Monday, November 9, 2026 • The caretaker board of Al-Merrikh Club ended the tenure of Serbian coach Darko Novic and his technical staff, and tasked Jundi Nimairi with leading the technical staff temporarily, while forming a football committee headed by club president Mujahid Sahl and appointing a sporting director to nominate the technical and administrative staffs, a day after the team's three-goal-to-nil win over Etoile de l'Est in the Rwandan league (Source: Al-Match sports newspaper, 9 November 2026) • German coach Josef Zinnbauer, coach of Al-Hilal, faces increasing pressure after the team's level declined and its results fluctuated in the Rwandan league, as the club's administration set reaching the semi-finals of the CAF Champions League as a minimum ambition, and the group-stage matches in Group Four, which includes Egypt's Pyramids, Morocco's Maghreb de Fes and Horia Conakry, will decide the coach's fate with the team (Source: winwin website, 9 November 2026) • The first national team trains today with its full squad in Kigali after the arrival of the four professional players and the joining of Al-Hilal and Al-Merrikh players, before the delegation heads to the Senegalese capital Dakar in preparation for facing Senegal on 12 November in the third round of Group Ten of the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, in which the Falcons of Jediane occupy third place with three points (Source: Al-Match sports newspaper and winwin website)

— Sports Desk