Born in 1979 to Prof. Paul Mugambi, one of Uganda’s mathematics pioneers, and a fine art senior lecturer mother, Mugula grew ...

Twelve young athletes in Uganda are joining the Refugee Athlete Support programme with the goal of qualifying for the Youth ...

An Olympic marathon runner, who police say was set on fire by her boyfriend over a land dispute, died Thursday at a Kenyan hospital where she was being treated. Rebecca Cheptegei was 33. The Moi ...

Twelve U18 athletes have been selected for the World Athletics Athlete Refugee Team and will be candidates for the 2026 Youth ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died at a Kenyan hospital where she was being treated after 80% of her body was burned in an attack by her partner. She was 33. Kenya’s ...

Ugandan marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei, who competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics, tragically passed away from severe burns four days after her boyfriend allegedly poured gasoline on her and set her ...

BUKWO – Thousands of mourners in Uganda paid their respects Saturday to Rebecca Cheptegei, the Olympic athlete who died last week in Kenya after her partner set her on fire. The military funeral took ...

Rebecca Cheptegei, a Ugandan long-distance runner who competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics, has passed away. She was 33 years old. The New York Times reports that she died in the ICU at a hospital in ...

Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei’s horrific death after being doused with petrol and set on fire by her boyfriend has again brought to the fore Kenya’s harrowing history of domestic violence against ...

The one-day trials, held at Mandela National Stadium (Namboole), featured a range of sprint and middle-distance races for both boys and girls ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei’s horrific ...