In a thrilling showdown at the Stade de France, Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei defied a relentless onslaught from the Ethiopian team to clinch the gold medal in the men’s 10,000 meters at the Paris Olympics on Friday 2nd August 2024.
Uganda's distance runner Jacob Kiplimo sealed Commonwealth Games doubles by winning the men's 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
Kiplimo emulated compatriot Joshua Cheptegei in 2018 in achieving the distance double, timing 13min 08.08sec.
Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei delivered a masterclass of unpanicked front running to retain the men's world 10,000m title in Oregon, on Sunday.
The Speaker of Parliament has assured Ugandans and sportsmen and women that the sports sector will see an increase and not a decrease in the next sector budget allocation.
Former Inspector General of Police Gen. Kale Kayihura on Sunday took part in 16 km road run to celebrate and honour Uganda’s heroes at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Uganda has enjoyed its best-ever outing at the quadrennial games that came to a close on Sunday, winning four medals.
Ugandan marathon runner Joshua Cheptegei has broken two long-standing world records - the 5,000m one on August 14 in Monaco and now the 10,000m one on Wednesday night in Valencia. He has done this within the space of two months.
World Athletics has voted Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei as the Athlete of the Month-August following his recent triumph in Monaco. The 23-year-old run a 5,000m race in 12:35.36 seconds, destroying the 12:37.35 that Ethiopian long-distance runner Bekele set in the Netherlands in 2004.
The new 5000m world record holder, Joshua Cheptegei, arrived at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya at 3am aboard a Turkish Airlines flight on Sunday.
Cheptegei stunned the globe after breaking a 16-year-old record at the Diamond League in Monaco.
Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei ensured a thrilling return for competitive athletics on Friday as he shattered the much-vaunted 16-year-old 5,000m world record at the Monaco Diamond League.
Joshua Cheptegei shattered the world record in the 5km, clocking 12:51* at the Monaco Run 5km in the Mediterranean Principality today (16).
