Sports
From $11,000: How Poorly Performing Football Coach Pocketed $217,195 From Rwanda
Johnathan McKinstry also known as Johnny speaking to local media in Rwanda while he was here In March 2015, Rwanda hired an Irishman Johnathan McKinstry also known as Johnny, as head coach for the national football team Amavubi paying him $11,000 as monthly salary (about Rwf 7.5m at the time).…
Latest FIFA Rankings: Rwanda Drops To Worst Position In 18 Years
Amavubi team has become tough-sell as it continues to perform poorly The latest football rankings released by the International Football body FIFA shows that Rwanda-Amavubi has dropped to the worst position in the last eighteen years. Rwanda gathered 1088 points dropping from 137th to 138th globally among 203 countries ranked…
Military Side APR FC Maintains League Title Hopes As Arch Rival Struggles
If all stays as it is, APR FC is headed for its 18th title in 25 years The 2018 Rwanda Premier League title winner APR FC is keeping an unassailable lead of the 2019 table – putting the military side on the footing for another consecutive trophy. As if the…
Why Rwanda Could Not Have Qualified For 2019 African Cup Of Nations
On a typical day in a filthy training camp, Gicumbi FC goalkeeper is drinking alcohol. The conditions in which Gicumbi FC live was subject of major scandal recently. It is not the only team faced with such poor conditions (Photo by IGIHE) The 2019 African Cup of Nations Championships kicks…
Video Assistant Referee Technology Too Expensive For Rwanda – Says FERWAFA
The VAR system involves watching action remotely and drawing the match referees’ attention to officiating mistakes from a centralized video operation room Rwanda cannot afford the costs involved to install the latest Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology in stadiums – even as several match officials are suspended for contested officiating,…
Football Coach Accused of Homosexuality is Back in Court Again
Grace Nyinawumuntu was awarded more than Rwf50m compensation by court The legal troubles of Grace Nyinawumuntu, a football coach accused of homosexuality by her players, and then fired by her employer AS Kigali team, are not about to end soon. She is preparing to appear in an appeals court over…
Eritrea Government Congratulates Tour du Rwanda Cycling Winner
Eritrean Merhawi Kudus of Astana Pro Team has won the 11th Tour du Rwanda 2019 – in tough cycling journey that began last Sunday. Kudus has been donning the Yellow Jersey for last 2 Stages even when he did not win them. It is because, in the much long and…
With 7 Seconds Difference, Eritrean Keeps Tour du Rwanda Yellow Jersey
Eritrean Merhawi Kudus could be on to win Tour du Rwanda 2019 Eritrean Merhawi Kudus did not win Stage 7 today of Tour du Rwanda, but will keep the much-prized Yellow Jersey. Kudus did not even come among Top 10 for the Kigali-Nyamata route of 84.1km – much of which…
Tour du Rwanda: Poland’s Kasperkiewicz Przemyslaw Takes Stage 6
On day Six, Erittean Merhawi Kudus has retained the yellow jersey as overall top cyclist of the grueling Tour du Rwanda so far. Polish Przemysław Kasperkiewicz of Delko Marseille Province won Stage Six Musanze-Nyamata. Kasperkiewicz was crowned in Nyamata after a tough largely sloping and flat 12.1 km ride for…
Youngest Rider Takes Stage 5 of Tour du Rwanda
Tour du Rwanda in the villagers of northern Rwanda Another Eritrean Biniam Girmay is latest king of Tour du Rwanda as it enters a tougher phase. Girmay, the youngest cyclist among the dozens taking part rode unchallenged through Karongi-Musanze stage for 138.7 km. Five Rwandans made it in the top…
Eritrean Merhawi Kudus Keeps Yellow Jersey, Wins Longest Route
The Eritrean Merhawi Kudus of Pro Astana Team has won the longest stage of Tour du Rwanda, Huye-Rubavu, riding for 213.1 Km. He gets to also keep the Yellow Jersey because be won the Kigali-Huye Stage 2 route on Monday yesterday. The Huye-Rubavu route is also the longest that has…
Out of 26 Sports Federations in Rwanda, NONE is led by a Woman
Long-distance runner and marathon medalist Salome Nyirarukundo is a household name. She has been around for years. Another is Felicite Rwemarika, who tried to run for the presidency of national football federation in December 2017. You may probably have also heard of Cathia Uwamahoro who sprung from oblivion to international…
Tour du Rwanda: Eritrean Returns to Win After 6-year Absence
Stage 2 of Tour du Rwanda has gone to Eritrea and its team also took the best performing of the day. Merhawi Kudus, 24, of Pro Astana Team emerged winner from the Kigali-Huye 12.5km route. His win is particularly significant because he is only returning to Tour du Rwanda after…
Tough Start for Team Rwanda as Africa’s Most Grueling Cycling Race Begins
In today’s Stage One, Italian Feldeli Alessandro of Delko Marseille Provence KTM won. Rwandan champ Joseph Areruya came later by just seconds. Team Rwanda for 2019 is made up of 12 cyclists previous winners: Valens Ndayisenga 2014/06, Jean Bosco Nsengimana 2015, Joseph Hareruya 2017 (Delko Marseille Province KTM), and Samuel…
How Should the Rwf100m Sports Budget allocation for UR be Spent?
Beginning this academic year, the University of Rwanda is getting Rwf 100m for sports as part of its Rwf36b annual budget. The allocation for games is to be shared among the seven colleges spread across the country. According to UR management, there is no automatic distribution of the money. Otherwise…
Rwandan Meddie Kagere Keeps the Pressure in Tanzania Top League
Ugandan-born striker who recently obtained Rwandan citizenship Meddie Kagere is staying true to his contract – keeping the Tanzania team that hired him among the top on the league table. The Ex-Police FC striker gave Tanzanian champions Simba FC a 1-0 victory against arch-rivals Yanga FC over the weekend. Kagere…
12 Teams Coming for Regional Volleyball Championship
The African Continental Volleyball Zone 5 Club Championship games open in Rwanda next week attracting twelve top clubs for the tournament scheduled February 20-23 at Petit Stade inside the Amahoro stadium. Zone 5 volleyball countries include Rwanda, Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi, Djibouti and South Sudan. For the…
Lost Sports Glory: Government Allocates Rwf100m To Revive Sports At University Of Rwanda
The University of Rwanda has started receiving budgetary allocation for sports amid concerns Rwanda’s largest university and its colleges have lost the glory they enjoyed for years when they were major source of players for different sports in the country. In 2013 government merged all public universities and institutes located…
