The Southern Rwandan Secondary Schools Athletics Competition was held on 26th April 2017. It included athletes from five districts - Nyaruguru, Gisagara, Huye, Nyamagabe , Rusizi and Nyamasheke Districts in Rwanda. The competition took place in Huye District at the Huye stadium. There were eight different running events: 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500 m, 3000m, 5000m, and the 10,000m. In the 8 running events, schools from Nyaruguru District had good results. This positioned Nyaruguru Distrct in second place after Huye District. Our school, G.S. Muganza participated but only took part in two running events - the 400m and the 800m. A special mention in these two events goes to GS Muganza athletes NIYODUSENGA Donatha and NYIRANEZA Donate,  the two GS Muganza girls who were awarded bronze medals. Afterwards, I wanted to know how our ladies felt about wining bronze medals. Here are questions I asked them and their answers: Q: What class are you in ? A We’re both in Senior 2 (UK Year 8 ) at GS Muganza School. Q: What age did you start running? A: Nyiraneza - I started athletics when I was 11 years old when I was in P4 (UK Y4). I used to run with friends and used to participate in athletic competitions at school. A: Niyodusenga - I started athletic games when I was in P6 (UK Y6). I was 14 years old and I remember the first time we went to a competition but I could not get to the final.   Q: How do you feel now about you gaining a victory over others and getting a bronze medal? A: Nyiraneza, I feel so happy to be able to get to the end of the competition and gain a bronze medal. It's was my first time to get to this level and now I understand I can do it I think I will do even better next time! A: Niyodusenga - Me and my friend, Nyiraneza have been entering these competitions since primary, but we could never get to the finals. In primary, we use to lose in the middle of the competition but now we are here! I really feel so happy to get this medal, I feel so proud of myself and I believe my school and our parents will be happy for us too.    

Ueli Steck, who is a Swiss climber said to be one of the best of our age, died on one of Everest's ridges on Sunday 30th of April. For good reason, he is also known as "the Swiss machine".  Steck had set many records, like climbing the north face of the Eiger in 2 hours 22 minutes, and being the first person to climb the south face of Annapurna, a mountain in Nepal, which got him his nickname. He was known for his very quick assents without ropes. Ueli Steck has captured many people's attention because of his amazing records and perseverance. He also took the risk of climbing without ropes, which means that if he fell he would not be able to stop himself. He slipped off mount Nuptse, another intimidating mountain near Everest and he plummeted to the foot of it. He was attempting the west ridge of Everest which connects with mount Nuptse. Not much is known about his death due to there not being many witnesses. One man questioned the name "Swiss machineâ". He said that Ueli Steck was a gentle and kind person. Not like a machine at all. Before he died, Ueli Steck said he didn't climb for the records but for challenging himself and pushing further than anyone before.

Last Thursday was the Kivu Sector* Athletics Competition for secondary schools where some exciting and different talents were launched. There was a total of seven different running events 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 3000m and the tough 5000m as well as jumping. 15 schools took part in the competition and Rusuzumiro came a very respectable 6th place. A special mention goes to our winning athletes Claudine, Aimee, Jean Damascene, Agnes and Clementine. * Sectors are an administrative area, like a Borough in the UK

After an unsteady start to the Six Nations rugby tournament, England finally got a good game against Scotland. They won 61-21. What England really wanted was another grand slam and a world record of successive victories. But they were up against Ireland! Ireland had stopped New Zealand on their 18th game. Could they do the same to England? It turned out that yes, they could. Ireland beat England in a boring game of penalties. England were devastated but still they lifted the trophy. From England, Itoje, Launchbury and Farrell were shortlisted for the Six Nations best player (among 12 players shortlisted altogether). England's coach Eddie Jones insists that the experience against Ireland hasn't blown the team off course.

Electric car racing is building up to an exciting sport. Much like in regular Formula 1, there are spectacular accidents in the e-races as well. For example, one of the company Devbot's electric, driverless cars crashed at high speed on the 18th of February,  before the "Formula e" race at Buenos Aires race course in Argentina. Roborace and the other Devbot car managed to finish the race achieving a top speed of 113 mph. Unfortunatetely, his counterpart  (car that crashed), misjudged a corner and went full throttle and chipped the barrier. On the other hand, teams have increased their knowledge of their electric and driver less cars. Driver-less cars are starting to appear in electric cars such as Tesla. But Google has already produced a petrol driven driver-less car. The taxi company Uber are starting to use their cars. The future in cars and motor sport will look very different. (Picture: Uber's driver less car).

