Standard Bank Malawi has returned to football after unveiling a K46 million annual sponsorship for three years for Malawi’s three regional leagues which will receive K15 million each. Standard Bank Malawi head of consumer and high net worth clients Charity Mughogho said the sponsorship will be under the banner of Unayo, the bank’s digital platform […]
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UNITED States-based Zimbabwean motocross rider Tanya Muzinda has been named among top 100 inspirational women for 2022 by the influential UK-based magazine — March8. March8 is an inspiring and informative community of women executives, entrepreneurs, professionals and overachievers. It recognises, celebrates and champions the achievement and contributions made by women in both business and society. […]
Effective today, April 7, all sporting competitions will be put on hold for a week until April 13, as the sports fraternity joins the rest of the country to commemorate the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. This year’s commemoration marks the 28th anniversary of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Ahead of […]
Every year, just like other sectors, the sports fraternity in Rwanda holds activities to commemorate the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Here for example, sports tournaments are organised to remember the Athletes, Administration officials that were killed during the Genocide but also to teach the young generations about reconciliation and unity, since sports is at […]
Rwanda’s international basketball referee Jean Sauveur Ruhamiriza has been named among referees shortlisted to officiate the forthcoming Nile Conference games of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) which gets underway from April 9-19 at the Hassan Mostafa Indoor Sports Complex in Cairo, Egypt. The 31-year-old departed for Cairo on Wednesday aboard Ethiopian Airlines flight. Ruhamiriza officiated […]
The ban Fifa imposed on Kenya for government interference is another blow to women’s football there, which was making huge strides that were first stunted by the federation’s politics. “Whoever denied us the chance to play did us wrong, may thunder strike them,” an incensed Corazon Acquino said in response to Kenya’s senior women’s national […]
Cape Town — Extra Covid-19 Booster Shots for Immune Compromised People People with certain illnesses or who are on treatments that weaken their immune systems can get an extra shot of a Covid-19 vaccine because the normal number of doses don’t work well enough for them. The health department will soon be updating the […]
Musanze FC head coach Frank Ouna Onyango believes his side is capable of eliminating 8-time champions Rayon Sports in the second leg of the 2022 Peace Cup at Kigali Stadium on April 19. “Rayon Sports are a great team and have massive experience in the peace cup but we can beat them in the second […]
It has been a keenly contested 2021/22 Rwandan premier league so far this season with the league title being contested by APR and Kiyovu. After 22 matches played, there is just two points separating the top two teams whereas the bottom half of the table also has six teams which are all battling relegation with […]
Nairobi — Back to back goals against his parent club Kenya Police FC have seen John Mark Makwatta’s confidence soar up the ceiling and the forward says making a return to AFC Leopards, on loan from the law enforcers has been a masterstroke to revive his career. Makwatta joined Leopards from Police on a six-month […]
Rwanda national women cricket team captain Marie Diane Bimenyimana is excited after the team defeated Nigeria in the final to clinch the Nigeria women T20 Invitational cricket tournament in Lagos last weekend. Rwanda on Sunday, April 3, beat Nigeria by 52 runs just a day after they were defeated by the same opponent in the […]
Rwandan youngster Noam Emeran is set to sign a new deal at premier league giants Manchester United. The initial three-and-a-half-year contract of the 19-year-old winger is expected to expire on June 30, 2022 but he is likely to continue his stay at Old Trafford. According to the UK’s Guardian newspaper, both Barcelona and Bayer Leverkusen […]
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Story of Zlatan Ibrahimovic
One of the most charismatic figures in the world of football is undoubtedly represented by Zlatan Ibrahimovic. The Swedish striker of Yugoslav origin has played in very important teams, namely Ajax, Juventus, Inter, Milan (where he still plays, having returned after several years), PSG, Manchester United and Barcelona. In all these years, Ibrahimovic has always […]
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Zimbabwe Swimmers in SA Nationals
ELEVEN local swimmers are this week set to take part in the South Africa Nationals and Junior Nationals in Gqeberha. The competitions start on Wednesday and until April 11 at Newton Park Swimming Pool. Some of the leading swimmers to participate in the event are Donata Katai, Tichatonga Makaya, Alexis Johnsen, Limbikani Kalipengule and Mikayla […]
National Steering Committee on PE & School Sport. The UN General Assembly in 2013 declared 06 April as the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP) and has been celebrating this day annually since 2014. This seems like an extra important year to be focusing on peace with what is going on in […]
Nairobi — The fourth leg of the Savannah Golf Tour has received a major boost following a Ksh400,000 personal sponsorship from Mombasa County Governor Hassan Joho. The sponsorship raises the prize money for the tournament that is set to be held Tuesday, at Karen Country Club to KSH800,000 following the contribution of KSH400,000 from the […]
Rwandan international midfielder Samuel Gueulette has given a clue on his future after lifting the 2021/22 Belgium division 2 league trophy with Raal La Louviere. Raal were crowned champions over the weekend following a 2-0 win over Ganshoren which saw them move to 72 points and extend the gap between them and Meux to fourteen […]
Senior Sports Reporter Dynamos … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .. (1) 2 Black Rhinos … … … … … … … … … … … … … (1) 1 TEENAGER Bill Antonio was the toast of the day for the Dynamos supporters at the National Sports […]