A Week of Drama on the Pitch: Tunis Sport Results Roundup, July 2026

Espérance Sportive de Tunis extended their Ligue Professionnelle 1 lead to seven points on Wednesday evening after a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Club Africain at the Stade Olympique de Radès, the 60,000-capacity ground on the southern outskirts of the capital that has hosted Tunisian football's biggest moments for three decades. A late header from midfielder Youssef Ben Hamida settled the match in the 88th minute, sending the Bab Souika faithful into the kind of celebration that spills out onto Avenue Habib Bourguiba long after the final whistle.

The result matters because the Tunisian football calendar enters a decisive final stretch this month. With five rounds remaining before the league title is confirmed, Espérance's cushion over second-placed Club Sportif Sfaxien is now substantial but not insurmountable. A slip at home could still compress the table heading into the third week of July, and Club Africain — still smarting from Wednesday's defeat — have three winnable fixtures before the season closes.

El Menzah and the Athletics Story Nobody Saw Coming

Away from football, Thursday produced the week's most surprising result. At the Stade d'El Menzah in the northern suburb of the same name, Athletics Club de la Jeunesse d'El Menzah hosted the second round of the Fédération Tunisienne d'Athlétisme's summer track series. Sprinter Rania Gharbi clocked 11.34 seconds in the women's 100 metres, a new club record that also puts her inside the top 15 performances nationally this season. The El Menzah stadium, rebuilt in 2019 and now running a certified 400-metre all-weather track, gave her ideal conditions — dry air, no wind beyond the legal 1.8 metres per second limit recorded by officials at the finish line.

The athletics federation has logged 47 personal bests across all disciplines during the summer series so far, up from 31 at the same stage in 2025. Officials credit part of that improvement to a structured coaching programme launched in January through the Institut National des Sports et de l'Éducation Physique on Rue Ibn Khaldoun in central Tunis, which placed 14 specialist sprint coaches across affiliated clubs. The programme costs participating clubs a subsidised 1,200 dinars per quarter, a figure that has allowed smaller associations outside the top tier to access expertise that was previously reserved for well-funded outfits.

Basketball and the Rafaha Cup Build-Up

Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif's basketball section made quiet but significant progress this week, defeating Union Sportive de Monastir 78-71 in a Division Nationale fixture played at the Salle Omnisports de Hammam-Lif on Tuesday. The coastal suburb south of Tunis is an unlikely setting for a basketball resurgence, yet the club's under-23 roster has now won six consecutive league games, matching a run they last achieved in the 2018-2019 season. Head of youth development spoke to local journalists after the game without attribution, but the mood inside the 1,800-seat hall was unmistakably confident.

Looking ahead, the week of July 14th brings the annual Rafaha Cup invitational football tournament, held at the Terrain Synthétique de La Marsa on the northern coastal strip. Eight clubs are registered this year, including two from the Greater Tunis amateur pyramid and one invited side from Bizerte. Entry for spectators is set at 5 dinars per day session, unchanged from the 2025 edition. Organizers from the Association Sportive de La Marsa confirmed Thursday that they have secured floodlight rental through a new agreement with a Tunis-based equipment supplier, meaning evening kickoffs are possible for the first time in the tournament's four-year history.

For fans unable to get to Radès or El Menzah in person, Wataniya Sport has confirmed live coverage of all remaining Ligue Professionnelle 1 rounds, with match packages available from 18 dinars per month on their digital platform. The next Espérance fixture — away to Étoile Sportive du Sahel in Sousse — is scheduled for Saturday, July 11th, a match that will effectively tell us whether this title race has any drama left in it.