Category: Sports

After crashing Moroco 3 sets against 1, in the Paralympics games in London, UK, the Rwandan sitting Volleyball team has risen to the second position in Africa and took ninth position among the 10 teams that participated in the Paralympics.

For the 7th and 8th Positions, China beat Britain 3 sets against nil for Britain.

Two teams including Bosnia and Iraq competed for Gold beat Rwanda in Group B.

Emile Vuningabo the Rwandan sitting volleyball team captain said before they played Moroco, they first made thorough planning.

Their win gives the Rwandan team hopes of playing in the 2016 Paralympics games that will be held in Brazil.

Ashley Cole will miss England’s World Cup qualifying match against Moldova on Friday because of an ankle injury.

The Chelsea left-back, 31, returned to his club shortly after joining up with Roy Hodgson’s squad.

The injury is described as “minor”, and he will be assessed on Sunday over his availability for the qualifier against Ukraine on Tuesday, 11 September.

Striker Andy Carroll has already withdrawn from the squad with a hamstring injury.

The 23-year-old striker, who joined West Ham on a season-long loan on Friday, withdrew from the squad on Saturday after picking up a hamstring injury in the 3-0 win over Fulham.

Hodgson, who was at St Mary’s as Manchester United came from behind to beat Southampton 3-2 on Sunday, waited until the weekend’s Premier League programme had concluded before deciding not to replace Carroll.

Arsenal’s Theo Walcott, who has been named as a midfielder, is likely to provide cover.

Leighton Baines started England’s 2-1 win over Itay in August at left-back, where he was replaced with 12 minutes remaining by Chelsea’s Ryan Bertrand, also in the squad for Moldova and Ukraine.

Had Cole played in both matches, he would have won his 100th cap against Ukraine, having made his debut against Albania in March 2001.

England’s road to Brazil 2014 begins at the Zimbru Stadium in Chisnau before Hodgson’s men face Ukraine four days later at Wembley.

Mugabo Alfred a 17 year-old Rwandan has started playing for Arsenal football club of the under 21 team.

Arsenal beat Bolton 3-1 on August 20 and also beat Blackburn making it to the top on the list of the U21 in England.

Mugabo who was at a soccer academy say’s he was chosen to be on the U21 Substitutes because he showed great skill during the Mexico U17 world cup while playing for the Rwanda national team.

“Liam Brady Arsenal’s U21 coach told me not to return to the soccer academy saying i had exihibited great skill during the U17 world cup in Mexico. He is the director of the soccer academy and he granted me a chance to be on the U21 Arsenal side.”

In Sunday’s football encounter, Congo’s TP Mazembe beat Al Alhy Egypt (2-0) for the fifth day of the Champions League CAF.

Mazembe will face Berekum Chelsea, Ghana (6 points). Alhy Al Zamalek will face, the last group with 1 point.

Uganda will host the 2012 East and Central Africa Senior Challenge Cup after Kenya was stripped of hosting rights due to its poor organisation, officials said.

Kenya was appointed to host the regional competition at the last Cecafa congress meeting in Dar es Salaam last December.

However, general secretary Nicholas Musonye said they have had to reverse that decision after the tournament sponsors, East African Breweries Limited asked to move it to Kampala.

“The sponsors raised their concern over the organizational abilities of the Football Kenyan Federation, which has been accused of being so divisive.”

“The sponsor has the final obligation to make their decision where they would want the tournament to be held. It’s Uganda and that is their stand,” said Musonye.

Meanwhile Rwanda President Paul Kagame hosted the Cecafa champions-Yanga Africans Sports Club of Tanzania- Village Urugwiro, 23 August.

President Kagame noted that sponsorship of the regional tournament (populary known as Kagame Cup) will continue even after he leaves political office.

Arsenal midfielder Alex Song is the latest star player to leave the Emirates Stadium after Barcelona agreed a deal to sign the Cameroon star on Saturday.

“Arsenal Football Club can confirm that terms have been agreed for the transfer of Alex Song to Barcelona,” an Arsenal statement read.

