DAR ES SALAAM, Sept. 21 -- IN Tanzania there are football tournaments and then there are Tanzanian football tournaments.

And in between, there are tournaments that simply get swallowed whole by that small god of all sports gods the Yanga vs Simba derby.

Poor CECAFA Kagame Cup 2025 fell precisely into that trap.

I mean, few even noticed it had kicked off, for the nation was transfixed listening, smelling, chanting and quite literally mouthing the derby for a full fortnight.

The small god does not allow distractions, you know

Which is tragic, because in the middle of the fog, Singida Black Stars FC went and lifted their first-ever Kagame Cup after beating Sudans Al Hilal SC 2–1 in the final at KMC Stadium.

And JKT Queens, bless ...