•Late Mattia Debertolis Italian orienteering athlete Mattia Debertolis died today at the World Games in Chengdu, China after collapsing during competition, organisers said. Debertolis, 29, was found unconscious during an orienteering event on August 8 and died four days later, said a joint statement from World Games organisers and the Internat...
•Late Aishatu Suleiman Borno State has been thrown into mourning following the sudden death of one of its athletes, Aishatu Suleiman, who represented the state at the recently concluded 2024 National Sports Festival (NSF) in Ogun State. According to reports, Suleiman passed away shortly after the Team Borno contingent returned home from the ev...
•Late Rebecca Cheptegei The man who attacked Ugandan runner Rebecca Cheptegei has died from injuries sustained when he poured petrol over the Olympic athlete, the Kenyan hospital treating him said today. Police said that Dickson Ndiema Marangach assaulted Cheptegei in her home in western Kenya on September 1. The mother-of-two sustained 80 per...
•Late Henry Rono Kenyan long-distance runner Henry Rono, who set four world records in 81 days, has died at the age of 72, athletics officials said today. Rono was a student at the Washington State University in the United States when he blazed the track with four world records in 1978 in the 3,000m, 5,000m […]
•Late Benjamin Kiplagat Ugandan athlete Benjamin Kiplagat has been found dead in Kenya, police said today, with local media reports saying he had been murdered. The Kenyan-born Kiplagat, 34, had represented Uganda internationally in the 3,000m steeplechase, including several Olympic Games and World Championships, reports AFP. His body was foun...
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