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RESULTS  Senior Men 10km: ?Alfred Barkach ?? KEN 30:47 ?Julius Kogo ?? KEN 30:47 ?Thomas Ayeko ?? UGA 30:47 4 Enyew Mekonnen ?? ETH 31:01 5 Emmanuel Bor ?? KEN 31:14 6 Philip Kipyeko ?? UGA 31:19 TEAM RESULTS Men – Uganda silver U-20 Women – Uganda bronze Senior Women …

Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Over 20 companies have so far signed up for the NSSF Kampala Hash run that is aimed at raising Shs 400 million for the renovations of selected public schools in Kampala. The money collected will go towards helping Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) renovate schools under its …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s world junior cross country champion Jacob Kiplimo has won the 86th Cinque Mulini IAAF Cross Country Permit meeting in San Vittore Olona, Italy on Sunday. He run the 11km race in 34:00 The Cinque Mulini is an annual cross country running race in San Vittore …

  Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  In the absence of fancied Joshua Cheptegei, long distance ace Thomas Ayeko took over the mantle as National Cross Country Men’s Champion in Jinja on Saturday after a photo finish with Phillip Kipyeko. The two dominated the 10km men’s race at the national cross country …

London, United Kingdom | AFP | London will host a new World Cup event this summer featuring eight top nations including the United States and Jamaica, British Athletics announced on Monday. Britain, the United States, Poland, China, Germany, France, Jamaica and South Africa will compete at the London Stadium on …

Chicago, United States | AFP | The director of the athletics program at Michigan State University, where convicted child molester Larry Nassar practiced medicine, resigned Friday as pressure intensifies for answers over how abuse persisted for decades. The university’s president stepped down Wednesday evening, hours after Nassar was sentenced to …

1· Joshua Cheptegei ?? 2· Jacob Kiplimo ?? 3· Selemon Barega ?? 4· Abadi Hadis ?? 5· Emmanuel Giniki ?? 6· Ilias TEMSAMANI ?? 7· Joel Ayeko ?? 8· Aweke Ayalew ?? 9· Adel Mechaal ?? 10· Antoni Abadia ?? Seville, Spain | THE INDEPENDENT |  Long distance ace Joshua Cheptegei led the …

1. Sondre Nordstad Moen (Norway) – 2:05:48 – AR 2. Stephen Kiprotich ( ?? Uganda) – 2:07:10 3. Suguru Osako (Japan/NOP) – 2:07:19 – PB 4. Bedan Karoki (Kenya/DeNA) – 2:08:44 5. Amanuel Mesel (Eritrea) – 2:09:22 6. Daisuke Uekado (Japan/Otsuka Seiyaku) – 2:09:27 – PB 7. Yoshiki Takenouchi (Japan/NTT …

Monaco, Principality of Monaco | AFP | The world governing body of athletics on Sunday maintained its suspension of Russia, saying the country still had not done enough to clamp down on doping. Rune Andersen, the head of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)’s anti-doping Task Force, said “several key …

Nijmegen, Netherlands | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei continued his rise in long distance athletics by running the world’s second fastest 15k race ever at the Seven Hills Race Zevenheuvelenloop in Nijmegen, The Netherlands on Sunday. The Seven Hills Race Zevenheuvelenloop is consindered the fastest course in the world, and the best time …