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Jeannot Witakenge.
Football

Rayon legend Witakenge dies aged 50

Saturday, April 25, 2020
Nathan Byukusenge (L) and Abraham Ruhumuriza retired from competitive cycling in 2017 and 2016, respectively. Ruhumuriza won Tour du Rwanda a record five times before it turned international in 2009. / File.
Cycling

Team Rwanda's original five: Where are the pioneers now?

Saturday, April 25, 2020
The New Times

How Niyonsaba defied odds on his way to basketball stardom

Friday, April 24, 2020
Bugesera are eighth on the 16-team league table with 30 points, 27 off leaders APR who have also played one game less.

Bugesera players agree to 65% pay cut due to Covid-19 impact

Thursday, April 23, 2020
Michael Sarpong had joined Rayon Sports in September 2018.

Striker Sarpong sacked at Rayon for insulting club boss

Thursday, April 23, 2020
Rayon Sports captain Eric Rutanga (R) and club president, Sadate Munyakazi. / Courtesy
Football

Rayon reverse decision to suspend players' salaries

Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Dominique Ndayishimiye (#14) is one of the star players whose contracts at Police end with the 2019-20 season. / Photo: Courtesy.

Police risk losing seven players amid slow contract negotiations

Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Jean Claude Gakwaya (R) and his navigator Jean Claude Mugabo (L) are the reigning champions of the Mountain Gorilla Rally. / File photo.

Mountain Gorilla rally suspended due to Covid-19

Tuesday, April 21, 2020
National team left-back and Rayon Sports captain, Eric Rutanga. / File.

Rayon Sports players threaten to sue club over salary disputes

Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Siradji Iradukunda (R), one of the exceptional talents from Gihisi Sports Training Centre, was part of the youthful team that finished third at the 2019 CECAFA U15 Championship in Eritrea. / File photo.

Gihisi Sports Centre on quest to empower youth through football

Monday, April 20, 2020
Rwanda international midfielder, Djihad Bizimana. / File photo.

Muhadjiri, Djihad reach out to the needy in Nyakabanda

Monday, April 20, 2020
Fred Musoni, the second captain of the national volleyball team, joined UTB at the beginning of the 2019-20 season from Finnish side Karelian Humos.

VIDEO: Volleyball star Musoni shares workout tips during lockdown

Sunday, April 19, 2020
Juma and his wife Consolatte Murekeyisoni at their home in Rubavu District. / Courtesy. photo.

‘Precious Gift’: Juma Para on how his football stardom saved his wife in 1994

Saturday, April 18, 2020
Rwanda Arsenal Fan Club (RAFC) delivered emergency relief donation to 430 family members grouped in 86 households settled in the village of Kigarama, Jali Sector of Gasabo district. (Photos by Damas Sikubwabo)

COVID-19: Arsenal Fans in Rwanda donate to 86 vulnerable households

Friday, April 17, 2020
Rayon Sports, the reigning champions of Rwanda Premier League, and archrivals Mukura are reported to be owing their players at least four months in salary arears.

Lockdown: 11 topflight clubs not paying players

Thursday, April 16, 2020
Skol Adrien Cycling Academy (SACA) made their Tour du Rwanda debut this year, with their star rider Moise Mugisha finishing in second place. The club was fifth in general classification. / Courtesy.

SACA optimistic for successful maiden season after pandemic

Thursday, April 16, 2020
Former African champion, Charlotte Nzayisenga, leads Rwandau2019s charge for a historic first beach volleyball appearance in Olympic Games. / File.

Don’t give up on Tokyo 2021 dream, stay fit – athletes told

Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Gianni Infantino, president of the world football governing body (Fifa). / Net.

COVID-19: Ferwafa to receive Rwf475m Fifa grant

Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Jean Lambert Gatare (R), who lost his father and four siblings during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, entered journalism in 1995 as a sports commentator at Radio Rwanda. / Photo: Courtesy.

How slain journalist Kalinda inspired Gatare to become a sports commentator

Monday, April 13, 2020
Michael Sarpong was the clubu2019s top-scorer with 16 goals as Rayon Sports lifted their ninth league title last season. / File photo.

Rayon Sports players decry unpaid salaries

Monday, April 13, 2020