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Uganda’s star athlete Joshua Cheptegei continued his amaing run of form last weekend by winning the prestigious 2-mile race of the Eugene Diamond League on Saturday in the United States of America. Cheptegei 24, started by setting the pace all the way to the 400m mark, before rival and Tokyo Olympics 10,000m gold medalist Selemon […]

Peruth Chemutai has won gold for Uganda in the 3,000m steeplechase with a time on 9:01.45 at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. At 22 Chemutai, has created history by becoming Uganda’s first ever female Olympic medallist, edged out Team USA’s Courtney Frerichs (silver) and Kenya’s Hyvin Kiyeng (bronze). It was a race that threw the […]

Two Ugandan runners Joshua Cheptegei and Jacob Kiplimo bagged silver and bronze medals respectively during the men’s 10000m final during the second session of the first day of athletics at the ongoing Olympics games in Tokyo. In the race on Friday afternoon, Ethiopia’s Seleman Barega who won gold clocked 27:43.22 to beat Cheptegei who posted […]

Ugandan footballer Paul Mucureezi proposed to his girl-friend Esther Swabale on local football pitch on Wednesday.  Mucureezi, a forward for Vipers SC – a club in the top flight Uganda Premier League joined them during the last transfer window on a three-year contract.  The former Mbarara City FC star dropped the “M” bomb immediately after […]

Kobe Bryant’s legacy extends beyond his time on the basketball court. He was also known to the business world as a brand-builder; an investor; and a coach to other athletes and company founders. Bryant died Sunday in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California at the age of 41. “For 20 seasons, Kobe showed us what […]

Kobe Bryant called his daughter Gianna “Mambacita” after his own court nickname, “Black Mamba,” confident she would follow in his footsteps and become a professional basketball player.  On Sunday, the 41-year-old five-time NBA champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist died with his 13-year-old daughter and seven others in a helicopter crash northwest of Los Angeles […]

The Federation of International Football Association (FIFA), has suspended the Federation of Uganda’s Football Association (FUFA) president, Eng. Moses Magogo from taking part in any football-related activities for a period of two months after he confessed to selling World Cup tickets.  A particular number of tickets is allocated to each federation prior to the World […]

Former Uganda Cranes star David Obua has become the latest addition to the Lango Province camp ahead of the kickoff of the FUFA Drum tournament’s second edition this Saturday, March 30. Obua was introduced to the province’s 40 summoned players on Tuesday as they held training at the Uganda Martyrs University Ngetta Campus. The much-traveled […]

WWE legend King Kong Bundy has died at the age of just 61. The wrestler, real name Christopher Alan Pallies, had tweeted only four hours before his death. Bundy, who was born in New Jersey, is best known for fighting Hulk Hogan in the main event at Wrestlemania 2. He was a staple in the […]

Ethiopia’s Samuel Tefera broke the long-standing world indoor 1,500 metres record when he clocked three minutes, 31.04 seconds at the IAAF World Indoor Tour meeting in Birmingham, England on Saturday. Ethiopian teenager Samuel Tefera outduelled compatriot Yomif Kejelcha to break the world indoor 1,500 metres record in Birmingham on Saturday. Tefera, 19, clocked three minutes, […]