The Amavubi national team has been invited to the Mapinduzi Cup to be held in Zanzibar from January 3-13, 2025. This time, the competition was organized to help countries prepare for the African Football Championship in their countries.

FERWAFA Secretary General, Kalisa Adolphe ‘Camarade’, confirmed that they have received the invitation but are waiting to know if Rwanda will play in CHAN 2024. The Rwandan Premier League continued last night with the final day of matches in the first round for some teams.

Marines 1-4 Bugesera Vision 3-0 Musanze After Vision defeated Musanze, Vision immediately moved from last place to 14th place, overtaking Kiyovu even though they were tied on points. Vision is currently 14th with 12 points (-7 goals), Kiyovu is 15th with 12 points (-16 goals) Etincelles is last (16) with 11 points (-11 goals) APR FC trained last night with the entire team, after some players who were on the national team had already arrived.

The team returns this weekend to play against Musanze in the final match of the 7th day of the Rwandan Premier League. Rayon Sports resumed training on the afternoon of Monday, December 30, 2024, at Skol Stadium (Nzove).

Players from the Amavubi national team joined their teammates as they continued to prepare for the 14th match of the season against Police FC on Saturday, January 4, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. at Kigali Pele Stadium. Cameroonian Aziz Bassane, who had returned home last week due to not receiving the money the club was recruiting for, arrived in Kigali at 9:30 last night after receiving it.

As for Elenga Kanga Junior Prinsse from Congo Brazzaville, he is also expected to spend the night in Rwanda. He had also chosen to go home because there was money that Rayon Sport had not given him, and he has also received it so far. The dates for the first leg of the second qualifying round of the Peace Cup have been announced.

The first leg will begin on January 15th, with the second leg matches taking place on the 21st and 22nd. On January 11, the second division league will resume with the luteal phase (second half of the league) matches in both groups.

In Europe In the English Premier League, the 19th matchday was played, which was the last in the Round of 16.

Aston Villa 2-2 Brighton

Ipswich 2-0 Chelsea

Man United 0-2 Newcastle United Chelsea have lost their third consecutive game without three points, drawing 0-0 with Everton, losing 2-1 at Fulham and now losing 2-0 at Ipswich Town. Chelsea are currently in fourth place with 35 points, which would have been second in the group.

As for Man United, despite having Rushford back but not on the pitch, it didn’t stop them from losing tonight to Newcastle. Out of the 9 games United played this month, they won 3 and lost 6. Man United is currently in 14th place with 22 points.

Arsenal fans will be looking forward to their team’s home game against Brentford this Wednesday, at the Gtech Community Stadium

. In Serie A, matches were played on the 18th day; Como 2-0 Lecce Bologna 2-3 Hellas Verona LeBron James, the NBA’s greatest basketball player, turned 40 on Monday, but his age hasn’t stopped him from achieving the various goals he continues to set. James became the first player in NBA history to play in all four of his adult seasons (teens, 20s, 30s, and 40s). Through all of those years, he has maintained his greatness, even though he is playing in what appears to be his final days.