{"id":1246,"date":"2025-12-16T08:45:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T08:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/?p=1246"},"modified":"2025-12-16T08:45:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T08:45:02","slug":"sudanese-giants-shinein-historic-rwanda-premier-league-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/16\/sudanese-giants-shinein-historic-rwanda-premier-league-debut\/sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Sudanese Giants Shinein Historic Rwanda Premier League Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/q1q-1024x569.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/q1q-1024x569.png 1024w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/q1q-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/q1q-768x427.png 768w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/q1q.png 1195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Al-Merrikh SC\u2019s promising start to Rwanda Premier League hit an early setback after suffering a narrow 1\u20130 defeat to Bugesera FC on Thursday. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Al-Merrikh SC and Al Hilal SC made a strong start in their first ever Rwanda Premier League season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Al-Merrikh stunned Kiyovu Sports 2\u20130 on Monday, with Dauda Ba scoring a long range strike in the 72nd minute and Mohammed Teya sealing the win in the 87th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The victory gave them their first three points of the campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Al Hilal opened their campaign with a 0\u20130 draw against Police FC on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite dominating much of the match, Al Hilal failed to convert chances, while Police defended well to maintain their top spot with 21 points from nine games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This season marks the f irst time non-Rwandan clubs compete in the league, signaling a new era in Rwandan football.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Al-Merrikh SC and Al Hilal SC made a strong start in their first ever Rwanda Premier League season. Al-Merrikh stunned Kiyovu Sports 2\u20130 on Monday, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1246"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1248,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1246\/revisions\/1248"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}