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[[File:GCS Drone Shot-YT.jpg|thumb|The Gahanga Cricket Stadium]]

Rwandans have been competing at the [[Olympic Games]] since 1984,{{sfn|BBC Sport (I)|2012}} and the [[Paralympic Games]] since 2004.{{sfn|International Paralympic Committee|2015}} The country sent seven competitors to the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in London, representing it in athletics, [[Swimming (sport)|swimming]], [[mountain biking]] and [[judo]],{{sfn|BBC Sport (I)|2012}} and 15 competitors to the [[2012 Summer Paralympics|London Summer Paralympics]] to compete in athletics, [[Paralympic powerlifting|powerlifting]] and [[sitting volleyball]].{{sfn|International Paralympic Committee|2015}} The country has also participated in the [[Commonwealth Games]] since joining the [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] in 2009.{{sfn|BBC Sport (II)|2010}}{{sfn|Office of the Prime Minister|2014}} The country's [[Rwanda national basketball team|national basketball team]] has been growing in prominence since the mid-2000s, with the men's team qualifying for the final stages of the [[African Basketball Championship]] four times in a row since 2007.{{sfn|Bishumba|2015}} The country bid unsuccessfully to host the [[2013 African Basketball Championship|2013 tournament]].{{sfn|Mackay|2009}}{{sfn|International Basketball Federation|2011}} Rwanda's [[Rwanda national football team|national football team]] has appeared in the [[African Cup of Nations]] once, in the [[2004 African Cup of Nations|2004 edition]] of the tournament,{{sfn|Carlin|2003}} but narrowly failed to advance beyond the group stages.{{sfn|Copnall|2004}} The team have failed to qualify for the competition since, and have never qualified for the [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]].{{sfn|Montague|2014|p=67}} Rwanda's highest domestic football competition is the [[Rwanda National Football League]];{{sfn|Mugabe|Kamasa|2014}} {{As of|2015|lc=y}}, the dominant team is [[APR FC]] of Kigali, having won 13 of the last 17 championships.{{sfn|Schöggl|2015}} Rwandan clubs participate in the [[Kagame Interclub Cup]] for Central and East African teams, sponsored since 2002 by President Kagame.{{sfn|CECAFA}}

 

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