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Kenya Sevens players are set to boost their bank balances significantly after being rewarded Ksh3 by President William Ruto.
President William Ruto has rewarded the Kenya Sevens team with Ksh3 million following their brilliant performance at the Africa Sevens which saw them earn qualification for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Shujaa beat South Africa 17-12 in the Cup final of the tournament in Harare, Zimbabwe on Sunday to make it three straight appearances at the Olympics against all odds when most had identified the Blitzboks as the heavy favourites.
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17:00 - 18.09.2023
RUGBY: Shujaa coach explains his next plan after Olympics qualification
Kenya Sevens coach Kevin Wambua has revealed what he is aiming to achieve after sealing a ticket to the 2024 Paris Olympics
It was a big achievement considering coach Kevin Wambua is just less than two months in the job while he selected a young squad that lacked the know-how to play at the top level.
With that feat, the players and technical bench are set to boost their bank balance by a significant amount following the outlay from the President.
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18:10 - 17.09.2023
RUGBY: Gallant Shujaa stun South Africa to qualify for 2024 Paris Olympics
Patrick Odongo scored a brace as Kenya Sevens pulled off a memorable win to seal their qualification to next year's Olympics at the expense of the much-fancied South Africa
“Our reward scheme does not allow us to reward qualifiers but because you have done well, the President has a token of appreciation from you,” the Sports Cabinet Secretary told players when he hosted them for breakfast on Tuesday morning.
“Each player of the 24-member squad will receive Ksh200,000 while each of the technical bench members will receive Ksh100,000. This is in the spirit of Talanta Hela pesa mfukoni.”
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06:31 - 17.08.2023
RUGBY Injera details how Kenya Sevens can regain World Rugby Sevens Series status
The former try-scoring machine reveals what Kenyan Rugby must do in order to return to the World Series.
Kenya had an unblemished group stage campaign when they started with a 34-10 win over Nigeria before thrashing Namibia 50-0 in their second match and ended with a 38-12 defeat of Zambia.
That earned them a favourable quarter-final draw against Burkina Faso, who they beat 26-10, before serving the same dose to Zimbabwe, winning 35-10 this time.
18:10 - 17.09.2023
RUGBY: Gallant Shujaa stun South Africa to qualify for 2024 Paris Olympics
Patrick Odongo scored a brace as Kenya Sevens pulled off a memorable win to seal their qualification to next year's Olympics at the expense of the much-fancied South Africa
Patrick Odongo was the hero in the final with his brace of tries doing the trick for Shujaa. He scored the opening try for Kenya which was converted for a 7-0 lead before South Africa responded with two quick tries, one converted, for a 12-7 lead at the break.
Odongo then scored his second of the game to tie the scores 12-12 after the break before John Okoth extended Shujaa’s lead to 17-12 and they held on to claim a memorable win.
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06:04 - 14.09.2023
RUGBY Amonde convinced current crop of Shujaa can out perform previous golden generation
Amonde believes the current crop of players can achieve bigger things than what he and his peers ever did during his playing days.
Shujaa are now looking up rather than down having been relegated from the World Rugby Sevens Series in May and there is hope that they will bounce back to the big time at the first time of asking next season.
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