Uganda

Ugandan Kipsiro too hot for Kenyans to handle, completes distance double in Delhi - Day 6 wrap

Submitted by Motunde Smith -... on 12 October 2010 - 2:08am
Uganda's Moses Ndiema Kipsiro

Uganda's Moses Ndiema Kipsiro has become the first man since New Zealander Cecil Matthews to complete the Commonwealth 5,000m and 10,000m double after his hard-won victory at the 19th the Commonwealth Games in Delhi India on Monday.

IAAF partners with Ugandan stakeholders to take athletics to school kids

Submitted by IAAF on 24 June 2010 - 4:48pm
Kids' Athletics Competition in Uganda: Pole Vault (IAAF)

The Ministry of Education and Sports of Uganda, the IAAF and the Uganda Athletics Federation have signed a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement to develop the Kids' Athletics programme within the Ugandan primary schools.

Tree plantings kick-start Ugandan Athletics Green Project in Kitgum

Submitted by Yomi Omogbeja on 24 May 2010 - 7:38pm

The World Athletics Day concluded over the weekend at Y.Y. Okot Girls' Secondary School in Kitgum climaxed by youth participants planting trees to kick start the Uganda Athletics Federation's (UAF) Green Project.

IAAF Athletics World Plan takes root in Africa

Submitted by IAAF on 22 May 2010 - 1:25am
Second IAAF CECS Level I Course at the Faculty of Physical Education, Menofia University in Egypt (IAAF.org)

Without a doubt, the main foundation stone of the Athletics' World Plan is a desire to make athletics the base sport for young people within school programmes all over the world.