{"id":55182,"date":"2023-10-15T16:33:41","date_gmt":"2023-10-15T16:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/apr-acquire-canada-based-rwandan-forward-chris-ruta"},"modified":"2023-10-15T16:54:53","modified_gmt":"2023-10-15T16:54:53","slug":"apr-acquire-canada-based-rwandan-forward-chris-ruta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/apr-acquire-canada-based-rwandan-forward-chris-ruta","title":{"rendered":"APR acquire Canada-based Rwandan forward Chris Ruta"},"content":{"rendered":"

Damas Sikubwabo<\/b><\/p>\n

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Rwanda Basketball League (RBL) champions APR have added to their ranks Chris Ruta, a Canada-based Rwandan forward, as they continue to strengthen their roster for the upcoming Basketball Africa League (BAL) 2024.<\/p>\n

Club\u2019s secretary general Eric Kalisa Salongo told Times Sport that the youngster is already in Kigali and has inked a one-year contract.<\/p>\n

At 22 years of age, Ruta plays college basketball at Cape Breton Capers, the team that represents Cape Breton University in Nova Scotia, Canada.<\/p>\n

PHOTOS: Basketball: APR clinch first championship in 14 years<\/p>\n

His transfer comes just two days after APR signed start point guard Adonis Filer from Rwanda Energy Group (REG).<\/p>\n

The trade process isn\u2019t done at the club which continues its pursuit of more players in an attempt to build a strong roster ready enough to conquer the BAL championship.<\/p>\n

Profile<\/p>\n

Name: Chris Ruta<\/p>\n

Age: 22<\/p>\n

Height: 2.08m<\/p>\n

Position: Forward<\/p>\n

Team: Cape Breton Capers (Canada).<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Rwanda<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Damas Sikubwabo Africa-Press – Rwanda. Rwanda Basketball League (RBL) champions APR have added to their ranks Chris Ruta, a Canada-based Rwandan forward, as they continue to strengthen their roster for the upcoming Basketball Africa League (BAL) 2024. Club\u2019s secretary general Eric Kalisa Salongo told Times Sport that the youngster is already in Kigali and has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":55180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[760,763,1864,1270,3938,3939,758],"class_list":["post-55182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-rwanda","tag-apr","tag-canada","tag-cape-breton-capers","tag-chris-ruta","tag-rwanda"],"yoast_head":"\nAPR acquire Canada-based Rwandan forward Chris Ruta - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rwanda Basketball League (RBL) champions APR have added to their ranks Chris Ruta, a Canada-based Rwandan forward, as th ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/apr-acquire-canada-based-rwandan-forward-chris-ruta\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"APR acquire Canada-based Rwandan forward Chris Ruta\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rwanda Basketball League (RBL) champions APR have added to their ranks Chris Ruta, a Canada-based Rwandan forward, as th ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/apr-acquire-canada-based-rwandan-forward-chris-ruta\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-10-15T16:33:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-10-15T16:54:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/sm_1697376209.204682.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"553\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/apr-acquire-canada-based-rwandan-forward-chris-ruta#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/apr-acquire-canada-based-rwandan-forward-chris-ruta\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"APR acquire Canada-based Rwandan forward Chris Ruta\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-15T16:33:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-15T16:54:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/apr-acquire-canada-based-rwandan-forward-chris-ruta\"},\"wordCount\":170,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/apr-acquire-canada-based-rwandan-forward-chris-ruta#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/sm_1697376209.204682.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Rwanda\",\"APR\",\"Canada\",\"Cape Breton Capers\",\"Chris Ruta\",\"Rwanda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/apr-acquire-canada-based-rwandan-forward-chris-ruta#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/apr-acquire-canada-based-rwandan-forward-chris-ruta\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/apr-acquire-canada-based-rwandan-forward-chris-ruta\",\"name\":\"APR acquire Canada-based Rwandan forward Chris Ruta - 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