{"id":102369,"date":"2023-09-23T20:41:32","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T20:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/09\/23\/rwanda-coach-who-claimed-black-queens-are-like-men\/"},"modified":"2023-09-23T20:41:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T20:41:32","slug":"rwanda-coach-who-claimed-black-queens-are-like-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/09\/23\/rwanda-coach-who-claimed-black-queens-are-like-men\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda coach who claimed Black Queens are ‘like men’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Grace Nyinawumuntu seen giving tips to AS Kigali women club in the on-going national women football league at Stade de Kigali, Rwanda. PHOTO | BRIAN MUGUME | NMG<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Rwanda\u2019s women\u2019s national\u00a0team head coach,\u00a0Grace Nyinawumuntu has been suspended\u00a0by the national Federation for saying Ghanaian rivals were \u201clike men\u201d after her side\u2019s defeat.<\/p>\n

Rwanda suffered a 7-0 defeat against the Black Queens of Ghana at the Kigali Pele Stadium on Wednesday in the first leg of the 2024 Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier (WAFCON).<\/p>\n

Speaking after the game, Nyinawumuntu said her team was intimidated by the Ghana team.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey have girls who we think have male hormones. They are girls who are like men. Our team was scared when they got to the pitch, they conceded because they were scared\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

However, Rwanda\u2019s Football Federation (Ferwafa) in a\u00a0statement confirmed that\u00a0the coach had been \u201csuspended until further notice, due to inappropriate choice of diction after the game between Rwanda and Ghana\u201d.<\/p>\n

Ferwafa\u00a0said, \u201cThe remarks made by the coach of the national women about the players of the Ghana national women\u2019s team are in violation of the rules and values of football in Rwanda.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe remind members of Ferwafa\u00a0to desist from behaviour and remarks that are not aligned with the truth, have no factual basis and are not professional.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a related development, a former player who became Rwanda\u2019s first female professional football coach in 2014, Nyinawumuntu was suspended as the head coach of AS Kigali Women in 2017 following sexual harassment allegations against her by the players.<\/p>\n

She took AS Kigali Women to court for wrongful dismissal and won the case, with the club ordered to pay her $47,000 damages (44,000 euros).<\/p>\n

She was appointed head coach of the national women\u2019s football team in June this year.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Ghana will host Rwanda in the second leg at the Accra Sports Stadium on September 26.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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