympics as Pierre Kompany, 71, the father of Manchester City FC captain, Vincent was elected the first black Mayor in Belgium.

A Day In Life With: Eliud Kipchoge Part 3

ELDORET, Kenya- It’s approaching midday and after an absorbing conversation that has spanned for over an hour, hunger pangs are beginning to bite the three men converged at the middle of a farm located a few kilometres from Eldoret, the self-styled ‘City of Champions’. Two of the men had earlier landed from Kenya’s capital, Nairobi in the early hours of Tuesday, October 9 where they had met the third, Olympic marathon champion and world record holder, Eliud Kipchoge, who granted them an interview like no other. READ MORE

Wario, Kipchoge Keino Ordered To Surrender To DCI On Thursday

NAIROBI, Kenya- The Anti-Corruption court in Nairobi has ordered retired Kenyan distance running great, Dr Kipchoge Keino and former Cabinet Secretary for Sports, Dr Hassan Wario to surrender to police over the Rio 2016 Olympic Games fiasco on Thursday. Wario and Kipchoge, the former National Olympics Committee-Kenya (NOCK) president, are charged alongside five other suspects with abuse of office and misappropriating public funds related to the scandal and did not appear before Magistrate Douglas Ogoti on Monday. READ MORE

Champions Gor To Begin Title Defence At Bandari

NAIROBI, Kenya- SportPesa Premier League (SPL) champions Gor Mahia FC will launch their title defense against the just concluded season’s surprise performers Bandari FC when the new season kicks-off on Saturday, December 8 according to the official fixture list released on Monday. Bandari, who finished runners-up to the 17-time record league winners will be looking to get a second consecutive SPL win against Gor when the two teams lock horns at the Mbaraki Sports Club. READ MORE

North, South Korea To Hold Talks Regarding Joint Olympic Bid

SEOUL, South Korea- North and South Korea will discuss the details for their planned joint bid for the 2032 Olympics later this month to follow up on an ambitious agreement reached between their leaders in September. The radical concept, which would require an unprecedented level of cooperation and mutual trust on the long-divided Korean peninsula, was included in a joint statement issued after a September summit between the North's leader Kim Jong Un and the South's President Moon Jae-in in Pyongyang. READ MORE

Kompany's Father Becomes Belgium's First Black Mayor

BRUSSELS, Belgium- Pierre Kompany, the father of Manchester City captain and Belgian international defender Vincent, became Belgium's first black elected mayor on Monday after his party topped the poll in the Brussels suburb Ganshoren. Pierre Kompany, 71, arrived in Belgium in 1975 as a refugee from what was then Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of Congo, and has since been naturalised as a citizen and entered politics. READ MORE