USM Alger of Algeria and Al Ahly Tripoli of Libya reached the CAF Champions League quarter-finals Sunday as 2016 runners-up Zamalek of Egypt bowed out with 10 men. A 4-1 home victory over CAPS United of Zimbabwe in Algiers ensured USM of top place in Group B with 11 points from six matches. Ahly Tripoli … Read more
Coach Mumamba Numba insists “nothing can stop” Zanaco of Zambia reaching the CAF Champions League quarter-finals this weekend when they tackle Wydad Casablanca in Morocco. The Lusaka-based outfit top hotly-contested Group D, two points ahead of former champions Wydad and three in front of record eight-time title-holders Al Ahly of Egypt with one round left. … Read more
Title-holders Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa produced one of their finest CAF Champions League performances to upset V Club 3-1 Wednesday in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Liberian Anthony Laffor, Ivorian Yannick Zakri and Sibusiso Vilakazi scored in wet Kinshasa for a Sundowns side that struggled recently in domestic and African matches. Malian Oumar Sidibe … Read more
One of the last places in Africa any coach wants to take a struggling side is the Stade des Martyrs in Democratic Republic of Congo capital Kinshasa. When packed to its 80,000 capacity, the venue ranks among the most intimidating football cauldrons imaginable. That is where CAF Champions League title-holders Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa … Read more
Kumasi Asante Kotoko will face Ashgold in the big game of the weekend in the Ghana Premier League on Sunday. Both sides have already dropped points this season with Ashgold managing just one win from their first three games. Kotoko, on the other hand, have had a better time of it, picking up seven points from … Read more
Hearts of Oak face a daunting task in their chase for a first win of the campaign reigning champions Wa All Stars at the Accra sports stadium on Sunday. This fixture promises to be a fierce one since the last meeting between the two teams at same venue resulted in chaos which led to the … Read more
The overly delayed 2016/17 GPL football season will kick off this weekend sandwiched between two big CAF inter-club competition matches with GPL. Champions – Wa All Stars and MTN FA Cup Champions – Bechem United making their continental debut against Al-Ahly Tripoli and MC Alger respectively. All eyes will be on the matches involving the … Read more
Wa All Stars surely need prayers during their CAF Champions League campaign Ghanaian champions Wa All Stars have drawn Libyan outfit Al Ahly Tripoli in the 2017 CAF Champions League preliminary round. The draw took place in Cairo on Wednesday. The Northern Blues will host the first leg between the weekend of 10–12 February 2017 … Read more