“Song will now travel to the Catalan club to agree personal terms and undergo a medical ahead of the proposed move.”

Barca then revealed they had agreed to pay £15 million (19 million euros) for Song, who will have a release clause of 80 million euros inserted in his contract.

Song has made 204 appearances for Arsenal during his seven seasons at the club, scoring 10 goals, was missing from the squad for the Sunderland clash after Barca made their interest known earlier in the week.

However, while Wenger described van Persie’s exit as a “bitter pill”, he isn’t so concerned about losing Song and he hinted he could sign a replacement before the transfer window closes on August 31.

Jamaican Sprint SuperStar Usain Bolt has slammed critics who claim that he has been using performance enhancement Drugs suspecting that he could be having samples of yamogen, potatosium, banananitrite and boiledumplinium in his blood system.

Fresh off completing his historic gold-medal double at the 2012 London Olympic, Usain Bolt has taken a swipe at American sprinter and legendary runner Carl Lewis.

Lewis—who won five sprint gold medals—had inferred that the fastest man in the world could have a drug link in his past and that only “time will tell” whether or not he is in fact clean and thus the greatest sprinter of all time.

Carl Lewis said,”When people ask me about Usain Bolt, I say he could be the greatest athlete of all time. But for someone to run 10.03 one year and 9.69 the next…If you don’t question that [result] in a sport that has the [drug] reputation that it has right now, you’re a fool. Period.”

Naturally Bolt reacted in defense, saying that he had lost all respect for Lewis after his comments.

Carl Lewis tested positive three times to drugs and his victory in the 1988 Seoul Olympics 100-meter final is considered the dirtiest race of all time, whilst Bolt has never been found guilty in all the drug tests and samples he has given.

London Olympics chief organizer Sebastian Coe said August 9, he was satisfied that double sprint champion Usain Bolt and his Jamaican teammates were being properly drug-tested outside of races.

Coe was dragged into the row that erupted after Bolt said following his 200m victory Thursday he had lost all respect for Carl Lewis because the U.S. sprint legend has doubted the toughness of Jamaica’s drug-testing procedures.

Manchester United footbal Club have agreed a £24m deal to sign Arsenal striker Robin van Persie on a four-year contract.

The 29-year-old will meet with United in the next 48 hours to discuss personal terms and have a medical.

Arsenal captain Van Persie announced in July he would not extend his current deal, which expires in June 2013.

“Manchester United is pleased to announce it has reached agreement for the transfer of Robin Van Persie,” the club said in a statement.

“The deal is subject to a medical and the agreement of personal terms. A further announcement will be made in due course.”

United will pay £22.5m, with a further £1.5m one-off bonus to follow if they win a Premier League or Champions League title in the next four years.

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Uganda’s Stephen Kiprotich crossed the finishing line Sunday after 42km marathon at the London 2012 Olympic Games to become the most unexpected Olympic champion.

“Since 1972, Uganda has not won a gold medal,” Kiprotich said after the race. “We are very happy.”

Uganda Finally appeared on the medals table for the first time in 16 years.

In just two hours, eight minutes and eleven seconds, Stephen Kiprotich sealed his place in world sports history on Sunday ending Uganda’s 40-year wait for an Olympic gold medal.

Kiprotich at the age of 23 became only the second Ugandan to win an Olympic medal after John Akii-Bua in Munich 1972.

Kiprotich kept a keen eye on the Kenyan counterparts. It was more than 4km to go that he timed for a bend to overtake his rivals.

The lot behind him would never reach the Ugandan athlete until he touched the tape and with the Ugandan flag draped on him.

Quick facts

Full name: Stephen Kiprotich
Races: (3,000m, 3,000m Steeplechase, 5,000m, 10,000m, Cross-country and marathon)

Place of birth: Kapchorwa, Uganda

Date of birth: 27-02-1989

Weight: 54kgs

Personal Bests

3000m 7:48.06

3000m steeplechase 8:36.2

5000m 13:23:70

10,000m 28:00.9

Marathon 2:07.12