Rwanda’s national basketball team has started residential training ahead of the upcoming FIBA Afrobasket 2021 qualifiers window 2 scheduled for February 17 to 21 in Tunisia, sports sources revealed.
Under the leadership of head coach Henry Mwinuka and his assistant Karim Nkusi, all players have undergone Covid-19 tests, and will stay in residential camp until the Afrobasket competition.
The development comes to help the team members train in the wake of government’s new Covid-19 preventive measures, where the city of Kigali was placed under lockdown and sports activities halted.
Provisional squad:
Home-based players:
Hubert Bugingo Kabare, Shafi Habineza, Steven Hagumintwari, Kami Kagange, Elie Kaje, Prince Muhizi, , Diedonne Ndizeye Ndayisaba, Elias Ngoga and Pascal Niyonkuru. Bienvenu Niyonsaba, Jean Jacques Wilson Nshobozwabyosenumukiza, Marius Tresor Ntwari, Sedar Sagamba, Olivier Shyaka and Justin Uwitonze.
Foreign-based players:
Kenneth Herbert Gasana (USA), Jean Victor Mukama (Netherlands), Dylan Schommer Kalecyezi (Sweden) and Adonis Jovon Filer (USA).
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