{"id":3176,"date":"2026-08-24T14:41:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T14:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/?p=3176"},"modified":"2026-08-24T14:41:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T14:41:19","slug":"rayon-sports-wfc-back-in-contention-after-convincing-win-over-denden-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/24\/rayon-sports-wfc-back-in-contention-after-convincing-win-over-denden-fc\/sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Rayon Sports WFC back in contention after convincing win over Denden FC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/hqai5spw0aagrfb-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/hqai5spw0aagrfb-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/hqai5spw0aagrfb-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/hqai5spw0aagrfb-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/hqai5spw0aagrfb-1536x1229.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/hqai5spw0aagrfb.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rayon Sports Women\u2019s Football Club revived its hopes of reaching the next stage of the CAF Women\u2019s Champions League CECAFA qualifiers after beating Denden FC 3-0 on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Rwandan champions needed a response after opening their Group A campaign with a goalless draw against Mafunzo SC, and they delivered at Kigali Pele Stadium with a comfortable victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regine Ihirwe, Jeanette Ukwinkunda and Ishimwe Mozero Evelyne scored the goals that gave Rayon Sports its first win of the competition and lifted its tally to four points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/hhh-1024x819.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/hhh-1024x819.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/hhh-300x240.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/hhh-767x613.jpeg 767w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/hhh-1536x1228.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/hhh.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The result also kept Rayon Sports within reach of group leaders Yei Joints Stars FC of South Sudan, who moved to six points after beating Mafunzo SC 1-0 in Sunday&#8217;s earlier match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yei Joints Stars had started the competition with a 3-0 victory over Denden FC, meaning they have now scored four goals without conceding in their opening two matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Rayon Sports, Sunday&#8217;s victory was particularly important after the team failed to find the net against Mafunzo in its first outing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Rwandan side will now look to the remaining group matches knowing that another positive result could strengthen its chances of advancing from the qualifiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tournament continues Monday at Kigali Pele Stadium, where Kenya P.B FC will face Simba Queens at 1 p.m., followed by Kawempe Muslim Ladies&#8217; match against Ethiopia&#8217;s CBE at 4 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The CECAFA qualifiers will determine the region&#8217;s representative in the CAF Women\u2019s Champions League.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rayon Sports Women\u2019s Football Club revived its hopes of reaching the next stage of the CAF Women\u2019s Champions League CECAFA qualifiers after beating Denden FC [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,34,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current_affairs","category-national","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3176"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3179,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3176\/revisions\/3179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}