{"id":2000112572,"date":"2026-05-20T07:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T05:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000112572"},"modified":"2026-05-20T14:24:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T12:24:46","slug":"president-kagame-congratulates-arsenal-f-c-on-winning-premier-league-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/president-kagame-congratulates-arsenal-f-c-on-winning-premier-league-title\/","title":{"rendered":"President Kagame congratulates Arsenal F.C. on winning Premier League title"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Arsenal were confirmed champions on May 19, 2026, after AFC Bournemouth held Manchester City F.C. to a 1-1 draw. The result left Manchester City on 78 points, four behind Arsenal\u2019s 82 points, with only one match remaining in the season for both teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a message shared on X, Kagame congratulated Arsenal on their achievement, describing the title as well deserved after a highly competitive season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCongratulations to Arsenal, our VisitRwanda partner, on being the Premier League champions after a hard fought season! A well-deserved title!\u201d Kagame wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This marks Arsenal\u2019s first league title since the 2003\/2004 campaign, when the club famously completed the season unbeaten. It is also the club\u2019s fourth Premier League title, having previously won in 1997\/98 and 2001\/02. Overall, Arsenal have now won 14 English league titles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arsenal and Rwanda have partnered since 2018 through the Visit Rwanda campaign, which promotes Rwanda\u2019s tourism sector through branding displayed on the club\u2019s sleeves and at its stadium. Several Arsenal players have also visited Rwanda over the years as part of the partnership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the partnership is expected to end after the 2025\/2026 season. Arsenal will conclude their Premier League campaign with a home match against Crystal Palace F.C. on Sunday at 5:00 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The club\u2019s pursuit of more history will continue in the UEFA Champions League, where Arsenal are set to face Paris Saint-Germain F.C.. Winning the competition would see Arsenal lift the Champions League trophy for the first time in the club\u2019s history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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President Paul Kagame has congratulated Arsenal F.C., a partner of Visit Rwanda, after the club secured the 2025\/2026 English Premier League title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2000112573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[151,69],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000112572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-editors-choice","tag-homehighlights","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000112573,"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/aseno_ok-83fb5.jpg","alt":"","caption":"Arsenal and Rwanda have partnered since 2018 through the Visit Rwanda campaign, which promotes Rwanda\u2019s tourism sector through branding displayed on the club\u2019s sleeves and at its stadium. ","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1000,"height":563,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/aseno_ok-83fb5.jpg","width":150,"height":84},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/aseno_ok-83fb5.jpg","width":300,"height":169},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/aseno_ok-83fb5.jpg","width":768,"height":432},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/aseno_ok-83fb5.jpg","width":1000,"height":563},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/aseno_ok-83fb5.jpg","width":1000,"height":563}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000112572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000112572"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000112572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000112574,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000112572\/revisions\/2000112574"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000112573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000112572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000112572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000112572"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000112572"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000112572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}