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Impacts of Foreigner ballers to Rwanda Premier League

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 Story by UWINEZA Roger The 2025-2026 league season is scheduled to begin on Friday, 12 September 2025. CAF competitions first leg preliminary round for clubs standing for Rwanda, will start on Saturday, 20 September 2025, Rayon Sports against Singida black stars at Kigali Pele stadium in CAF confederations cup. On other hand APR FC’s game against Pyramids FC in CAF champions league will be played on 1 St October 2025.   Different clubs signed players and coaches to boost their squad for upcoming season, both local and international players. By checking out the foreigner players who are joining Rwanda premier league, Rayon sports has signed 9 new international players while APR FC signed three. Rayon sport is considered as the club which is mostly using big number of foreigner players as the culture of their club.   What are the challenges that are brought by foreigner players? Herve Gahunzire, former journalist at Imanzi media house shared opinion, “It is a b...

Off the Pitch: Daily Life for Rwanda's Footballers

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  Story by UWINEZA Roger Rayon sports scored four goals on one against vipers fc from Uganda in friendly game at Kigali Pele stadium. Game of APR Fc Vs Bumamuru Fc from Burundi in CECAFA CUP competition was postponed due to the changes of playground. After the game and when there is holidays for players, what are other tasks they perform? Generally many players use to get to the beach, visiting families and friends, stay with families…, Mostly in Europe players went off to the beach and islands to enjoy the life. Different here for Rwandan baller’s, some of them continue doing physical exercises for their consistency others find different business options to earn more money. “Nothing else I do, except physical exercises and trainings,” said by Yves Habimana who is currently playing for Rayon sports. Jean Claude Kuradusenge, player of Espoir Fc in second division shared his routine off the field, “I facilitate my Mom in our business of Bar, and I sometimes went for trainings after a...