Because it is the Pearl of Africa!" International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach put his reasons for visiting Uganda quite succinctly after he touched down at Entebbe International Airport on Tuesday. Bach, clad in a white shirt and grey pants, touched down at around
Fufa celebrated 100 years of existence on Friday as a prelude to the centurion annual general meeting in Wakiso District. However, Ugandan football history dates back to the 19th century when it was first introduced by missionaries. We dig into this storied past in this timeline of events,
Peruth Chemutai has had quite a stellar season over the 3000-metre steeplechase event. It has been defined by two silver medals at the African Games in Ghana and the Paris Olympics in France.Denied a chance to ret
Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei, who died after allegedly being doused in petrol and set alight by her former partner, was due to be buried on Saturday with full military honours.Cheptegei returned to her home in the highlands of western Kenya, an area popular with international r
On the morning of Sunday Sept. 1, Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei was preparing to go to church from her home in the highlands of western Kenya. Her ex-boyfriend called a friend of his to ask if he could borrow a lighter.
On Thursday morning, the world woke up to the news of the death of top Ugandan marathoner, 33-year-old Rebecca Cheptegei, who had been undergoing treatment at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret.Â
Noah Lyles won the Olympic 100m title earlier this month, narrowly defeating Kishane Thompson, but Usain Bolt does not believe the American can compare to his own greatnessThe exhilarating 100m race has once again gripped the sports
Kenyan Emmanuel Wanyonyi won gold in the men's 800 metres final on the penultimate evening of the Olympics on Saturday.Wanyonyi claimed a personal best 1:41.19 ahead of world champion Marco Arop of Canada with the bronze going to Algeria'
She later hit out on Instagram about the matterIt’s been a dramatic Olympics Games this year in Paris, with tears, tantrums and... um, terrible weather, frankly.One person who’s had a bit of a rollercoaster is 22-year-old Brazilian swimmer&nb
United States’ Noah Lyles won the men’s 100m final at the Paris Olympic Games 2024 with a winning time of 9.79 in a photo finish to take home track and field’s marquee sprint event. Kishane Thompson had to settle for silver despite running a 9.79, while F
