Shein lauds EA army games
Zanzibar President Dr Ali Mohamed Shein has said that the East African Community Military Games are vivid testimony of the solidarity of the armed forces in the region. President Ali Mohamed Shein...
View ArticleTanzania to meet Ghana in World Hockey trend-setter
Tanzania women’s team will open their campaign in the World Hockey League with Ghana on September 5 at City Park Stadium in Nairobi, Kenya. The tournament will be held from September 2-8 and Tanzania...
View ArticleDar to host Wushu international meet
Tanzania will host the second edition of Silver Leaf Chinese Wushu international competition to take place from August 30-31 this year at Mnazi Mmoja grounds in Dar es Salaam. The competition jointly...
View ArticleEA school games open
The anxiously awaited East African Secondary School Games open today at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam involving 3,178 participants from the region. Organised by the Federation of East Africa...
View ArticleGS Kabusunzu eye regional schools football title
GS Kabusunzu girls football team, under the guidance of AS Kigali and national women team coach Grace Nyinawumuntu, have set their sights on winning the title at the forthcoming FEASSA Games. The East...
View ArticleMyasiro loses 3000m bid
Athlete Jean Marie Myasiro registered a personal best in the heat stages of the 3000m in the on-going second Youth Olympic Games on Wednesday in Nanjing, China. Rwanda’s sole rider Benitha Uwamariya...
View ArticleRwanda’s U-20 handball teams win bronze medal in Uganda
Rwanda’s U-20 boys’ and girls’ handball team defeated Tanzania and Burundi respectively to take third position in the Zone V Challenge trophy in Uganda. The boys’ team defeated Tanzania 29-28 thanks...
View ArticleRwanda’s Guma joins Turkish side Palandoken
Rwanda national volleyball team left attacker Lawrence Yakan Guma has signed for Turkish club, Palandoken Belediye – Erzurum. Lawrence Yakan Guma He signed from Etoile Sportive Setif of Algeria, where...
View ArticleRwandan teams win regional sitting Volleyball tournament
Gisagara Men’s sitting volleyball club and national women’s team were on Saturday crowned champions of the East Africa sitball championships held in Nairobi, Kenya. The two Rwandan teams made history...
View ArticleChampions Shimba Hills and Malava win opening matches in Dar
Everline Atieno scored 17 points, including four three-pointers, to guide Shimba Hills of Kenya to a crucial 58-43 victory against Uganda’s Kibuli as the Brookside East African Secondary School Games...
View ArticleUganda: Youngster eyes gold at Youth Olympic Games
Geoffrey Balimumiti is back on the track today with a mission to win a gold medal in the 800m.The 17-year-old will compete in the event’s final at the 2nd Youth Olympic Games held in Nanjing, China....
View ArticleTanzania misses medal at Youth Olympic Games
Tanzanian youngster John Joseph Churi missed out on a 1500 metres medal at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Nanjing, China by less than eight seconds. Having battled his way to the men’s 1500m...
View ArticleOpens EA school games
The government has promised to continue investing in sports due to its importance in national development. Speaking on behalf of President Jakaya Kikwete, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and...
View ArticleEspoir, APR lose first game in Zone V hoops tourney
Rwanda’s representatives at the 2014 Fiba/Africa Zone V Club Championships Espoir (men) and APR (women) lost their opening games on Day 1 on Monday in Mombasa, Kenya. Espoir Basketball Club were...
View ArticleJapanese Karate instructor visit Rwanda to enhance sport
A famous Japanese Karate instructor, Hidekazu Mizutani, arrived in Rwanda, on Saturday, for a week-long training session aimed at helping improve the country’s performance in the martial arts sport....
View ArticleYouth Olympics: Uganda’s Balimumiti wins silver
“Mission accomplished. I wanted gold but I thank God for this silver medal that I have won for myself and my country. Atleast we are not going back home empty handed,” Geoffrey Balimumiti, 17, stated...
View ArticleUganda: Eight teams withdraw from U-15 Badminton tourney
The Ebola epidemic especially in West Africa has affected turn up for the U-15 Africa Badminton tournament that started at Lugogo on Monday. Eight countries, which had hitherto confirmed...
View ArticleTanzania’s Dorcas flops at Youth Olympics
A first medallion has continued to elude Team Tanzania at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games set to wind up on Thursday in Nanjing, China. Female runner Dorcas Boniface Ilanda made a futile attempt to win...
View ArticleRwanda Archery federation gets ‘Olympic level’ equipment
Archery federation has been boosted with equipment worth US$5000 (about Rwf3.5m) from Axiom Networks to enable them prepare for future competitions. Axiom Network group offcials pose with the Archery...
View ArticleNo medal for Rwanda at Nanjing Olympic Games
It’s official. Rwanda will not win a medal at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games due to climax on Thursday in Nanjing, China after all hopes ended at the weekend. Seraphine Mukantambara, left , and Lea...
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