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Local basketball powerhouse Espoir Basketball Club has claimed the title of best in the region, thumping next-door rival Urunani BBC of Burundi by a 51-point difference in the men’s final at the just concluded Zone 5 Club Championships held in Uganda.

The final score of 90-39 would understandably illicit doubts from the reader of whether it’s a typing error, but indeed the score stood firm at the end of hostilities, meaning a first regional title for the storied franchise, and the double satisfaction of smooth revenge exacted as Urunani had earlier defeated Espoir in pool play, 68-66.

The only Rwandan representative in the tourney, Espoir stated its intentions early with an opening-day win over tourney favorites Kyambogo Warrior of Uganda, 72-56, leading throughout. Next up was Tanzania’s Savio, which also succumbed to a 90-51 beat-down, before Espoir lost its only game of the tournament, the aforementioned loss to Urunani by just 2 points.

Instead of demoralizing Espoir, which is a French word meaning ‘hope,’ the loss served to galvanize the Rwandan flag-bearers. Having secured qualification for the knock-out round despite the Urunani loss, Espoir stampeded its way to the title in dominant fashion, knocking out reigning league champions of Uganda, Power 67-54 in a game that wasn’t as close as the final score suggests, to set up a final clash with their bitter rivals from neighboring Burundi.

The final was anything but a contest however, as Espoir totally ran Urunani off the court, leading by 20 points by the half-time break, and extending that lead into official blow-out territory by the game’s final whistle.

Jubilation ensued as Espoir celebrated their coup, marking the first time a Rwandan side has taken the title since army-side APR triumphed in 2008, successfully defending the title they won in 2007 and 2002.

As icing on the cake, Espoir’s outstanding player Aristide Mugabe was named tournament Most Valuable Player (MVP), having pumped in 26 points in the final to help his side to victory, besides an equally impressive performance from longtime Espoir player Jean Louis Habineza’s 24 points.

In the Women’s Final, Eagle Wings emerged winners in an all-Kenyan affair, beating compatriots Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) 77-54.
 

Après actualisation, le site WarriorsWorld a donné sur Twitter une liste des joueurs les mieux payés de l’histoire de la NBA seulement avec les salaires reçus des franchises. A ce petit jeu là, c’est Kevin Garnett qui remporte la palme.

Arrivé jeune en NBA, franchise player pendant de nombreuses saisons, intérieur et encore performant malgré son âge, Kevin Garnett a confirmé son statut de joueur le mieux payé de l’histoire de la NBA. S’il prend sa retraite à la fin de son prochain bail, l’intérieur aura ainsi engrangé 328 562 398 de dollars en salaires, sans compter les contrats publicitaires, depuis son arrivée dans la Ligue en 1995. Shaquille O’Neal et Kobe Bryant complètent le “podium”. Le Shaq est d’ailleurs le seul joueur en retraite dans le top 10.

L’évolution économique fait que les anciennes gloires se retrouvent plus loin dans le classement. Ainsi, Michael Jordan n’est “que” 87ème de ce classement. Mais les nombreux et juteux contrats publicitaires en ont fait aujourd’hui un milliardaire propriétaire d’une franchise NBA. Tony Parker est lui 48ème du classement alors que Blake Griffin a déjà gagné plus d’argent que Reggie Miller. Quant à Allen Iverson et Antoine Walker, qui ont respectivement accumulé 158 millions de dollars et 108 millions de dollars de salaires, ils ont désormais tout perdu.

Il ne fait aucun doute que Garnett devrait être détrôné dans les prochaines années. On pense notamment à LeBron James encore relativement jeune mais déjà à la 24ème place de ce classement.

Ikipe y’igihugu ya Senegal y’abahungu yegukanye igikombe cya Afurika cy’abaterengeje imyaka 18 nyuma yo gutsinda Cote d’Ivoire amanota 71-62 ku mukino wa nyuma wabereye  kuri Stadium Academica i Maputo muri Mozambique tariki ya 25/8/2012.

Senegalyegukanye igikombe cya mbere mu batarengeke imyaka 18 mu mateka yayo, yageze ku mukino wa nyuma isezereyeMaliku manota 63-47 (17-12 ; 15-08, 16-16, 16-11).

Cote d’Ivoireyo yageze muri ½ cy’irangiza, isezereye Misiri yaherukaga gutwara igikombe cya Afurika cyari cyabereye mu Rwanda muri 2010, iyitsinze amanota 57-42.

