{"id":224053,"date":"2026-02-17T12:49:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T10:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/north-africa\/sudan\/rwanda-omdurman-derby-sudans-old-foes-clash-at-amahoro-stadium\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T12:49:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T10:49:52","slug":"rwanda-omdurman-derby-sudans-old-foes-clash-at-amahoro-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/north-africa\/sudan\/rwanda-omdurman-derby-sudans-old-foes-clash-at-amahoro-stadium\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda: Omdurman Derby &#8211; Sudan&#8217;s Old Foes Clash At Amahoro Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"27\">Sudanese fiercest rivals Al Hilal and Al Merrikh will renew hostilities at Amahoro Stadium on Tuesday, February 17 &#8212; marking the first-ever Omdurman Derby on Rwandan soil.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"41\">Known as the Omdurman Derby, the clash pits two clubs separated by Al-Ardha Street in Omdurman but united in their dominance of Sudanese football. Even in exile, the fixture remains a powerful symbol of the sport&#8217;s cultural weight for Sudanese fans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"10\">ALSO READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newtimes.co.rw\/article\/30756\/sports\/football\/sudanese-clubs-cleared-to-join-rwanda-premier-league\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sudanese clubs cleared to join Rwanda Premier League<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n  <span style=\"font-size: 110%;\"><br \/>\nFollow us&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/202602170201.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on AllAfrica.com<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>South Africa Today Africa \u2013 North Africa <a title=\"Sudan\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/category\/north-africa\/sudan\/\">Sudan<\/a> News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sudanese fiercest rivals Al Hilal and Al Merrikh will renew hostilities at Amahoro Stadium on Tuesday, February 17 &#8212; marking the first-ever Omdurman Derby on Rwandan soil. Known as the Omdurman Derby, the clash pits two clubs separated by Al-Ardha Street in Omdurman but united in their dominance of Sudanese football. Even in exile, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":224054,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.allafrica.com\/static\/images\/structure\/aa-logo-rgba-no-text-square.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[784],"tags":[258,256,53678,7647,8833,14757,257,20739,4702,254,9328,1613,8105],"class_list":["post-224053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sudan","tag-africa","tag-africa-news","tag-amahoro","tag-clash","tag-derby","tag-foes","tag-news","tag-omdurman","tag-rwanda","tag-south-africa-today","tag-stadium","tag-sudan-news","tag-sudans"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.allafrica.com\/static\/images\/structure\/aa-logo-rgba-no-text-square.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}