Nearly a thousand Kenyans earn a living competing in marathons across the globe, according to the Athletics Integrity Unit, runners whose times – though unnoteworthy at home – would make them stars anywhere else.
Pirates beat Soweto rivals Kaizer Chiefs 2-0 in the league curtain-raiser match Carling Black Label Cup after goals from Augustine Mulenga and Thembinkosi Lorch.
Egan Bernal clinched victory in the Tour de France on Sunday, parading into Paris safely in the overall leader's yellow jersey, becoming the first Colombian winner of cycling's greatest prize and its youngest in more than a century.
The 29-year-old powered home to win in 52.20sec at rain-soaked Drake Stadium, obliterating the 16-year-old previous world record of 52.34sec set by Russia's Yuliya Pechonkina in 2003.
Adam Peaty flexed his muscles on day one when the Briton shattered his own 100m breaststroke world record, becoming the first swimmer to break the magic 57-second barrier.
The Brave Blossoms bagged five tries to Fiji's three in their opening match of the Pacific Nations Cup on Saturday, two months before Japan hosts the first World Cup to be held in Asia.