Mu guhatanira umwanya wa gatatu n’uwa kane Misiri yatsinzeMali78-54. Umwanya wa gatanu wegukanywe naAngolaimaze gutsindaTunisia61- 40.

Mozambiqueyegukanye umwanya wa karindwi nyuma yo gutsindaGhana48- 45, naho umwanya wa 9 wegukanwa na Maroc, uwa 10 utwarwa naGabonmu gihe umwanya wa 11 ari nawo wa nyuma wafashwe n’uRwanda.

Muri iri rushanwa, uwahawe igihembo cy’umukinnyi witwaye neza kurusha abandi (Most Valuable Player-MVP) ni umunya Misiri Saleh Ehab, naho uwatsinze amanota menshi kurusha abandi ni umunya Maroc Shifi Mourad winjije mu nkangara amanota 120.

Ikipe yaTunisianiyo yahawe igihembo cyo gukina umukini mwiza, urangwa n’ubworoherane (Fair Play).

SenegalnaCote d’Ivoirenizo zizahagararira umugabane wa Afurika mu gikombe cy’isi cy’abatarengeje imyaka 19 kizabera muri Repubulika ya Tchèque muri 2013.

RWANDA’S junior Hoops claimed an 11th place finish after losing to Morocco in the classification match (9-11) in the on-going Afro-basket U-18 Men’s Championship in Maputo, Mozambique.

Rwanda lost to Morocco 66-74 to finish the tournament on a worst note. The junior hoops lost all quarters-12-17, 07-13, 19-23 and 18-21 respectively.

Morocco finished ninth after beating Gabon 77-71. The losers finished tenth ahead of Rwanda.

Nenad Amanovic’s young troops went to Mozambique with an intention of reaching the quarter finals.

Cote d’Ivoire who are set to meet in the finals yesterday by press time will also represent Africa in the World Junior Championship which will be held next year in Mexico.

RWANDA’S beach volleyball team participation in the Women Junior World Championship is in jeopardy after the national team was denied travel visas by Canadian embassy based in Nairobi.

The development was confirmed by the local volleyball federation’s Executive Director Gertrude Kubwimana on Friday.  She said, “We are still waiting for Canadian embassy to take a final decision on our applications. A few days ago, they denied us visas and since then, the government intervened,”

“So until now, the matter is being handled by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and we are yet to know the final stand on the team’s request for visas to enable them compete in the World beach championship,” Kubwimana said.

Kuwbimana added that the team was due to travel to Canada on Sunday and by press time, the team is not sure whether they will be able to represent the country in the global show piece.

However, Rwanda is not the only country which has been denied visas. The Burundian men’s team has also been denied visas to represent Africa in the championship.

If granted visas, the pair of Charlotte Nzayisenga and Denise Mutatsimpundu is to depart on Sunday for the Women Junior World Championship scheduled from August 29 to September 2 in Canada.

Nzayisenga and Mutatsimpundu were crowned African champions after beating South Africa in the final of the African Women junior Championship, held in Togo last month.

The pair has been undergoing intensive preparations in Rubavu, Western Province, under the tutelage of national volleyball team head coach Paul Bitok since August 12.

The top six countries at the African junior championship namely South Africa, Nigeria, Guinea Conakry, Ghana, Sierra Leone and Rwanda will be in the hunt for global glory in Canada.

Rwandan delegation to Canada will include an official from Sports ministry Emmanuel Bugingo as head of the delegation, Christian Hatungimana as head coach, and the two players.

Kevin Durant se diversifie. Le meilleur marqueur de la dernière saison NBA a présenté dimanche à Oklahoma l’avant-première de Thunderstruck, un film familial où il tient la tête d’affiche.

Une comédie, qui sort dans le reste des Etats-Unis le 24 août, dans laquelle la star d’OKC joue son propre rôle : Brian, un adolescent fan de Durant, hérite par accident du talent de son idole, tandis que le récent champion olympique perd tout son jeu.

