Sudan's de facto leader and army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan waves to spectators after attending the Sudanese Premier League's opening football match between Al Merrikh and Ahli Madani at the Kober Stadium in Khartoum North, on May 15, 2026. Football returned to Sudan's war-scarred capital on May 15 as the domestic league staged its first matches since the conflict began at battered stadiums on the edges of a largely abandoned Khartoum. (Photo by Ebrahim Hamid / AFP via Getty Images)