Holders Gicumbi wallop NUR in Handball league
François Ngarambe scored 16 goals as defending champions Gicumbi walloped National University of Rwanda 48-8 in the national handball championship at Gicumbi ground on Saturday. Coach Ebenezel...
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Rwanda Karate body to honour departed players
Rwanda Karate Federation says it has identified six former players who were killed during the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi, and now says it will organise a competition in their memory. Youngsters doing...
View ArticleTanzania: First stage of cycling race set for May Day
The Image Professional Sports Club (IP Sports Club) of Dar es Salaam will stage the first ‘District Cycling Challenge’ race, scheduled to be held in Mbeya Urban on May 1, this year. The coordinator,...
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Rwanda eye top honours at EA Judo meet
Rwanda has sent three players for this year’s East Africa Judo Championships, which starts today and end tomorrow in Nairobi, Kenya. Fred Yannick Uwase will lead Rwanda’s surge for medals in Kenya....
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World Chess Olympiad: Rwanda confirms date for women qualifiers
Rwanda Chess Federation has announced May 17-18 as the dates for the women World Olympiad qualifiers but the venue is yet to be decided. Ange Nsabimana is one of the players expected to compete for...
View ArticleTour des Volcans underway
A one-day Tour des Volcans is on today under the auspices of Rwanda Cycling Federation (Ferwacy) and Benediction Cycling Club. Riders will start the tour from Rubavu and climax in Musanze. All Ferwacy...
View ArticlePolice beat APR to join ES Kigoma on top
Police handball club joined ES Kigoma and APR at the top of the league table after beating the latter in a tightly contested game at Kimisagara youth sports centre on Sunday. All the three teams have...
View ArticleBack-to-back USPA crowns for Kiprotich
Stephen Kiprotich was crowned Nile Special USPA Personality of the Year on a grand night where the athlete and special guest Ezekiel Kemboi also treated the audience to a dance. Multiple medallist...
View ArticleNsengimana claims Tour des Volcans cycling race
Rubavu-based Benediction cycling club rider Jean Basco Nsengiyumva won the Tour des Volcans, Rubavu-Musanze on Sunday. The 22-year-old Nsengiyumva dominated other riders to win the 70km race in a time...
View ArticleYouth Volleyball team set for Nanjing Games Qualifiers
Rwanda Youth Volleyball team head coach Paul Bitok is confident of securing a slot in the Youth Olympic Games to be held in Nanjing, China from August 16 to 28. Coach Bitok said his team will be on...
View ArticleDGC snooker winners to be awarded Sunday
Winners of snooker special tournament that ended over two weeks ago will receive their delayed awards at the Dar es Salaam Gymkhana Club (DGC) on Sunday. Snooker secretary Fatema Yusufali told the...
View ArticlePeople’s Award launched
The Bongo 5 Media Group Company has launched a ‘People’s Award’ that aims to motivate artists, sports personnel and radio presenters. Bongo 5 Managing Director Nancy Sumari told journalists in Dar es...
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TOC wants quality for Club Games
The Tanzania Olympic Committee (TOC) has warned that only athletes who meet qualifications for 2014 Commonwealth Games will make the trip to Glasgow, Scotland for the event. Tanzania Olympic Committee...
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Chess legend Garry Kasparov returns to Uganda
Garry Kasparov touched down at 12:55pm Thursday at the Entebbe international airport — an hour earlier than planned with a promise to devote more time and resources to developing chess in Uganda....
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CHESS: Wanyama takes on Kawuma in title hunt
Ex-Olympiads Patrick Kawuma and arch rival Harold Wanyama are the pair to watch as the quest for the for the vacant title at the national chess championship Friday at the Tyres head offices in...
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Two bronze medals for Rwanda in regional Judo tournament
The national judo team defied odds to bag two bronze medals in the Eastern African Judo championship held at the Nyayo Stadium gymnasium in Nairobi, Kenya this week. Yannick Uwase and Zuena Mukamana...
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Kenyan boxers relish Sri Lanka success
Team Kenya for the Lions Cup International Boxing tournament in Sri Lanka returned home yesterday to a warm reception after winning gold, silver and a bronze. Simon Mulinge (left), Rayton Okwiri...
View ArticleHuye hosts inaugural Fencing Championship
The University of Rwanda premises in Huye will play host to the maiden national senior fencing championship today. Despite being in its initial stages, fencing, a swords-fight sport, has gradually...
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Rwanda: Hundreds join Debnath in ride against HIV
Rwandans and the Indian community cyclists joined Somen Debnath in a cycling rally yesterday aimed at increasing awareness about HIV/Aids. Somen Debnath addressing participants his mission in as far...
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KICKBOXING: Semata eyes world title
Umar Semata has called on kickboxing fans to turn up in big numbers for his fight against World Inter-continental title holder Abdallah Mando from Egypt. The light middleweight fight that has been...
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