Editing Kigali (section)

==Sport==
The largest sports venue in Kigali is [[Amahoro Stadium]], in the Remera area of the city, which was built in the 1980s and has a capacity of 45,000.<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307093554/http://www.ccecc.com.cn/index.php?m=content&c=index&a=show&catid=26&id=122 |access-date=4 May 2020 |archive-date=7 March 2016 |title=卢旺达国家体育场项目 |publisher=[[China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation]] |language=zh |url=http://www.ccecc.com.cn/index.php?m=content&c=index&a=show&catid=26&id=122}}</ref><ref name="ZambianWatchdog">{{cite news |last=Mutale |first=Chama |date=7 January 2016 |title=Uganda/Zimbabwe: Zambia to Face Zimbabwe, Uganda At Umuganda Stadium |work=[[Zambian Watchdog]] |via=[[AllAfrica]] |access-date=21 May 2020 |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201601071460.html}}</ref> The stadium is used primarily for [[association football]], playing host to most [[Rwanda national football team]] home games as well as domestic fixtures.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ferwafa.rw/spip.php?rubrique37 |publisher=[[Rwanda Football Federation]] |title=Amavubi Background |access-date=4 May 2020 |archive-date=15 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615150257/http://ferwafa.rw/spip.php?rubrique37 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was one of four stadia used for fixtures in the [[2016 African Nations Championship]] including the final, in which the [[DR Congo national football team|Democratic Republic of the Congo]] beat [[Mali national football team|Mali]].<ref>{{cite web |publisher=[[Confederation of African Football]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160224172710/http://www.cafonline.com/en-us/competitions/chan2016/Venues |url=http://www.cafonline.com/en-us/competitions/chan2016/Venues |title=Orange African Nations Championship, Rwanda 2016: Venues |access-date=4 May 2020 |archive-date=24 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20160207-dr-congo-beat-mali-african-football-championship |work=[[France 24]] |title=DR Congo win second CHAN title with 3–0 win over Mali |date=7 February 2016 |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref> The stadium also hosts [[rugby union]] fixtures, including those of [[Rwanda national rugby union team|the national team]],<ref>{{cite web |access-date=1 February 2021 |title=Working as a team is a key for a new committee to be {{sic|succ|essfull|nolink=y}} |date=11 December 2018 |url=https://www.rwandarugby.com/?p=4790 |publisher=[[Rwanda Rugby Federation]]}}</ref> as well as concerts and public events.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://constructionreviewonline.com/2018/06/rwanda-set-to-renovate-amahoro-national-stadium/ |title=Rwanda set to renovate Amahoro National Stadium |date=22 June 2018 |first=Yvonne |last=Andiva |access-date=4 May 2020 |work=Construction Review Online}}</ref> The Amahoro complex includes an indoor venue, commonly known by the French name ''Petit stade'', and a [[Paralympic]] playing hall.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.rba.co.rw/post/Amahoro-Stadium-to-be-revamped-and-expanded |publisher=Rwanda Broadcasting Agency |title=Amahoro Stadium to be revamped and expanded |author=Yanditswe |date=4 February 2020 |access-date=20 May 2020}}</ref> The [[Kigali Arena]] is a 10,000-capacity indoor arena next to Amahoro Stadium, which opened in 2019.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ktpress.rw/2019/09/now-president-kagame-wishes-kigali-arena-had-20-000-capacity/ |work=Kigali Today |title=Now President Kagame Wishes Kigali Arena Had 20, 000 Capacity |first=Edmund |last=Kagire |date=25 September 2019 |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref> The arena hosts sports such as basketball, including the [[AfroBasket 2021]] tournament,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newtimes.co.rw/sports/dates-rwanda-afrobasket-2021-confirmed |work=[[The New Times (Rwanda)|The New Times]] |title=Dates for Rwanda Afrobasket 2021 confirmed |date=8 October 2019 |first=Damas |last=Sikubwabo |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref> as well as handball, volleyball, and tennis.<ref name=rha>{{cite news |title=Construction of modern multi-sport arena kicks-off |url=http://www.rha.gov.rw/index.php?id=177&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=225&cHash=d6ab65353ad50582ed933949d1d54377 |access-date=24 June 2019 |publisher=Rwanda Housing Authority |date=17 January 2019 |archive-date=25 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225091752/http://www.rha.gov.rw/index.php?id=177&tx_ttnews&#91;tt_news&#93;=225&cHash=d6ab65353ad50582ed933949d1d54377 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Other venues in the city include the 22,000-capacity [[Pele Stadium]] and the [[Rwanda Cricket Stadium]] in Gahanga, which opened in 2017.