KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | Uganda’s star athlete Peruth Chemutai said she was happy with her second place finish in the Wanda Diamond League in Shanghai/Suzhou on Saturday. The Tokyo Olympics gold medalist finished second with a time of 9:15.46 behind Kenya’s Beatrice Chepkoech in the 3,000m women’s steeplechase at …
Read More »Silver medalist Nakaayi targets 2024 Paris Olympic Games
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s middle-distance runner Halima Nakaayi says that all her focus is now on the 2024 Paris Olympic Games after winning a silver in the women’s 800m final at the 13th All-Africa Games in Accra, Ghana. Nakaayi finished second with a time of 1:58:59 behind Ethopia’s …
Read More »She Cranes scoop silver at the African Netball Championship
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s National Netball team, the She Cranes have scoped a silver medal at the African Netball Championship in Windhoek, Namibia. The She Cranes completed second after pulling off a draw against Malawi in their last game of the competition. Uganda came from behind to draw …
Read More »Degree courses to be rated gold, silver and bronze
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Up to 50 universities in the UK are to be part of a pilot scheme to rank their teaching quality and value of degrees they award. In other words, which degrees make a student rich and the ones that don’t. Universities Minister Sam Gyimah …
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