Sports

Rwanda’s Jean Pierre Mvuyekure has stated his readiness to make a memorable Olympic debut at the London Games in the men’s 42km full marathon race scheduled for Sunday.

LONDON – Usain Bolt began his bid to win the sprint double at London 2012 by cruising into the semi-finals of the Olympic 200m.

Rwanda’s top professional golfer Jean Baptiste Hakizimana says he has never been more confident for a ‘major’ tournament than he is going into the KCB East Africa Golf Finale.

Up to 18 local sports administrators, including coaches and high school sports teachers, are currently undergoing training in ‘Peace building’, ‘Sports and Peace and Advocacy’, ‘Working with Children and ‘Train the Trainers’ at Francois Xavier Hotel in Rubavu District.

Rwanda’s U-20 national team leave for Bamako this morning for the return leg of the 2013 Africa Youth Championship second round qualifier against Mali that will be played this Saturday.

The 2013 Cecafa/Kagame club championship will be held in Kigali in January, according to Secretary General Nicholas Musonye.

LONDON–Former champion Liu Xiang’s Olympic misery continued when the Chinese athlete crashed at the first barrier in the 110m hurdles heats.