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Gold: Mo Farah (GBR) Silver: Paul Tanui (KEN) Bronze: Tamirat Tola (ETH) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | AFP | Sunday  Britain’s Mo Farah overcame a dramatic mid-race fall on Saturday to take a second straight Olympic 10,000m title and extend his remarkable record at global championships. The 33-year-old produced a …

RESULT Heat 1 Chemutai 7th. Overall 17th out of 52. (15 into final) Tonight Boxing 11.45pm Men’s flyweight  Round of 32 Ronald Serugo vs  Narek Abgaryan (Armenia) Athletics  10000m men final (3.00am Sunday Uganda time) Timothy Toroitich, Moses Kurong and Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei Peruth Chemutai  had an outstanding 3000m steeplechase race that …

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Hull 2 Leicester 1 Burnley 0 Swansea 1 Crystal Palace 0 West Brom 1 Everton 1  Tottenham 1 Manchester City 2  Sunderland 1 Middlesbrough 1 Stoke 1 Southampton 1 Watford 1 Playing Sunday Bournemouth v Manchester United Arsenal v Liverpool Playing Monday Chelsea v …

KCCA Football Club’s Joseph Ochaya was Friday named Azam Uganda Premier League (UPL) Player of the Year 2015/16 in a colorful ceremony at Serena Hotel, Kampala. Chief guest was Special Forces Commander Major Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba who handed Ochaya keys to the top award, a Subaru Forester. Ochaya edged out Erisa Ssekisambu of Vipers and URA’s Robert …

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | AFP |  With the Rio Olympics at the halfway mark, here are five sporting stars who left their mark on the first week of competition with their records, style and courage:   Michael Phelps – more gold and more mature He said his body ached, …

Abuja, Nigeria | AFP |  Nigeria coach Samson Siasia said on Friday that he will support players boycotting Saturday’s football quarter-final against Denmark over unpaid allowances. “We have only been paid allowances for 11 days. There is no match bonus. What about all the months we have been training in …

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | AFP | Ethiopia’s Almaz Ayana smashed one of the longest-held records in athletics here Friday to win the 10,000m and claim the first gold of the Olympic track and field competition. The 24-year-old pulled away from the field midway through the race and never let …

Today Athletics 5pm Juliet Chekwel – Women’s 10000m final  Saturday August 13 Boxing 11.45pm Men’s flyweight  Round of 32 Ronald Serugo vs  Narek Abgaryan (Armenia) Saturday August 13 Athletics 4pm Women’s 3000m Steeplechase Heat 1 Peruth Chemutai 10000m men final (3.00am Sunday Uganda time) Timothy Toroitich, Moses Kurong and Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei …

  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | AFP | Michael Phelps swept to a jaw-dropping 22nd Olympic gold Thursday to become one of only three athletes to have won titles in the same individual event at four straight Games. There was a stunning upset in the women’s competition as Australian world …

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | AFP |  Kenya on Thursday withdrew a second athletics coach from the Rio Olympics in five days over a doping cheat bid. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said it had launched disciplinary proceedings against the coach who media reports said had impersonated an athlete for …