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Ugandan long distance runner Joshua Cheptegei has been nominated as sportsman of the year in the Laureus World Sports Awards. Cheptegei who broke two records in 2020 is nominated alongside Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton, Polish Football Goal Machine Robert Lewandowski, Spanish Tennis star Raphael Nadal, American basketball star Lebron James,
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MTN Uganda has announced a generous one-year sponsorship deal for record breaking athlete Joshua Cheptegei. Following several years of support to athletics in Uganda, Cheptegei becomes the first individual athlete to ink such a deal with the telecom giant. As part of the sponsorship deal, the teIecom company also announced shs100million contribution
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Ahead of expected recovery of the global tourism sector in late 2021 and beyond, Destination Uganda has kicked off a campaign to reposition herself as Africa’s most competitive destination for tourists and tourism investments. Today, Destination Uganda has unveiled, its own Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei, the reigning World 10,000m Champion as its
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MTN Uganda has thrown its weight behind the country’s celebrated athlete, Joshua Cheptegei as he attempts to break yet another record set by Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele in the men’s 10,000 metre race. The telecom giant is harnessing its reach and voice to mobilize Ugandans to rally behind their own as he
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MTN Uganda has rewarded athlete Joshua Cheptegei for his recent exploits at the Diamond League meet in Monaco, where he set a new 5000 metres world record of 12:35.36, breaking Kenenisa Bekele's 16-year old world record of 12:37.35. In recognition of this milestone, MTN Uganda has offered a cash prize of
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Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei lowered the 5km world record on Sunday with a time of 12 minutes 51 seconds and revealed he had set out to "really go for" breaking the sub 13 minutes barrier. The 10,000m world champion made the most of perfect conditions in the second edition of this race
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President Museveni has promised to build houses and buy cars for athletes who win gold. The President made the promise during a luncheon at State House. He said, “The government will also build a house and buy a car for athletes who win gold at international championships like the Commonwealth or
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Ugandan athlete Joshua Cheptegei on Sunday evening won the men's 10000m race at the 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar With a finish time of 26:46.37, Cheptegei came first in the race and won a gold medal. This is the second-fastest time in World Championships history. Ethiopia’s Yomif Kejelcha won
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Ugandan Athlete Joshua Cheptegei has won in the men's 5000m race at the IAAF Diamond League held in Zurich, Switzerland on Thursday (August 29th 2019). Cheptegei crossed the finish line at a finish time of 12.57.41 to win a Diamond Trophy and a cash prize of $50,000 (About Shs 184 million). Ethiopia’s Hagos
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Ugandan athletes Joshua Cheptegei and Jacob Kiplimo came first and second in the 10km senior men's race at the IAAF Senior World Cross Country Championships in Aarhus Denmark on Saturday, winning gold and silver medals respectively. Cheptegei crossed the finishing line in 31 minutes and 40 seconds to win gold and
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