L’ailier américain n’est pas le premier basketteur à illustrer son sport sur grand écran. En 1996 sortait Space Jam, un film d’animation où le grand Michael Jordan prêtait main forte à Bugs Bunny et aux Looney Tunes (Charles Barkley, Larry Bird et d’autres joueurs apparaissaient aussi). En 1998, alors qu’il débutait sa carrière, Ray Allen donnait la réplique à Denzel Washington dans He Got Game de Spike Lee. Citons également la comédie Magic Baskets (sortie en 2001), où un jeune garçon incarné par Lil’ Bow Wow héritait des chaussures de Michael Jordan et se frottait à des stars telles qu’Allen Iverson, Jason Kidd ou encore Vince Carter.

Rwanda men’s U-18 Basketball team endured another painful defeat against Ghana on Monday as the boys lost 43-48, to record their third successive defeat at the ongoing Afrobasket U-18 Men’s Championship in Maputo, Mozambique.

The loss brings the morale of the whole team down, having started brilliantly against hosts Mozambique by thrashing them 62-34 on the opening day of the championship. They then went on to lose against Tunisia 38-43 and Mali 33-46. The final fixture in the group will be against the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The championships which kicked off August 16^th will run until 25^th the same month.

The Rwanda U-18 men’s basketball team went down 33-46 against Mali on Saturday to record their second successive defeat in the ongoing under-18 African Basketball Championship in Maputo, Mozambique. Prior to that defeat the Junior Hoops had lost against a strong Tunisia side the day before 43-38, to mark a frustrating anti-climax in group stage.

Day one of the championships had seen Rwanda beat hosts Mozambique 62-34 with better results predicted in the course of the campaign but the two consecutive losses have slowed down their momentum. Action continues on Monday as they take on Ghana. Their final fixture will be against DR Congo.

The competition ends on 25^th August with the winner qualifying to represent Africa at the U-19 world Youth championships to be held next year.

Ikipe y’u Rwanda ya Basketball y’abatarengeje imyaka 18 yatsinzwe na Mali mu mukino wayo wa kabiri yakinnye tariki ya 18/8/2012, mu mikino y’igikombe cya Afurika cy’abatarengeje imyaka 18 ikomeje kubera i Maputo muri Mozambique.

 N’ubwo ikipe y’u Rwanda yari yatangiye yitwara neza igatsinda Mozambique iri imbere y’abafana bayo ku manota 62 kuri 34, yaje guhura n’akazi gakomeye imbere ya Mali, imwe mu makipe akomeye muri iryo rushanwa maze itsinda u Rwanda amanota 45 kuri 33.

 Tariki 19/8/2012 ikipe y’u Rwanda iraruhuka, ikazakomeza imikino yo mu itsinda ikina na Ghana tariki ya 20/8/2012.

 Ikipe y’uRwandayegukanye igikombe cy’akarere ka gatanu ari naho yakuye itike yo gukina iyo mikino nyafurika, ihaguruka muRwandayajyanye intego yo kwegukana igikombe cyangwa se nibura umwanya wa gatatu muri ayo marushanwa azasozwa tariki 25/8/2012.

Kugirango ikipe y’uRwandayiyongerere amahirwe yo gukomeza muri ¼ cy’irangiza irasabwa gutsindaGhana.

 U Rwanda ruri mu itsinda rya mbere ririmo Mozambique, Ghana Tunisia, Mali na Repubulika iharanira Demukarasi ya Congo (RDC), naho itsinda rya kabiri  rigizwe na Misiri yatwaye igikombe cya Afurika giheruka, Maroc, Cote d’ivoire, Senegal, Gabon na Angola.

Day 1, Thursday

Senegal 73-69 Gaborone

Cote d’Ivoire  60-51 Angola

Mozambique 34-62 Rwanda

RWANDA’S Junior Hoops ensured a bright start to this year’s Afrobasket U-18 Men’s Championship after thumping hosts Mozambique 62-34 at Desportivo Indoor Stadium in Maputo.

After lifting the Zone 5 trophy, the junior hoops are planning to finish atleast among the top six.

With a brilliant start against hosts, Rwanda must maintain their good start against other Group A opponents DR Congo, Mali, Ghana and Tunisia respectively.

The team was scheduled to face Tunisia on Friday afternoon by press time. In Maputo, the team will be relying on the trio of point guard Olivier Shyaka, Mohammed Rafiki and Eric Ngenzi who were without doubt the team’s outstanding players against Kenya in the zonal qualification matches.

In other matches played on the first day; Senegal beat Gaborone 73-69 while Cote d’Ivoire edged out Angola 60-51.