RWANDA'S Dieudonne Disi repeated his 2007 heroics when he raced to sixth spot in the Men's IAAF World Half Marathon Championships held on Sunday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Challengers cricket club went top of the Utexrwa Cup table standing following a dramatic 12-run victory over Indorwa at Kicukiro oval on Sunday.

Intwari football club dominated the twoday testimonial tournament organised in honour of Jean de la Croix Nkurayija, the club's president.

RWANDA'S U-20 national football team is yet to prove that it has the strength to use home advantage to win next year's African Youth Championships set for January 18-February 1 in Kigali.

RWANDA's Amavubi Stars are optimistic of their qualifying for chances the 2010 African Cup of Nations which will be held in Angola's capital, Luanda.

Two former African Football Player of the Year, Ghana's Abedi Pele Ayew and Nigeria's Rashidi Yekini are among the important sports personalities expected at the media conference on Tuesday, October 14, (today) to announce the top five nominees for the

The head of Ghana's football association has blamed security and ticketing problems for the crowd trouble which marred Saturday's qualifying match in Sekondi.

Soccerex 2008 is to be used as a platform to update the public on the 2010 FIFA World Cup preparations.

TWO former jockeys who are now trainers, Basil Marcus and Gavin van Zyl, have been given hugely differing fines following dope case hearings by the National Horseracing Authority.

Some 60,000 spectators are expected to attend the Tunisia France friendly according to the organisers. Dubbed "The friendship match", the event which is due to take place at the imposing "Stade de France", will attract a large number of Tunisians

The Nigeria Football Federation on Monday hailed the performance of the national senior team, Super Eagles in the concluded second round phase of the 2010 FIFA World Cup/Nations Cup qualifying race.

Coach Shuaibu Amodu introduced some Beijing Olympic team players in Saturday's 4-1 victory and said such changes would continue until he builds a solid team that he hopes would not only qualify for the 2010 World Cup but also do

The Kaduna State Government has unveiled Peugeot Automobile Nigeria (PAN) as the official car of the 16th National Sports Festival taking place in the state early November.

Barely one year to the kick-off of the FIFA U-17 World Cup tagged Nigeria 2009; the four qualifiers from the Asian Football Confede-ration (AFC) have booked their tickets in the 24-team tournament.

It appears that the lingering cold war between the Chairman of the National Sports Commission (NSC) Abdulrahaman Gimba and his directors is seriously threatening the chances of the nation hosting next year's FIFA U-17 World Cup following the chairman's perceived

Nigeria's quest to make the next World Cup finals in South Africa received a massive boost yesterday when FIFA released its seedings for the final phase of the African qualification campaign with the Super Eagles listed.

Flying Eagles Coach, Ladan Bosso, said that he is satisfied with the 2-2 draw they got against the Sudanese U-20 team in their qualifying match last Sunday in Port Sudan.

Two former African Football Players of the Year, Ghana's Abedi Pele Ayew and Nigeria's Rashidi Yekini are among the important sports personalities expected at the media conference today to announce the top five nominees for the 2008 Glo-CAF Awards.

PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has attacked opposition leader Kizza Besigye for saying neighbouring Rwanda pays its civil servants higher salaries than Uganda.

Indications have emerged as to why the presentation of the proposed 2009 budget to the National Assembly by the Federal Government was being delayed.