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🔴 RESULT 🇺🇬 ✳ 5,000m final – Oscar Chelimo – BRONZE – Joshua Cheptegei – 9th Eugene, USA | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Ugandan long distance runner Oscar Chelimo won bronze, as ace Joshua Cheptegei faltered in the Oregon World Athletics Championships 5000m final. After Cheptegei failed to keep up …

🔴 SUNDAY 🇺🇬 ✳ 5,000m final 4.05am | Joshua Cheptegei & Oscar Chelimo Eugene, USA | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Ugandan ace Joshua Cheptegei will tonight have to be at his best to brush off a host of contenders vying for the last long distance medal of the Oregon World Athletics …

Berlin, Germany | Xinhua | Ahead of the friendly between Bayern Munich and Manchester City this Sunday in Green Bay, Wisconsin, one who won’t be around has hit the headlines. While Pep Guardiola’s side is expected to count on new arrival Erling Haaland, Bayern manager Julian Nagelsmann will be missing Sadio …

🔴 🇺🇬 RESULTS ✳ 800m heats – Halimah Nakaayi (2:01.41) advances into semis ✳ 5000m semis – Cheptegei & Oscar Chelimo advance 🔴 FRIDAY ✳ 800m W semis – Halimah Nakaayi – 4.35am (Saturday morning ) Eugene, Oregon, USA | THE INDEPENDENT & AGENCIES | Uganda’s Halimah Nakaayi started the defence …

  Eugene, USA | THE INDEPENDENT | Peruth Chemutai finished 11th at the World Championships in 9:21.93, falling short of the performance that gave her Olympic glory at the Steeplechase in Tokyo last year. Inspector of Police Chemutai, who is the first Ugandan woman to win an Olympic gold medal, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The KAVC International tournament is back next month, boosted by a Sh70 million sponsorship package from title sponsor, the National Social Security Fund (NSSF). The prestigious international tournament was last held in 2019, after a forced hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. It is scheduled …

🔴 🇺🇬 10k RESULTS ✳ Cheptegei 🥇 27:27.43 SB ✳ Kiplimo  🥉 27:27.97 SB ✳ Kissa (24th) 29:21.10 SB 🔴 Marathon results 🇺🇬 ✳ Jackson Kiprop 33rd 2:12:14 ✳ Felix Chemongesi 34th 2:12:16 ✳ Fred Musobo 40th 2:13:58 SB 🔴 MONDAY ✳ Marathon final – Immaculate CHEMUTAI 4.15pm ✳ 200m heats – Tarsis Gracious Orogot …

Mixed days for Ugandan athletes on day one of world champs 🔴 🇺🇬 TIME-TABLE ✳ Marathon final 4pm | Felix Chemongesi, Jackson Kiprop & Fred Musobo ✳ 10000m final 11.pm  | Joshua Cheptegei, Stephen Kissa & Jacob Kiplimo 🔴 MONDAY ✳ Marathon W final – Immaculate CHEMUTAI 4.15pm ✳ 200m heats – …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Dr Patrice Motsepe has urged Uganda to send its bid to host the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2027. The CAF boss made these remarks at a press conference held at the Serena Hotel on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda will host the 2022 Africa Zone IV Golf Championship scheduled for July 14-16 at the Lake Victoria Serena Golf Resort and Spa. The championship will attract titleholders Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Burundi. Joseph Bagabo, the treasurer of the Uganda Golf Union, told …