<ref name="SoccerwayStadia">{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/national/rwanda/national-soccer-league/20192020/regular-season/r54205/venues/ |title=Rwanda – National Soccer League – Venues |access-date=4 May 2020 |website=Soccerway}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/read/221979 |work=[[The New Times (Rwanda)|The New Times]] |date=18 October 2017 |title=Thousands to grace Gahanga Cricket Stadium inauguration |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref> Rwanda's only golf course, the Kigali Golf Club, is based in Nyarutarama;<ref>{{cite news |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207011637/https://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/read/229157/ |url=https://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/read/229157/ |archive-date=7 February 2018 |title=Could golf be the new tourism frontier for Rwanda? |first=Moses |last=Opobo |date=7 February 2018 |access-date=4 May 2020 |work=[[The New Times (Rwanda)|The New Times]]}}</ref> as of 2020 it is being expanded to eighteen holes and hopes to attract regional tournaments in future.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.golfcoursearchitecture.net/content/gary-player-design-completely-revamps-kigali-course-to-18-holes |work=Golf Course Architecture |access-date=4 May 2020 |title=Gary Player Design completely revamps Kigali course to 18 holes}}</ref>
Seven of the sixteen teams in the association football [[Rwanda Premier League]] are based in Kigali. Most of these do not have their own stadia and play fixtures at multiple venues including Amahoro Stadium, Nyamirambo Regional Stadium and various smaller grounds.<ref name="SoccerwayStadia"/> The country's two most successful teams are based in the city: [[APR FC]], who won eighteen championships between 1969 and 2020, and [[Rayon Sports F.C.|Rayon Sports]], who won nine in the same period.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/rwanchamp.html |access-date=26 May 2021 |date=9 December 2020 |first=Hans |last=Schöggl |website=[[RSSSF]] |title=Rwanda - List of Champions}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/sports/Rwanda-Rayon-Sport-aiming-for-top-honours/4494642-4569330-23sw4w/index.html |work=[[The EastAfrican]] |title=Rwanda's Rayon Sport aiming for top honours |first=Edmund |last=Kagire |date=19 May 2018 |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/rwanchamp.html|title=Rwanda – List of Champions |first=Hans |last=Schöggl |date=1 October 2015 |website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=10 October 2015}}</ref> As of 2020, ten of the fourteen teams in [[Rwanda's National Basketball League]] play their home games in Kigali, with venues including Club Rafiki and the Integrated Polytechnic Regional College Kigali, as well as the Amahoro Stadium's ''Petit stade'' and the Kigali Arena.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.afrobasket.com/Rwanda/basketball-Teams.aspx |publisher=[[AfroBasket]] |title=Rwandan Basketball (Men) Teams |access-date=20 May 2020}}</ref>{{refn|group=nb|From.<ref name="Basketball">{{cite web |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200520104746/http://ferwaba.web.geniussports.com/competitions/ |archive-date=20 May 2020 |url=http://ferwaba.web.geniussports.com/competitions/ |access-date=19 May 2020 |title=Schedule |publisher=[[Rwanda Basketball Federation]]}}</ref> Four teams play home games outside Kigali: RP-IPRC Huye BBC and UR BBC-MEN ([[Butare]]), RP IPRC MUSANZE ([[Ruhengeri]]), and RUSIZI Basketball Club ([[Cyangugu]]). The remaining ten teams all play games at Kigali venues Club Rafiki, Kigali Arena, NPC, Amahoro stadium ''Petit stade'', and RP-IPRC Kigali.}} This includes the two most successful clubs [[Patriots BBC]] and [[Espoir BBC]], who have won five and four league titles respectively.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://basketball.afrobasket.com/team/Rwanda/Patriots-Basketball-Club/20276?Page=5 |publisher=[[AfroBasket]] |access-date=20 May 2020 |title=Patriots Basketball Club – History}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://basketball.afrobasket.com/team/Rwanda/Espoir-BBC-Kigali/6587?Page=5 |publisher=[[AfroBasket]] |access-date=21 May 2020 |title=Espoir BBC Kigali basketball team – History}}</ref>

Kigali was awarded hosting of the 2025 UCI Road World Championships, marking the first time the organisation's flagship event visits Africa.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/uci-road-world-championships-2025-rwanda-kigali-host-cycling/ |publisher=sportspromedia |access-date=22 March 2022 |title=UCI Road World Championships heading to Rwanda in 2025|date=27 September 2021 }}</ref>