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September 5 will always be remembered as the day Uganda lost one of her sports giants Rebecca Cheptegei, a promising young athlete and runner. Cheptegei’s death was not...
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Chemutai goes for DL trophy in Brussels
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 Pari...
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...
Usain Bolt's simple Olympic post speaks volumes after Noah Lyles' disappointment
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 greatne...
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...
The Olympic athlete who got sent home after trying to break major rule with boyfriend
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 per...
Paris Olympics 2024: United States’ Noah Lyles Becomes World’s Fastest Man With 100m Gold - In Pics
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 marq...
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...