Sports

THE 4th edition of the Kwita Izina (gorilla naming) cycling tour is expected to be bigger and more glamorous after sponsors Rwanda Development Board (RDB) upped their sponsorship package to Rwf70m for the event which is scheduled for June 9-10.

RWANDAN international Patrick Mutesa Mafisango was laid to rest on Sunday at Kinkole graveyard in Kinshasa in his native home country of DRC Congo in a sombre ceremony attended by thousands of mourners.

BEIJING – French striker Nicolas Anelka has threatened to leave Shanghai Shenhua, a state-backed newspaper said Monday, in a sign relations with his Chinese club may have soured.

FERWAFA President Célestin Ntagungira and Chief Executive Officer Michel Gasingwa will be among 600 delegates taking part in the 62nd annual FIFA congress that takes place in Budapest, Romania, from May 23-25.

ACCRA – Ghana’s female national under-20 soccer team, the Black Princesses, booked a place in the FIFA world cup finals after drubbing Tunisia 4-1 in the second-leg of the qualifier at the Accra Sports Stadium on Saturday.

Sunday
Toulouse 0-2 AC Ajaccio
Lille 4-1 Nancy
St Etienne 2-3 Bordeaux

Coppa Italia
Sunday
Juventus 0 - 2 Napoli

MADRID – Chelsea striker Fernando Torres will hold talks with the club about his future after criticising the way he has been treated.