Tag Archives: Olympic Games

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Two-time Olympic champion and world marathon record holder, Eliud Kipchoge confirmed Wednesday he will be going for an unprecedented third title at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. “I still have something boiling in my stomach that is why I am looking forward to it,” said Kipchoge, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Weightlifter Julius Ssekitoleko is still held at Jinja road police station days after he was deported back to Uganda from Japan. 20 year-old Ssekitoleko was on Friday deported from Japan where he was driven from Entebbe and ended up in the Jinja road police …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan rower Kathleen Noble Grace has set a National record in rowing when she finished fifth in heat 2 of the women single sculls this morning in Tokyo, Japan. Noble opened Uganda’s hunt for medals in the summer games, but fell to rowing stars from …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is working with the Japanese government to apprehend a Ugandan weightlifter who escaped from the Olympic village facilities in Izumisano, Osaka. Okello Oryem, minister of state in charge of international affairs said this while meeting Fukuzawa Hidemoto, the Japanese ambassador to Uganda who had …

Tokyo, Japan  | XINHUA |    World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said here on Thursday that Tokyo will host a fantastic Olympic Games despite the uncertainties amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Coe arrived here on Wednesday night and became the first high-profile leader of international sports organizations to visit Japan since the …

Des Moines, United States | AFP | Allyson Felix struggled through her first race in 13 months but declared herself happy to be back after scraping into the 400m semi-finals on the opening day of the US Championships here Thursday. More than a year after her last outing as a professional, …