Uganda's world record holder Joshua Cheptegei beat the Ethiopian rivals to add a first Olympic 10,000 metres gold medal to his three world titles over the distance. Cheptegei won from the front in an ...

Thousands of mourners in Uganda paid respects to Rebecca Cheptegei, the Olympic athlete who died last week in Kenya after her partner set her on fire, at a military funeral in a remote town near the ...

Ugandan Olympic marathoner Rebecca Cheptegei died from “full organ failure” just four days after a shocking and brutal assault at the hands of her boyfriend, Dickson Ndiema. Reports revealed that ...

Rebecca Cheptegei, a 33-year-old Ugandan Olympic marathoner who competed in Paris, died just days after being burned in an attack by her partner. Authorities said her partner, Dickson Ndiema, bought a ...

An Olympic marathon runner, who competed for Uganda and was living in Kenya, was attacked and set on fire by her boyfriend during a disagreement on Sunday, police said. Rebecca Cheptegei, 33, ran the ...

Update – Sept. 5, 2024, at 2:11 p.m. Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei has reportedly passed away at a Kenyan hospital where she was being treated for burns sustained in a fire attack allegedly ...

Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei is in critical condition after “being doused with petrol and set on fire,” BBC reported. The Star newspaper in Nairobi reported that Cheptegei has burns on 80 ...

VALENCIA, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Less than two months after breaking the 5,000 metres world record, Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei is setting his sights on the 10,000m mark at a special event in Valencia on ...

KINYORO, Kenya (Reuters) -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-boyfriend ...

They were set to run the semifinals on Wednesday before the news broke. Cheptegei is the world record holder at 5,000m and 10,000m since 2020. Kiplimo, the half-marathon record-holder, has bested ...

Olympic champion Joshua Cheptegei is to compete in the Antrim Coast Half Marathon on Sunday 24 August. The 28-year-old Ugandan won gold in the 10,000m at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, setting a new ...