Jacques Furaha

Rwanda’s capital Kigali will host the 73rd FIFA Congress from on 16 March 2023, FIFA confirmed on Thursday. This will be the second time that the annual congress of the international football body takes place in Africa after South Africa hosted it in 2007. Rwanda also hosted FIFA Council meeting in October 2018.

APR beat Police FC 2-0 on the final day of the league on Thursday to claim their third title in a row. With a single point separating the leaders APR and second-place Police FC going into the final day, the reigning champions knew that a win would be enough to retain their title. Gilbert Mugisha scored twice in the second half to help his side finish the league two points clear off Kiyovu, who also beat Marines FC in their final game of the season. APR’s triumph was their 20th league title.

APR FC title party was put on hold after they crashed to 2-0 defeat by AS Kigali, blowing the chance to retain the league title on the penultimate match day. With second-place could have benefited from APR’s defeat to go top of the league with only one round of games to go but they also fell short, drawing 0-0 away to Espoir FC. APR looked hungry in the opening stages of the game and created chances but were denied by AS Kigali’s goalkeeper Fiacre Ntwali.