Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei has died after she was set on fire in a horrific attack allegedly carried out be her ex-boyfriend. The Ugandan athlete and mother-of-two suffered 80 per ...

Tragic news came out of Kenya this morning, as Ugandan long-distance runner Rebecca Cheptegei ... The news comes weeks after Cheptegei competed in the Paris Olympic Games, finishing 44th in ...

Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei ... Peter Njoroge / BBC As a solider in the Ugandan armed forces, Cheptegei was given military honours On Friday, family members, friends and activists ...

came 44th in the marathon at the Paris Olympics Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died days after being doused in petrol and set on fire by a former boyfriend. The 33-year-old Ugandan marathon ...

Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei dies after being severely burned by her partner hospital official confirmed her death on Thursday. Police say Cheptegei's partner, Dickson Ndiema ...

BUKWO, Uganda (AP) — Thousands of mourners in Uganda paid their respects Saturday to Rebecca Cheptegei, the Olympic athlete ... several marches this year. Ugandan officials have condemned ...

Outrage and sorrow greeted the death on Thursday of Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei ... It took place just weeks after Cheptegei had made her Olympic debut in the women's marathon at the ...

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[AFP] Athletes continued to pay tribute to fallen Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei who died in Eldoret ... a few weeks after participating in the Olympic Games. Rebecca’s life has been taken ...

Ugandan marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei ... "We have learned of the sad passing of our Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei...following a vicious attack by her boyfriend," Uganda Olympics Committee ...

ELDORET, Kenya (Reuters) - Ugandan Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei died on Thursday, four days after she was doused in petrol and set on fire by her boyfriend in Kenya, in the latest ...