Kenyan athlete found dead in training base
The athletics fraternity has once again been thrown into mourning after an athlete collapsed and died at his training base in Kaptagat, Elgeyo Marakwet County. Willy Chel...
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Rebecca Cheptegei to be buried with full military honours
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...
Cheptegei was killed despite her efforts to protect herself
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-boyfrien...
PRIME Rebecca Cheptegei’s death: Why danger lurks for athletes in troubled unions
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 Tea...
Kenya's Wanyonyi becomes youngest athlete to win 800m Olympic gold medal
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 w...
Cheptegei had to give up life’s cravings for the crown
You have to give to get, and no one understands this better than a successful person, or one aspiring.But for this particular chore, we shall take an athlete. You have go...
Kiplimo: Kenyan athletes bring out the best in me
Uganda's Jacob Kiplimo wins the senior men's 10km race during the World Cross Country Championships at the Mount Panaroma Circuit in Bathurst, Australia on February 18, 2...
Swimmer Ana Carolina Vieira sent HOME from Olympics ‘after sneaking out of athlete’s village for night with boyfriend’
AN Olympic swimmer has been sent home after sneaking out of the athletes village to spend a night with her boyfriend.Ana Carolina Vieira, from Brazil, was sent packing a...
Here’s how much the gold winners at the 2024 Paris Olympics will get paid
Gold medallist Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei celebrates on the podium during the medal ceremony for the men's 5000m event during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Olympic S...