KINYORO, Kenya (Reuters) -On the morning of Sunday Sept. 1, Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei was preparing to go to church from her home in the highlands of western Kenya. Her ex-boyfriend ...

The man accused of killing Ugandan Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei has died, hospital officials announced. Dickson Ndiema Marangach, the former boyfriend of Cheptegei who reportedly lit her ...

STORY: At this training ground in Kenya's Iten there was a sense of relief on Tuesday (September 10). Athletes here have learned that the man accused of fatally setting fire to Ugandan marathon runner ...

Johannesburg — The man accused of setting his ex-girlfriend, Ugandan Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei, on fire in an attack that proved fatal has died in a Kenyan hospital of his own burns ...

Olympic champion Joshua Cheptegei is to compete in the Antrim Coast Half Marathon on Sunday 24 August. The 28-year-old Ugandan won gold in the 10,000m at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, setting a new ...

Rebecca Cheptegei, a Ugandan marathon runner who competed in the Paris Olympics last month, has died days after she was burned by her boyfriend, the country’s athletics federation confirmed on X, ...

Rebecca Cheptegei was Uganda's women's national marathon record holder - Copyright AFP Farooq NAEEM Rebecca Cheptegei was Uganda's women's national marathon record ...

The former partner of Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei, who was accused of killing her by dousing her in petrol and setting her on fire, has died from burns sustained during the attack, the Kenyan ...

Thousands of mourners in Uganda paid respects to Rebecca Cheptegei, the Olympic athlete who died last week in Kenya after her partner set her on fire, at a military funeral in a remote town near the ...

A man accused of dousing gasoline on an Ugandan Olympic athlete, causing her death days later, has succumbed to burns sustained in the attack, according to the Kenyan hospital where he was treated.