Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- President Mwai Kibaki has congratulated the Kenya Rugby Sevens team on qualifying for the Sevens Rugby world tournament to be held in Hong Kong soon. Full text...

Lome- Togo (PANA) -- Nigeria has won the international rugby tournament that kicked off on 28 June in Lome, the Togolese capital, in spite of the 0-0 draw conceded to the hosts during the last round. Full text...

Lome- Togo (PANA) -- Nigeria trounced Benin, 45-3, while Togo dominated Ghana, 15-8 during the third round of the international rugby tournament played Thursday in Lome. Full text...

Lome- Togo (PANA) -- The Nigerian rugby squad trounced its counterpart from Ghana 20-0 in Lome during the second round of the international rugby tournament dubbed Super 16 and which kicked off in the Togolese capital. Full text...

Lome- Togo (PANA) -- Benin got the better of Togo 11-5 Monday in the opening match of an international rugby tourney dubbed 'Super 16' and holding in the Togolese capital. Full text...

Kampala- Uganda (PANA) -- Uganda national rugby team plans to hold a training camp in Zambia to prepare for the World Cup qualifiers slated for later this month, national coach Herbert Wafula revealed here Wednesday. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- South Africa at the weekend beat Kenya 10-5 in the International Rugby Body (IRB) series rugby tournament in London although the East Africans played a spirited game. Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- Morocco beat Tunisia 17-7 Saturday in Casablanca in the preliminaries of the African Rugby Cup of Nations competition, pulling its second victory in the qualifying series. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Zimbabwean police Tuesday denied charges by a Zambian Rugby club that they were dragging their feet in investigating the death of a Zambian player killed by a motorist in Harare last week. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Zimbabwean police Tuesday denied charges by a Zambian Rugby club that they were dragging their feet in investigating the death of a Zambian players killed by a motorist in Harare last week. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Zambia's Lusaka Rugby Club has sent a protest note to the Zimbabwe High Commissioner here, Cain Mathema, demanding an explanation from his government why police in Harare were not acting on the death of a Zambian rugby player killed in a road accident at the weekend. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Zambian rugby player Lewis Musuka was killed by a car in the Zimbabwean capital Harare Friday night on the eve of an international tournament, his team mates said Saturday. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- Pressure is mounting for the top echelon of South Africa's rugby to go following South Africa's quarterfinals exit on Saturday from the Rugby World Cup at the hands of New Zealand. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- South Africa, Africa's last hope in the Rugby World Cup being held in Australia, were on Saturday defeated by the formidable All Blacks of New Zealand in a quarter-final match, losing 29-9, at Telstra Dome in Melbourne. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- Ladbrokes, the world's biggest bookmaker, has reinstated England as 11/8 favourites to win the Rugby World Cup, while the New Zealand All Blacks, who had to dig deep to beat Wales, are next at 6/4. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- South Africa's Springboks are the only African team remaining in the Rugby World Cup contest being held in Australia, after Namibia failed to win a single match in the event that began on 10 October with 20 teams in contention. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Former world champions South Africa put on a tour de force performance on Saturday to conquer Samoa 60-10 during their rugby encounter at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Namibia continued with their losing streak at the Rugby World Cup in Australia, losing 7-37 to Romania in Thursday's match at York Park Stadium in Tasmania. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Hapless Namibia lost 0-142 to hosts Australia Saturday in a rugby world cup encounter of their Pool A match at Adelaide Oval stadium. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Mali's capital, Bamako, hosts the Africa North Zone Super 16 international rugby tournament from 5-12 October. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- Just weeks to the Rugby World Cup tournament in Australia, injury has sidelined another South African player, team officials said. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- In a cruel twist of fate, Springbok centre Gcobani Bobo has been ruled out of next month's World Cup in Australia after he suffered a knee injury. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Zambia won the inaugural Whitespoon Confederation of African Rugby regional trophy after beating Uganda 44-17 in the finals of a tournament that was shunned by many other countries. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- Sports Minister Ngconde Balfour announced Tuesday that the inquiry headed by retired Judge Edwin King into alleged racism in South African rugby has been postponed to early next year. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- A Southern Africa regional rugby tournament kicks-off in Zambia Sunday in spite of three of the original participating nations pulling out because of financial difficulties. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- Judge Edwin King has been appointed to conduct an independent investigation into allegations of racism in the South African national rugby team. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Rugby titans Namibia beat Kenya 32-10 to qualify for the semi-finals of the Confederation of African Rugby (CAR) tournament at the Nairobi's Rugby Football Union of East Africa grounds on Saturday. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya takes on Botswana in a Confederation of African Rugby (CAR) match 2 August in Gaborone. Full text...

