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It has been 17 years down the road since Uganda registered a boxing win at the Olympic Games. The last boxer to do this is Sam ‘Rocky’ Rukundo who won two fights at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. He fought in the lightweight category before falling to Russia’s Murat Petrovich Khrachev. Catherine Nanziri made history as she became ...

Kampala — Because of his participation at the 2017 World Cross-country Championships due March 26 in Kololo, Stephen Kiprotich has had to follow a unique schedule this year.[9] Check also: Uganda’s Stephen Kiprotich Finishes 4th in Tokyo Marathon 2016 This program is much different from the past five years that have seen him do a marathon as early as February or ...

Olympics, [9]start in earnest with what is expected to be a glitzy ceremony at the world famous Maracana Stadium. Check Also: Am more than happy to be back at the Uganda cranes team Baba kizito says More than 11,000 athletes from all over the world will compete in a range of disciplines for global dominance before a cumulative television audience of ...

The world sprinter from Jamaica Usain Bolt won the 200 metres final at the IAAF World Athletics Championship in Beijing on Thursday, so far he has won two gold medals. Check also: Uganda’s Stephen Kiprotich Finishes 4th in Tokyo Marathon 2016 But a few minutes after the race, a Chinese camera man was moving on a segway, accidentally he slid off ...