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Kiplimo, Thompson-Herah celebrate golden Commonwealth doubles

Reporter | August 8, 2022

Jamaican sprint great Elaine Thompson-Herah and distance runner Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda sealed Commonwealth Games doubles by winning the 200 metres and 5,000m on Saturday. Thompson-Herah has made sprint doubles her speciality — she is a two-time dual Olympic champion — and she did it in style in Birmingham by setting a […]

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Nile Special Rugby 7s series returns this weekend

Prossy Kisakye | August 3, 2022

The annual Nile Special Rugby 7s is set to kick off this weekend at Kings Park Stadium in Kampala, replacing the Mileke 7s that was unfortunately withdrawn from the calendar due to unavailable grounds. Addressing a news conference held at Kings Park on Wednesday morning, the Uganda Rugby Union (URU) […]

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Boxer Kibira outclasses Ali to storm quarterfinals

Reporter | August 3, 2022

BY ABDUL-NASSER SSEMUGABI Uganda’s welterweight boxer Owen Isaac Kibira outclassed Md Hossain Ali of Bangladesh, winning 5-0 to storm the quarterfinals at the ongoing Commonwealth Games last night. Kibira, a member of Kyengera Boxing Club, got a bye to the Round of 16 last Friday and yesterday became the second […]

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Kiplimo wins gold for Uganda

Lukeman Mutesasira | August 3, 2022

Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo has broken the Commonwealth Games record in the 10,000m scooping a gold medal in Birmingham. The race saw Kiplimo run past Kenya’s Daniel Ebenyo to register a record of 27:09:19. Kiplimo broke fellow Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei’s record of 27:19:62 he set in the 2018 Gold coast. In […]

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Ronaldo arrives at Man Utd training ground for talks on future

Noelyn Nassuuna | July 26, 2022

Cristiano Ronaldo arrived back at Manchester United’s training ground on Tuesday ahead of talks with new manager Erik ten Hag over his Old Trafford future. The 37-year-old, who missed the club’s pre-season tour to Thailand and Australia for personal reasons, wants to leave the club he rejoined last year. He […]