Kampala- Uganda (PANA) -- Uganda has been selected to host the Under-19 rugby World Cup qualifiers for the East and Central African region in August this year, Confederation of African Rugby (CAR) Vice President, Paul Sigombe announced here Wednesday. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The British Army, citing safety concerns, has announced its withdrawal from the Kenya Safari Sevens rugby tournament. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- A British seven rugby side, known as ESS Army, captured the Mosi International Sevens championship in Zambia after squeezing out Western Province of South Africa in the finals of the two-day event via a 41-21 score-line. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- After a week of intense criticism, South Africa's national rugby side restored some pride Saturday with a 28-19 victory over visiting Scotland in front of a near capacity crowd at the Ellis Park Rugby Stadium. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Zimbabwe national rugby team was due in Nairobi on Friday for a Confederation of African Rugby (CAR) match against their Kenyan counterparts in Nairobi on Sunday. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Nine countries will take part in this year's Confederation of Africa Rugby matches starting July. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Zimbabwean rugby player James Nyatanga said Thursday he had joined an elite New Zealand club, Allenton. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Zambia will take part in the World Sevens rugby series kicking off next weekend in the South African town of George where Argentina, New Zealand and Italy are will also participate in qualification matches. Full text...

Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- Namibia's rugby team Saturday qualified for the World Cup despite falling to Tunisia 17-24 in the second leg of the last phase of African qualifiers at El Menzah stadium in Tunis. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya's hopes of advancing in the Confederation of African Region Six rugby tournament vanished Saturday when the national team succumbed 22-30 points to Uganda. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- Injury prone Springbok loose-forward Bob Skinstad will undergo a shoulder surgery this week, SABC radio reported Thursday. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya's national rugby team beat pre- match favourites Zimbabwe in an entertaining Kenya Airways Cup test match in Nairobi Sunday. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Zimbabwe takes on Kenya in a Rugby international friendly at the weekend in Nairobi. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- When the siren sounded to signal the end of the last Tri Nations game the Springboks were trailing the Wallabies by five points, but a last minute desperate breakaway by Werner Greeff allowed the South Africans to equalise with a superb try. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- A violent South African rugby fan who ran onto the field and assaulted Irish referee Dave McHugh during Saturday's Tri-Nations Cup between the Springboks and New Zealand All Blacks has been released on bail. Full text...

Durban- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa's Springboks faltered in the dying minutes to lose 30-23 to an experienced All Blacks side in a tense Tri-Nations match played Saturday in front of a capacity crowd at Absa Stadium. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- South African rugby side, Free State Griffons, are the new champions of Zambia's Mosi sevens international rugby tournament following the finals played at the weekend. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Six foreign national teams have confirmed their participation in next week's Safari Sevens International rugby tournament in Nairobi. Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- The Moroccan rugby team qualified at the weekend for the semi-finals of the African Cup of Nations after beating its Ivorian counterpart on Saturday 23-12. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- The Zimbabwe national rugby team thrashed Madagascar 52-3 in its own backyard Sunday in a World Cup qualifying match, brightening hopes for a first ever qualification for the competition. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Zimbabwe crushed visitors Uganda 43-0 in a friendly international rugby match at the weekend, as the southern African country prepares to host Madagascar in a World Cup qualifying encounter next month. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa Rugby authorities have picked Rudolf Straeuli, the Shark's coach, as the new Springbok coach ending weeks of speculations. Full text...