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This timeline of Rwandan history is a chronological list of major events related to the human inhabitants of Rwanda This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Rwanda's first appearance at the Olympic Games was in 1984, [3] and its first appearance at the Paralympic Games in 2004. [4] The country sent seven competitors to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, representing it in athletics, swimming, mountain biking and judo, [3] and 15 competitors to the London Summer Paralympics to compete in athletics, powerlifting and sitting volleyball. [4]
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The Rwanda Football Federation (French: Fédération Rwandaise de Football Association, FERWAFA; "Rwandan Association Football Federation"), is the official governing body of association football in Rwanda.
Study of the history of sport can teach lessons about social changes and about the nature of sport itself, as sport seems involved in the development of basic human skills (compare play). [ citation needed ] As one delves further back in history, dwindling evidence makes theories of the origins and purposes of sport more and more difficult to ...
History portal; Sports portal; This category should include articles that are the high-level histories of each sport and not articles about specific topics which belong in relevant sub-categories. Note that in many cases the high-level history is in the sport's eponymous article only, pending a decision re creation of a separate history article.
Games and sports played for fitness. Wrestling; Fencing. Sword fighting using heavy weapons, heavy armour and heavy shields. [40] Staff fighting; Jousting and competing in tournaments which involved various forms of armed combat. Tug-o-war; Mob football, including the Irish Caid, the Welsh Cnapon, and the French La soule. Such games could ...
The Kingdom of Rwanda was ruled by sovereigns titled mwami (plural abami), and was one of the oldest and the most centralized kingdoms in the history of Central and East Africa. Its state and affairs before King Gihanga I are largely unconfirmed and highly shrouded in mythical tales.