From Canada to Rwanda because of patriotism
Born and raised in Canada, Ntore Habimana a Rwandan by Nationality chose to play for his ‘National Basket Team’. “I used to hear about my country at a young age, I cherished it a lot and promised myself to make it proud“, he said. Photos of Ntore Habimana A basketball player by profession, Ntore started […]
Body building: ‘Small’ size and lack of strength inspired Dushimimana
Although he was active in sports as a teenager, Dushimimana Alain was still small and weak; being an athlete alone wasn’t helping, something was ‘missing’, he thought. “Compared to people in my age group, I was the smallest: my lack of size and strength made life hard for me until I started to read about […]
When talent pays your tuition
“I had to work twice hard to be able to obtain an education“, Rwema Christian Following his cousin whenever he we went to play basketball motivated Rwema to learn the sport. In 2018; at age 17, he moved to Rwanda and joined ‘Don Bosco’ a basketball team from DRC(Democratic Republic of Congo) where he played […]
APR WVC and REG VC win Rwanda National Heroes Day Volleyball tournament
APR Women’s volleyball team and REG men’s volleyball team are this year’s champions of the Heroes day tournament held at Kimisagara. The matches were played at Kimisagara Indoor Gymnasium on the 28th and 29th of January 2023. The APR Women Volleyball Club (APR WVC) and Rwanda Energy Group Volleyball Club (REG VBC) emerged winners of […]
REG(Rwanda Energy Group) win Women Basketball League opener
Kickstarting two weeks after the Men’s Basketball League, the Rwanda Women’s Basketball League 2023 begun in high gear with REG WBBC beating UR (University of Rwanda) KIGALI 140-18 points in a game played at Kepler court on 27th, Jan, 2023. Leading both in the first and second half with 60-12 points and 70-6 points respectively, […]
The Mighty MKUR lose to AUCA in basketball
Adventist University of Central Africa (AUCA) basketball team emerged winners when they beat The Mighty MKUR 59-52 points in a game held at AUCA main compass basketball court in Masoro – Gasabo district (Rwanda) on 4th, November 2022. The game kicked off at 3:45 pm other than the slated 3:00pm due to rain and in […]
Rwanda under-18 African men’s team to face Egypt in final
Rwanda will face Egypt in the final of the under 18- African men’s handball championship. This is after defeating Morocco 35-34 in the championship semi-final. Their opponents Egypt defeated Burundi 66-22 in another semi-final. The ministry of sports through a tweet congratulated the team. “Congratulations Team Rwanda Handball U18!!! Well-deserved win! Next is the final game […]
“I swim for fun”; MKUR’s CB tells his swimming drive
Half a loaf is better than none….Author unknown: While majority of the students at Mount Kenya University Rwanda shunned the swimming competitions that were organized on 9th August, 2022 in the name of “we are busy”, “we don’t know how to swim”, and lots of other excuses, the event was still braced by those who […]
Sports an underrated aspect of empowering youth in university
It’s becoming a norm that, sports is being viewed as a way to stay healthy and in shape or fit, but the importance goes much further than body shape and entertainment practice. Broadly, playing sports instills life lessons like discipline, responsibility, self-confidence, accountability, and teamwork. Various dangers and vices rising among the youth nowadays namely […]
Can a football player have another career outside the playground?
Many people think that being in a certain sport as a player is a career that can’t permit you to have any other thing to partake in. However, being multitalented is never prohibited and yes, a sports person/player can have some other careers outside the playground. Lionel Ndizeye, aka Lionel Sentore is a Rwandan football […]
