The teenage prodigy had captured national attention, hailed as Uganda’s great distance-running hope in a country where only sprinters John Akii-Bua and Davis Kamoga had previously challenged the world ...

Investigation under way Local police have reportedly begun an investigation into the attack. Cheptegei's father, Joseph, said he is hoping “for justice for my daughter,” per BBC Sport. Recent Olympian ...

Ethiopia’s Tadese Takele won the Tokyo Marathon in a time of 2hr 3min 23sec yesterday as Uganda’s double Olympic track champion Joshua Cheptegei finished ninth. Takele broke clear of the pack ...

Cheptegei’s career has been finely crafted over the last 11 years in pure glory on track. That is crystallized by three successive 10000-metre world titles from Doha 2019 in Qatar to Budapest ...

KAMPALA, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei has secured qualification for the 2025 World Athletics Championship in Tokyo, Japan. Cheptegei, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, qualified ...

Joshua Cheptegei misses the track. But he is not turning back. The multiple world and Olympic champion spoke about life away from the track ahead of his appearance in the Tokyo Marathon on Sunday ...

Ethiopia's Tadese Takele won the Tokyo Marathon in a time of 2hr 3min 23sec on Sunday as Uganda's double Olympic track champion Joshua Cheptegei finished ninth. Takele broke clear of the pack with ...

KAMPALA, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Uganda's Olympic 5,000m and 10,000m champion Joshua Cheptegei will compete in the Tokyo Marathon on March 2. Cheptegei told Xinhua that he is well-prepared after ...

Ethiopia's Tadese Takele won the Tokyo Marathon in a time of 2hr 3min 23sec on Sunday as Uganda's double Olympic track champion Joshua Cheptegei finished ninth. Takele broke clear of the pack with ...

Takele broke clear of the pack with around 4km to go in warm conditions to claim his first major marathon title, shaving a second off his previous personal best. Ethiopia's Tadese Takele finishes ...