Sports Archives

Joshua Cheptegei pulls out of 2022 Commonwealth Games

Cheptegei, who is the defending champion of both the 10,000m and 5,000m at the Commonwealth games was scheduled to compete in the...

1.8K

JUST IN: Kiplangat Wins Uganda Gold in 2022 Commonwealth Men’s Marathon

Kiplangat, 22, ran the fastest time of 2:10:55 to emerge first and bring home gold in the 42km race in Birmingham on...

2.0K

OREGON: Injury cost Cheptegei 5000m title defense

Prior to going into the men’s 5000m finals, Uganda placed its hope in Cheptegei who is the world record holder of the...

1.5K

Uganda’s Chelimo grabs Bronze as Cheptegei finishes 9th in 5000m final

Chelimo who on Thursday won heat 1 of the 5000m race came third at 13:09:10 to earn Uganda a bronze medal in...

1.8K

Cheptegei, Chelimo set for 5000m final at World Championships

Cheptegei qualified in fourth position on Thursday with a time of 13:24.47 in the Heat 1 race won by his younger compatriot...

1.4K

OREGON 2022: Halimah Nakaayi bows out with dismal performance in 800m Semis

Nakaayi finished 8th in Heat 3 with a time of 2:01.05, in a race that was won by Olympic Champion Athing Mu...

1.4K

Micho names Cranes provisional squad for CHAN 2022 qualifiers

Uganda will face either Somalia or Tanzania at the final qualification hurdle and the coach states there is need to start preparations...

1.4K

Uganda’s Peruth Chemutai finishes 11th in 3000m Steeplechase final at Oregon

Chemutai finished in distant 11th place, coming in at 9:21.93, in a race featuring 2019 silver and bronze medallists Emma Coburn of...

1.1K

Ugandan Sprinter Orogot narrowly misses out on 200m finals qualification

The 19-year-old US-based athlete posted a time of 20.35, his second fastest at Heyward Field in a fast-paced Heat 2 of the...

1.2K

Dortmund’s Sébastien Haller leaves preseason training camp due to testicular tumour

The Ivorian striker joined Dortmund at the beginning of this month from Ajax, with Dortmund paying an initial €31m for a player...

1.5K

Oregon 2022: Ugandan sprinter Orogot finishes third to qualify for 200m semis

Orogot became only the second male sprinter to represent Uganda at the World Athletics Championships and the first in 200m. The first...

1.2K

PICTORIAL: How Cheptegei delivered masterclass to retain world 10,000m title at Oregon 2022 Championships

Cheptegei, also the world record holder, led for large periods of the race and held off all challengers on the final lap...

1.2K

Joshua Cheptegei Wins 10,000m Gold to defend World Record Title in Oregon

Cheptegei joins the elite league of athletes Haile Gebrselassie, Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia), and Britain's Mo Fara who have all won the world...

1.9K

Tokyo to host 2025 World Athletics Championships

The World Athletics Council also announced that the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships will be held in Medulin and Pula in...

1.3K

Manchester United sign Christian Eriksen on three-year contract

The 30-year-old has strengthened Erik ten Hag's midfield options at Old Trafford after opting against remaining at Brentford, where he enjoyed an...

1.3K

Magogo attributes Crested Cranes early exit in WAFCON to lack of Experience

Moses Hassim Magogo told Uganda Radio Network (URN) in Casablanca, Morocco that it was evident Uganda’s lack of experience was the major...

1.8K

Uganda Crested Cranes fall to Senegal in Women’s Nations Cup opener

Ndeye Awa Diakhate and Nguenar Ndiaye scored in each half for Senegal at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium.

1.9K

FIFA selects 16 host cities for 2026 World Cup

Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Kansas City, Dallas, Atlanta, Houston, Boston, Philadelphia, Miami and New York/New Jersey were the U.S. cities named...

1.1K

Sports federations welcome increase in budget

Of this, Shillings 17billion has been ring-fenced for the Federation of Uganda Football Association-FUFA with Shillings 5 billion specifically going to women’s...