It's half-term time, and many families go skiing in the Alpes. But should they be skiing ski off-piste, despite the risks of severely injuring themselves? That wonderful powder snow tempts many skiers off the marked slopes. But not everyone is careful enough. Recently, three people died in an avalanche at a popular ski resort in the French Alps. The avalanche hit a group of ten school children and covered them with a thick layer of ice. Fortuitously, some survivors were rescued in time so it could have been worse. Rescue methods include using dogs to sniff people out and if the people are at a high altitude using helicopters to rescue them quicker. There have been many ski accidents before this and many of them have been just as bad so it leaves me with a question. Why do people ski off piste despite the risks?

The Grand Slam is the coolest title to win in Tennis. The itinerary consists of the Australian Open in mid January, the French Open in May and June, Wimbledon in June and July, and the US Open in August and September. Each tournament is played over a period of two weeks. Novak Djokovic from Serbia, and Andy Murray from Scotland, nearly always  come first these days. Djokovic normally wins them all. Murray lost the most resent tournament. Stan Wawrinka from Switzerland pushed him out of the tournament. Nadal has not been as good as we are used to lately, but has started to up his game again. It is tough. Many players are really good right now. The Tennis Grand Slam is a great tournament for the audience too. Next year, we think that Andy Murrey has a good chance to win at least the Wimbledon title. As in every sport, equipment matters a lot in tennis. On the center court it is the choice of racket that get most of the attention. Murrey and Djokovic both play with rackets from the company Head. Some of the Newsnugget reporters play with smaller versions of the same racket. -I have tried Murrey's and Djakovic's rackets and I prefer Murrey's. The strings feel a bit harder, which gives more power to the hit, says one of them. By Fraser      

It's nearing the endgame in the Rugby World Cup 2015. Australia's team is through to the semi-finals after beating Scotland in a game that was a real nail-biter.           Australia got a penalty in the last few seconds of the mach. Scotland did very well to beat Samoa in a previous game, but went out to Australia. Some people did not like how the referee judged some situations and many have called him and the linesmen "rubbish". They would say Australia only beat the Scots by very unfair reffing. Scotland could have been in the semi-final! It never looks good when the referee sprints off the pitch before anyone has a chance to complain. By Fraser

This year's Champions League has been one of the most interesting ever, but I am going to focus on the winners: Barcelona. Last year, Barcelona had a bumpy ride with their manager passing away from cancer. This year has been very different. They now have a new healthy manager who used to play for them, Luis Enrique. And what a finish they made to the league! A 3-1 win over Juventus. What a Champions League it has been for Barcelona. Some of the games have been challenging and some easy. They won 11 out of 12 games. The one game that they lost was against PSG  in the Group Stages, otherwise it has been a great league. This final meant everything to them. Barca already had 4 Champion titles and their last one was in 2012. In Berlin they won their 5th - what a team! They have been training as hard as they could to get this title. And now we know that all the hours on the pitch paid off. Congratulations to Barca! By Noam  

There was a shock in the UEFA semi finals at the Santiago Bernabeu on the 13th of May. The score was 1-1 on the night, but in aggregate it was 3-2 to Juventus against Real Madrid. The second leg is what I'm writing about. 30 seconds into the match and Bale had a chance...but missed. 4 1/2 minutes later, Benzema had a shot but it went flying the wrong way.  In the 23rd minute, Ronaldo was tripped just outside the box but James Rodrigues played advantage and charged into the box - but gets fouled-penalty! Ronaldo was to take it (obviously!) and sends Bufron the wrong way and curls it to the right and it swerved into the middle of the net. Half time and Real Madrid were in the lead on away-goals. Alvaro Morata stunns former club with an equalizer in the second half to take it to 3-2 to Juventus on aggregate. What a match! Juventus won the ticket to Berlin, but now we know that they did not reach the whole way to the cup, as they lost against Barcelona. By Callum