Johannesburg (AFP) – Hopes of Nigerian clubs making an impact in the CAF Champions League this season were dealt a double blow when the draws for the preliminary and last-32 rounds were made in Cairo on Tuesday. Domestic champions Rivers United were paired with Liberian outfit Watanga and, if they progress, will face title-holders Wydad […]

Casablanca (Morocco) (AFP) – Zouhair el Moutaraji was the two-goal star as Wydad Casablanca defeated Egyptian outfit Al Ahly 2-0 on Monday to win the CAF Champions League and complete a Moroccan club double in Africa this season. Renaissance Berkane won the second-tier CAF Confederation Cup on May 20 and will face Wydad for the […]

Uyo (Nigeria) (AFP) – Moroccan dominance of the CAF Confederation Cup continued in Uyo, Nigeria, on Friday as Renaissance Berkane beat South Africans Orlando Pirates 5-4 on penalties after a 1-1 draw following extra time. Youssef el Fahli scored his sixth goal of the second-tier African competition for Berkane seven minutes into extra time from […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – Mohamed Sherif equalised in added time for Al Ahly of Egypt as they drew 2-2 at Entente Setif of Algeria on Saturday to stay on course for an unprecedented third straight CAF Champions League title. Ahmed Abdel Kader put Ahly in front after only two minutes of the semi-final second leg before […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – Moroccan club Wydad Casablanca qualified for a third CAF Champions League final in six seasons despite being held 1-1 by Angolan visitors Petro Luanda on Friday. Two-time African champions Wydad triumphed 4-2 on aggregate having won the first leg of the semi-final 3-1 in Luanda last Saturday. Wydad will confront title-holders Al […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – Egyptian club Al Ahly want the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to overturn a decision giving Morocco hosting rights to the 2022 CAF Champions League final. The Cairo outfit confirmed on Tuesday in a press release that they had approached the world sport judicial body in Switzerland after an appeal to […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – South African Percy Tau scored two goals and created two as CAF Champions League title-holders Al Ahly of Egypt thumped 10-man Entente Setif of Algeria 4-0 on Saturday in their semi-final first leg. Tau opened and completed the scoring in Cairo, while Taher Mohamed and Mohamed Sherif also netted as 10-time champions […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – Both captains scored on Saturday as Moroccan visitors Wydad Casablanca took a step towards the CAF Champions League final place by defeating local club Petro Atletico 3-1 in Angola. Petro skipper and forward Tiago Azulao conceded an own-goal 16 minutes into the semi-final first leg watched by a near-capacity crowd at the […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – Serial CAF Champions League semi-finalists Wydad Casablanca of Morocco this weekend reached that stage of the premier African club competition again, despite being held 0-0 at home by Chabab Belouizdad of Algeria. Wydad won the quarter-final 1-0 on aggregate after a second leg that began late on Saturday and ended just a […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – Captain Tiago Azulao equalised as Angolan visitors Petro Luanda drew 1-1 with South Africa hosts Mamelodi Sundowns in Johannesburg on Saturday to reach the CAF Champions League semi-finals. Themba Zwane missed a penalty for Sundowns before Kenyan Brian Onyango gave them an early second-half lead that lasted 15 minutes before Brazilian Azulao […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – Captain Tiago Azulao scored and created another goal as Angolan club Petro Luanda upset South African visitors Mamelodi Sundowns 2-1 on Saturday in the CAF Champions League. The quarter-final first leg result at the national stadium in Luanda leaves the tie wide open with the return match scheduled for Johannesburg next Saturday. […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – Forward Peter Shalulile from South African club Mamelodi Sundowns is in superb form ahead of a CAF Champions League quarter-final first leg against Petro Luanda in Angola on Saturday. The 28-year-old Namibian this week became the first player to score hat-tricks in successive South African Premiership matches, and took his tally […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – Off-form title-holders Al Ahly of Egypt were paired with in-form Raja Casablanca of Morocco on Tuesday when the CAF Champions League quarter-finals draw was made in Cairo. Finishing runners-up behind Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa in Group A meant record 10-time champions Ahly were going to face a difficult last-eight assignment during […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – Nigerians Kingsley Eduwo and Anayo Iwuala struck the goals that gave Esperance of Tunisia a 3-0 victory at Jwaneng Galaxy of Botswana on Saturday and sealed a CAF Champions League quarter-finals place. Eduwo opened and rounded off the scoring in Francistown and Iwuala netted in between as the four-time title-holders cruised to […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – Unfancied Petro Luanda of Angola and perennial title challengers Wydad Casablanca of Morocco on Saturday became the first qualifiers for the CAF Champions League quarter-finals. But there was no joy for two of the three most successful sides in the marquee African club competition with Al Ahly and Zamalek of Egypt both […]