{"id":38654,"date":"2025-08-04T09:08:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T09:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/Le-President-Kagame-a-une-retraite-de-basketball-avec-Kawhi-Leonard-et-Masai-38654\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T12:28:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T12:28:08","slug":"Le-President-Kagame-a-une-retraite-de-basketball-avec-Kawhi-Leonard-et-Masai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/Le-President-Kagame-a-une-retraite-de-basketball-avec-Kawhi-Leonard-et-Masai\/","title":{"rendered":"Le Pr\u00e9sident Kagame, \u00e0 une retraite de basketball avec Kawhi Leonard et Masai Ujiri"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>La retraite d\u2019une journ\u00e9e s\u2019est tenue ce dimanche 3 ao\u00fbt 2025 et a r\u00e9uni 50 enfants \u00e2g\u00e9s de 12 \u00e0 17 ans.<\/p>\n<p>Parmi eux figuraient des jeunes ayant particip\u00e9 au festival &#8216;Giants of Africa&#8217;, qui s\u2019est d\u00e9roul\u00e9 pendant une semaine au Rwanda, ainsi que d\u2019autres jeunes issus du club local Rafiki.<\/p>\n<p>Au-del\u00e0 des entra\u00eenements assur\u00e9s par leurs coachs, les jeunes ont pu b\u00e9n\u00e9ficier des d\u00e9monstrations techniques de Kawhi Leonard, qui leur a montr\u00e9 entre autres comment faire des passes, d\u00e9fendre efficacement et marquer des points.<\/p>\n<p>Le Pr\u00e9sident Kagame a salu\u00e9 la pr\u00e9sence de Kawhi Leonard au festival et son engagement en faveur de la jeunesse africaine, notamment les 320 jeunes venus de 20 pays du continent ayant pris part \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9v\u00e9nement. \u00ab C\u2019est une grande opportunit\u00e9 pour notre jeunesse et pour notre pays, alors que nous continuons d\u2019investir dans son avenir \u00e0 travers le sport \u00bb, a-t-il d\u00e9clar\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>Le chef de l\u2019\u00c9tat a \u00e9galement souhait\u00e9 la bienvenue \u00e0 Kawhi Leonard au Rwanda en lui assurant que Kigali lui ouvrait ses portes comme une seconde maison : \u00ab Au Rwanda, Kigali est votre maison. Vous \u00eates toujours le bienvenu ici et nous esp\u00e9rons continuer \u00e0 voir de telles initiatives. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>De son c\u00f4t\u00e9, Kawhi Leonard s\u2019est dit impressionn\u00e9 par le soutien que le Rwanda accorde au sport et \u00e0 la jeunesse. \u00ab C\u2019est formidable d\u2019\u00eatre ici et de constater comment le Rwanda soutient les jeunes. Cela donne beaucoup de force aux jeunes athl\u00e8tes. Je remercie toutes les personnes qui y ont contribu\u00e9 \u00bb, a-t-il affirm\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Giants of Africa&#8217; est une organisation qui promeut le basketball en Afrique, notamment en r\u00e9v\u00e9lant les talents locaux et en construisant des infrastructures sportives. L\u2019objectif affich\u00e9 est de b\u00e2tir 100 terrains \u00e0 travers le continent. \u00c0 ce jour, 43 terrains ont \u00e9t\u00e9 construits, dont 10 au Rwanda, parmi lesquels figure le terrain du Club &#8216;Rafiki&#8217;, r\u00e9nov\u00e9 en 2022.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-64211 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fr.igihe.com\/IMG\/jpg\/pk_0-3.jpg\" alt=\"Le Pr\u00e9sident Paul Kagame a pris part ce dimanche \u00e0 une retraite de basketball destin\u00e9e aux jeunes \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-64209 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fr.igihe.com\/IMG\/jpg\/pk_7-8.jpg\" alt=\"Le Pr\u00e9sident \u00e9tait en compagnie de Masai Ujiri, fondateur de l\u2019organisation Giants of Africa, et de Kawhi Leonard, joueur des LA Clippers en NBA\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-64208 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fr.igihe.com\/IMG\/jpg\/pk_1-75.jpg\" alt=\"La retraite s\u2019est tenue ce dimanche 3 ao\u00fbt 2025 et a r\u00e9uni 50 enfants \u00e2g\u00e9s de 12 \u00e0 17 ans\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-64207 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fr.igihe.com\/IMG\/jpg\/pk_2-75.jpg\" alt=\"Cette retraite s\u2019est tenue au Club Rafiki\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-64206 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fr.igihe.com\/IMG\/jpg\/pk_4-33.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-64205 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fr.igihe.com\/IMG\/jpg\/pk_3-56.jpg\" alt=\"Kawhi Leonard s\u2019est r\u00e9joui du soutien que le Rwanda accorde au sport et \u00e0 la jeunesse en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-64203 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fr.igihe.com\/IMG\/jpg\/pk_5-18.jpg\" alt=\"Le Pr\u00e9sident Kagame a salu\u00e9 la pr\u00e9sence de Kawhi Leonard au festival &#039;Giants of Africa&#039; et son engagement en faveur de la jeunesse africaine\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-64204 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fr.igihe.com\/IMG\/jpg\/pk_6-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-64200 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fr.igihe.com\/IMG\/jpg\/pk-45.jpg\" alt=\"Masai Ujiri, fondateur de l\u2019organisation &#039;Giants of Africa&#039;\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-64210 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fr.igihe.com\/IMG\/jpg\/pk_8-5.jpg\" alt=\"Le directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral du RDB et la ministre des Sports, Nelly Mukazayire, ont \u00e9galement particip\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9v\u00e9nement\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le Pr\u00e9sident Paul Kagame a pris part ce dimanche \u00e0 une retraite de basketball destin\u00e9e aux jeunes dans les enceintes du Club Rafiki, en compagnie de Masai Ujiri, fondateur de l\u2019organisation Giants of Africa, ainsi que de Kawhi Leonard, star des LA Clippers en NBA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":488,"featured_media":4000064199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7536],"tags":[7605],"byline":[7717],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-38654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":7717,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":393}],"contributors":[{"id":7717,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":393}],"featured_image":{"id":4000064199,"url":"https:\/\/fr-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/cp-171.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/fr-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/cp-171.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/fr-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/cp-171.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/fr-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/cp-171.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/fr-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/cp-171.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/fr-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/cp-171.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/488"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4000064199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38654"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=38654"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=38654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}