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Uganda scoops 7 medals at World Cross Country Championships
TALLAHASSEE, USA – Uganda opened the 2026 athletics season in style, delivering its best-ever performance at the World Cross Country Championships in Tallahassee. The team returned home with seven medals—two gold, two silver, and three bronze—surpassing the previous best of six medals at the 2019 edition. Jacob Kiplimo defended his 10km Senior Men title, completing…
Mayiga: rename national team ‘Spears’, drop docile ‘Cranes’
Uganda’s National Football Team may have exited AFCON 2025 at the group stage, but Kabaka’s Prime Minister, Charles Peter Mayiga, says the problem isn’t talent—it’s inspiration. Mayiga took to Twitter on January 9 to propose bold changes to lift the Cranes’ identity and morale: Rename the team “Spears”: Move away from the “docile” Cranes to…
African giants to clash in Afcon semi-final
The TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 has reached the business end, with Africa’s biggest names locking down the semi-final places after a pulsating quarter-final weekend. Egypt, Nigeria, hosts Morocco and Senegal remain standing following matches that delivered drama, intensity and decisive moments. Hosts Morocco will face Nigeria in a blockbuster semi-final, while…
Jacob Kiplimo wins World Athletics Cross Country gold for 3rd time
TALLAHASSEE, USA — Uganda’s long-distance maestro Jacob Kiplimo has rewritten the history books, winning the World Athletics Cross Country senior men’s title for the third consecutive time in a stunning display of endurance, strategy and class at the 46th edition of the World Cross Country Championships in Tallahassee, Florida. In a commanding performance over the…
Gueye brace sends Senegal into quarter-finals
Pape Gueye struck twice as Senegal came from behind to defeat Sudan 3–1 on Saturday night in Tangier, securing a place in the quarter-finals of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025. The former champions were briefly stunned by an early Sudanese opener, but responded with composure and quality, with Gueye’s first-half brace turning…