Rayon v-ball club target league glory
Rayon Sports are keen to win this year’s volleyball league title after finishing as runners-up in their debut season last year. Fidele Nyirimana, Rayon Sports head coach, who will be boosted by the...
View ArticleNational sitball championship due Feb 21
The national sitball championship, organised by the National Paralympic Committee (NPC), is scheduled to start on February 21and run through June 7. Sitball players training at NPC gymnasium...
View ArticleNiyonshuti eyes chance to compete in Tour de France
Olympian Adrien Niyonshuti is excited about the possibility of competing at this year’s Tour de France after Team Qhubeka received a wild card to compete at the most prestigious cycling event in the...
View ArticleUHA, NCS battle for control of Lugogo hockey pitch
Uganda Hockey Association (UHA) chairman Dunstan Nsubuga is bitter over National Council of Sports (NCS) ‘arrogance and misuse’ of the austral turf pitch at Lugogo. Nsubuga was upset after NCS...
View ArticleGicumbi H-ball club seeks to retain Heroes Day title
Gicumbi handball club are keen on retaining the annual national Heroes Day title with this year’s tournament due February 7-8. The two-day competition will be staged on three different grounds,...
View ArticleTunisia to host 2015 Men’s African Club Championships
African Volleyball Confederation (CAVB) has picked Tunisia as the hosts for the 2015 Men’s African Clubs Championships due March 5-17 in Sousse. The Club Championships is considered one of the most...
View ArticleCycling: Rwanda surges to 2nd in Africa ranking
Rwanda has jumped three places to the second position in Africa in the latest Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) ranking. Team Rwanda’s senior rider Nathan Byukusenge (R) leads a peloton during last...
View ArticleKenya partners with global anti-doping agencies to stem the vice
Stung by the high doping cases, the Kenyan government through the Ministry of Sports, Culture and Arts has now partnered with various international bodies to stem the vice. Cabinet Secretary Sports,...
View ArticleTanzania: Beach volleyball needs investment
Following the successful staging of the inaugural National Beach Volleyball Championship in Dar es Salaam, the game’s fraternity has suggested that Tanzania should invest heavily in the sport. The...
View ArticleUganda: Boxers cry over gym hire
The hiring out of the national boxing gym to a private operator has disturbed the performance of the national boxing team, the Bombers, according to Uganda Boxing Federation (UBF) secretary Simon...
View ArticleNemostars, KAVC need sh213m
KAVC and Nemostars volleyball clubs must raise at least $74,000 (about sh213m) in five weeks to represent Uganda at the Confederation of Africa Volleyball (CAVB) Men’s Club Championships due in...
View ArticleNtiyamira to officiate at Africa Cycling Champs
Rwanda’s Jean Sauveur Ntiyamira has been selected to officiate at the upcoming Africa Cycling Championship due February 9-14 in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Ndayisenga pedals his way to 2014 Tour...
View ArticleMalinzi calls for efforts to revive sports
The National Sports Council (NSC) Chairman, Dioniz Malinzi has acknowledged that the standard of sports in the country was unsatisfactory at all levels and that something must be done in order to...
View ArticleMukangara to grace women Taifa Cup final
Minister for Information, Youth, Culture and Sports, Fenella Mukangara will grace national women soccer championships, Taifa Cup final between Coast Region and Temeke at the Azam’s Chamazi Complex in...
View ArticleUganda: NCS to disband 50 sports associations
There is confusion in local sports bodies after expiry of a period within which they were supposed to comply with new regulations. Government through the Solicitor General last year set new...
View ArticleTanzania volleyball teams to enter camp
The national beach volleyball teams for both men and women are scheduled to enter residential camp on February 9, this year in Dar es Salaam in preparations for the Zone Five Championship scheduled...
View ArticlePatriots beat the Seahawks in dramatic finale
The New England Patriots overcame the ‘deflate-gate’ row to beat the Seattle Seahawks 28-24 in the Super Bowl. The Patriots are being investigated over allegations they under-inflated balls in beating...
View ArticleNairobi youth set for busy sports calendar
The Nairobi County youth should brace themselves for a busy sports calendar this year. Reuben Ndoolo speak to Captain U14 of Makadara team Makaisi Odhiambo during the finals at Kaloleni grounds on...
View ArticleKimani to defend his world title, lands sparring role in UK
Youth boxing sensation Francis Kimani will defend his World Professional Boxing Federation (WPBF) Youth Super featherweight title in Nairobi on May 28. World Professional Boxing Federation (WPBF)...
View ArticleVeterans Rotich, Maiyo win beach volleyball cup
Experienced pair of Edna Rotich and Eunice Maiyo won the women’s crown during the national trails of the All Africa Games cum Continental Cup beach volleyball at Jacaranda Beach Hotel in South Coast....
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