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RWANDA Tennis Federation has started preparing for life without the current senior players including men’s top seed Jean Claude Gasigwa and the women’s number one Gisèle Umumararungu.

LEADING strikers Meddie Kagere and Laudit Mavugo were among the first team players who missed the opening training session on Monday when Police FC started preparations for the next season, fueling speculations that the club is resigned to lose the two players.

THE national football league may have a sponsor before the new season starts next month. This comes after Bralirwa’s Marketing Manager Elvis Castanou confirmed that talks are ongoing between the company and the local football governing body, Ferwafa.

BELGIUM club Antwerp has, for the second time, refused to release defender Salomon Nirisarike to play for the junior wasps against Mali in the return leg of the Africa Youth Championship qualifier.

LONDON – Grenada’s Kirani James won his country’s first ever Olympic gold as he added the 400m title here to his World Championship crown.

MADRID – What can we expect from Cristiano Ronaldo this coming season?

ROME – Speculation is increasing in Italy that Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to invest in AC Milan via the partially state-owned utility company Gazprom.

LONDON – Usain Bolt said the motivation to prove his doubters wrong had helped propel him to his second Olympic 100m title in 9.63sec but that he would not be a “legend” until he had also won the 200m.