Sitting volleyball teams eye slots at 2014 World championships
Rwanda National sitting volleyball teams (men and women) are targeting qualification for the 2014 World Championships to be held in Poland. Africa will be represented by one team in the women’s...
View ArticleVolleyball pros due, Botswana arrive on Feb 1
Algeria-based Christopher Mukunzi (El Fanar) and Lawrence Yakan Guma (ESS) are expected in the country this weekend to join their teammates ahead of the 2014 FIVB Men’s World Championships qualifiers...
View ArticleChess legend Kasparov for Dar visit
Garry Kasparov, the world’s most legendary chess player, is expected to visit Tanzania on Monday to promote chess as a tool for education and social development. Garry Kasparov The Tanzania Chess...
View ArticleRwanda to face Algeria in V-ball world cup qualifiers opener
Rwanda senior men’s volleyball team will face Algeria on February 13 in the first match of the final round of the 2014 FIVB Men’s World Championships qualifiers scheduled for February 12-18 in...
View ArticleBoxing body to hold elections next month
The Rwanda Amateur Boxing Association (RABA) elections have been set for next month on a date yet to be confirmed, according to the chairman of RABA, Cyatwa Ngarambe. Ngarambe said, “A committee has...
View ArticleHeroes’ Day H-ball tourney set for tomorrow
This year’s national Heroes Day handball tournament is scheduled for tomorrow and 14 teams have registered, according to Rwanda Handball Federation (Ferwahand) officials. Eight men’s and six women’s...
View ArticleSenior V-ball team cancels Kenya tour
Rwanda senior men’s volleyball national team has cancelled the planned friendly matches with their Kenyan counterparts as well as top clubs; Prisons, Ulinzi and GSU, this paper has learnt. According...
View ArticleDar sports ministry calls for corporate support
Minister for Information, Youth, Culture and Sports, Fenella Mukangara has expressed the government’s commitment to promote sports but urged other stakeholders to give more support. The Minister for...
View Article2014 a game changer for Rwandan boxing
With focus on acquiring legal status, Rwanda Amateur Boxing Association [Raba] face a busy calendar 2014 were during which they must make their fighters active unlike last year. Rwandan boxers will be...
View ArticleRwanda Senior volleyball team faces Botswana today
Rwanda senior national team hosts Botswana in the first of two ‘return’ matches this afternoon at Amahoro indoor stadium, starting at 4pm. The teams will meet again tomorrow evening at the same venue....
View ArticleSnooker: Zavary makes winning return
Hussein Zavary made a winning return to snooker competition after defeating veteran Kishore Ramanuj 2-0 frames in the first round January Snooker Mug tournament at the Dar es Salam Gymkhana Club (DGC)...
View ArticleGicumbi, ES Mukingi retain Heroes Day H-ball title
Reigning champions Gicumbi (men) and ES Mukingi (women) successfully defended the Heroes Day’ handball tournament titles after winning their respective finals on Sunday. Both finals were played at...
View ArticleMukunzi, Guma boost Rwanda national V-ball team preps
Rwanda senior national volleyball team has been boosted with the arrival of Algeria-based duo of Christopher Mukunzi (El Fanar) and Lawrence Yakan Guma (ESS). The experienced pair jetted in the...
View ArticleStudies forced Zavary to give-up snooker win
Hussein Zavary maintains his winning form, in the January Snooker Mug tournament, at the Dar es Salaam Gymkhana Club (DGC), on Tuesday night. With this feat the youngster recorded another 2-0 victory...
View ArticleTanzania: Participants call for continued dhow race sponsorship
Tanga Dhow Festival participants praise sponsors for making the race possible last Sunday. The event, which took place at Kigombe Village, in Muheza District, Tanga Region consisted of 150...
View ArticleCycling: Uwizeyimana set to join French side
Team Rwanda’s rider Bonaventure Uwizeyimana will join French cycling team Europcar between March and June, according to French media. Rwanda Cycling Federation president Aimable Bayingana confirmed...
View ArticleBitok sets sights on top spot in Cameroon
Rwanda have stepped up preparations ahead of the decisive final qualifying round of this year’s FIVB World Championships due in Cameroon from February 12-18. National team players celebrate after...
View ArticleBukwo hills to drill Team Uganda
Team Uganda will train in Bukwo in preparation for the World University Cross-country Championships. Peninah Kabenge “We want to make the best of high altitude training. That’s one way of ensuring...
View ArticleMombasa County Stadium to be polished off soon
The national government is committed to see the second phase of the face-lifting of the Mombasa County Stadium is completed with practicable framework time. Patrick Omutia, the Principal Secretary...
View ArticleTOC to lockout associations from Club Games
The Tanzania Olympic Committee (TOC) is likely to lockout some sports associations from participating in the forthcoming Commonwealth Games schedule for Glasgow, Scotland from July 23 to August 3 this...
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