Rwanda's Under-18 women's national basketball team revived its qualification hopes with a convincing 77-66 victory over Kenya in its second game of the FIBA Africa Zone 5 U18 Championship qualifiers in Cairo, Egypt.
APR Basketball Club secured the top seed for the Rwanda Basketball League playoffs after edging reigning Basketball Africa League (BAL) champions RSSB Tigers 84-82 in the final game of the regular season on Thursday night.
Kenya's Gor Mahia handed hosts APR FC a humiliating 5-0 defeat in the opening match of the 2026 CECAFA Kagame Cup, delivering one of the heaviest losses in the Rwandan club's history in the regional competition.
Rwanda's Under-18 women's national basketball team opened its FIBA Africa Zone 5 Championship campaign with a heartbreaking 60-58 defeat to Tanzania in Cairo, Egypt, despite mounting a spirited second-half comeback.
Uganda's Vipers SC kicked off their 2026 CECAFA Kagame Cup campaign with a convincing 3-0 victory over Djibouti's Garde Républicaine FC, making an early statement in Group A of the regional tournament.
APR Basketball Club have strengthened their squad ahead of the BetPawa Basketball League playoffs with the return of American guard-forward Teafale Marquise Lenard Jr.
Rwanda's U18 boys' national basketball team will face hosts Egypt and Tanzania in Group A of the FIBA U18 AfroBasket 2026 Zone 5 Qualifiers, while the girls' team has been drawn to play Tanzania, Egypt and Kenya in the race for continental qualification.
New Gicumbi FC head coach Afahmia Lotfi has vowed to build a competitive team after arriving in Rwanda to begin his two-year tenure with the Rwanda Premier League club.
Rwanda international Leroy-Jacques Mickels has signed for German third-tier side SV Waldhof Mannheim after leaving Azerbaijani club Zira FK at the end of his contract.
The Zone 5 Under-18 Basketball Championship, the qualifying tournament for the 2026 FIBA Africa U18 Championship, has been postponed by one day after Kenya's national team and several referees were delayed in arriving in Cairo, Egypt.
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