Today is Friday, November 29th. I welcome you to the latest sports news this morning, which is the sports breakfast newspaper, which is IMUZINEWS.

 Let’s start our news here in Rwanda, In the latest FIFA ranking, Rwanda moved up 2 places from 126th to 124th.  

Rwanda moves up in FIFA ranking

The Nigerian national team was defeated by Rwanda 2-1 and went back eight places. 

 In Africa, the top five countries are Morocco, Senegal, Egypt, Algeria, and Côte d’Ivoire.  

Argentina’s national team leads the list, followed by France and Spain.  

The Rwanda premier league in the first round will continue this Thursday with the 11th match.

Police FC will host Amagaju FC at the Kigali Pele Stadium at nine o’clock.  

The prices for the match that Vision will host Rayon have also been revealed; the minimum ticket price is 3000 rwf and the day of the match is 5000 rwf

Another important match will be on Sunday at 9:00 AM. AS Kigali will host APR FC, which has released prices where the minimum ticket price is 2,000, and on the day of the match, 3,000. Those who attend this match will be allowed to watch the match between As Kigali Women and Rayon Sports Women, which will be held at 6:00 p.m.  

Vision FC trained last night to prepare for the match against Rayon Sports on Saturday.  After training, Vision FC coach Abdou Mbarushimana announced that they are well prepared for the Rayon Sports match, especially since the Vision FC team is in a good mood because they beat Bugesera FC 2-1 in the past few days.

  The Dutchman Van der Breggen, who won the World Cycling Championship twice, is in Rwanda, where he and some of his national team were training in preparation for the World Championship to be held in Kigali next year. 

 On the continent of Africa, the draw for the CECAFA U-17 groups took place last night. Rwanda’s under-17 team will not participate in this tournament, but it will not prevent them from being there.

The draw left Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Burundi in Group A, while Group B consists of South Sudan, Sudan, Somalia, and Kenya.  This tournament will be held in Uganda between the 14th and 29th of December 2024.  Somalia is the holder of the last trophy, which was held in Ethiopia in 2022.

The national team of Tunisia has withdrawn from the CHAN 2024 games after a meeting between the leaders of the National Hockey Association and the clubs in this country.  Tunisia was one of the three Arab countries that got a CHAN ticket without playing, as Egypt and Algeria from the same region also announced that they will not participate in the tournament.  

EUROPE

UEFA European League matches also continued last night.  

Anderlecht 2-2 FC Porto 

AZ Alkmaar 1-1 Galatasaray 

Lazio 0-0 Ludogorets Razgrad 

Man United 3-2 Bodo/Glimt 

Nice 1-4 Rangers 

Real Sociedad 2-0 Ajax 

Tottenham Hotspur 2-2 Roma

  In the Conference League, the games continued. 

Heidenheim 0-2 Chelsea 

Fiorentina 3-2 Paphos FC

  In England, the league continues with the match of the 13th day at 4 p.m. Brighton plays Southampton. 

 Frenchman Eduardo Camavinga, who was injured during Liverpool’s 2-0 win over Real Madrid, has been confirmed to be out for 3 weeks after suffering an injury earlier this year that made him miss 12 games.  

Real continues to be hit by injuries; currently, 7 key players are missing. 

 1. Eder Militao

 2. Dani Carvajal

 3. David Alaba

 4. Camavinga 

5. Aurélien Tchouaméni 

6. Vinícius Júnior 

7. Rodrygo  

The Englishman, who became famous in Chelsea as a player and coach and who also played in Everton, Frank Lampard was appointed as the new coach of Coventry City, and he was given a contract that will extend to the month of 6th of 2027.  

FC Barcelona celebrates its 125th anniversary today.