{"id":114440,"date":"2025-11-01T19:33:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T19:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/kalifa-traore-shines-as-gorilla-fc-beat-bugesera"},"modified":"2025-11-01T19:36:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T19:36:51","slug":"kalifa-traore-shines-as-gorilla-fc-beat-bugesera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/kalifa-traore-shines-as-gorilla-fc-beat-bugesera","title":{"rendered":"Kalifa Traor\u00e9 shines as Gorilla FC beat Bugesera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>New signing Kalifa Traore\u0301 shone on his debut in the Rwanda Premier League as his team Gorilla FC beat Bugesera 2-1 on Friday afternoon at Kigali Pele Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The Malian striker who arrived in Kigali only two days ago netted the opening goal in the 16th minute, before going on to put on a great show that contributed to his team&#8217;s eventual victory.<\/p>\n<p>Gorilla FC&#8217;s second goal was scored by Frank Nduwimana in the 22nd minute to seal all three points. 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