Holders Ahly and former Enyimba are in danger of exiting the 2014 Orange CAF Champions League, unless they conjure magical performances in this weekend’s second leg matches of the 1/16th round. Whilst Ahly are favoured to overturn a lone goal defeat from the first leg against Young Africans of Tanzania on Sunday, two-time winners Enyimba will be threading a dangerous path in Bamako as guests of AR Real. The Malians stunned Nigeria’s surviving club in the premier continental club championship, beating them 2-1 in Aba, to end the latter’s eight-year unbeaten spell at home that also put their chances of…
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After posting draws in their respective Confederations Cup first round first leg matches last weekend, Egyptian sides Ismaily and Degla have set their sights on home soil victories to attain qualification to the next round. Ismaily, who drew 0-0 away at MK Etancheite in the DRC are at their Ismailia base where their Brazilian coach Heron Ricardo recently returned for a second stint.“We had a good game in DR Congo and I’m satisfied with the draw”, Ricardo told Cafonline.com ahead of Sunday’s second leg. “We have a very good chance to win in Ismailia. I hope Ghanaian striker John Antwi…
The story of Warri Wolves, one of Nigeria’s flag bearers in the 2014 Orange CAF Confederation Cup can be likened to that of the mystical phoenix.Phoenix in classical mythology was ‘that unique bird that lived for centuries in the Arabian Desert and got burnt but rose from the ashes with renewed youth to live through another cycle.’ There used to be a team called ‘Warri XI’ nicknamed “Warri Wolves”; subsequently morphed to Nigeria Ports Authority but finally reverted to Warri Wolves following the birth of Delta State, out of Bendel Sate in 1991.Between 1955 and 1969, Warri XI was a…
The Orange CAF Confederation Cup competition action returns this weekend across the continent with some mouth-watering encounters lined up in first round second leg matches. Cameroonian side Union Douala will travel to Nigeria to face Warri Wolves. Doula carries a 3-2 deficit and will need to turn things round away from home if they are to reach second round. It is the same story with Malian side C.O Bamako who lost 2-0 to visiting Ivorians, ASEC Mimosas and now head to Abidjan looking for a miracle win.South African side SuperSport United will be in Nairobi at the weekend to play…
Stephen Worgu was the ‘star’ of the 2008 CAF Champions League scoring 13 goals despite his club, Enyimba exiting at the semis. The Nigerian forward will later land a mega move to Sudanese giants Al-Merrikh, but his four years with the Omdurman-based club was nothing near success. Early this year, the striker crossed carpet to the other side of Omdurman, joining bitterest rivals, Hilal. He tells Cafonline.com about his stint with Merrikh and new life with Hilal in the Orange CAF Champions League. Cafonline.com: What happened after your mega move to Merrikh? Stephen Worgu: I signed a four-year deal, went…
The five African teams heading to Brazil for FIFA World Cup 2014 met with mixed results during Wednesday 5 March international friendlies. Algeria won, Ivory Coast and Nigeria drew while Ghana and Cameroon lost as the African qualifiers prepared for the final tournament that is less than 100 days away now.Striker El-Hilal Soudani put Algeria ahead in first-half stoppage-time and Inter Milan midfielder Saphir Taider added a second goal for a 2-0 victory over Slovenia in Blida. It was an encouraging result for the Desert Foxes, at a ground where they are almost invincible, ahead of facing Belgium, South Korea…
How Mine FC won promotion into the Zimbabwe Castle Lager Premier Soccer League in 2013 and their mission was just to learn the trade with the big boys and survive relegation. A year later the Gold Miners have pumped in 11 goals in just three matches in the Orange CAF Confederation Cup and their striker Kuda Musharu leads the chats with five goals at this stage of the competition. That’s how to make an announcement of one’s arrival one might say! And this happens to be How Mine’ debut in CAF inter club competition. How Mine FC is owned by…
Record champions and title holders Al Ahly of Egypt enter this weekend’s 2014 Orange CAF Champions League first round second leg match with a tricky mission return. The Cairo giants lost to Tanzania’s Young Africans 1-0 in Dar Es-Salam last week and they have to score two unanswered goals at the very least if they want to continue their title defending campaign. But Al Ahly will have to fight to reverse the first leg defeat deprived from one of their strongest weapons, the fans. The game is to be held behind closed doors for security reasons. Ahly however will have…
There is one unmistakable truth about Felix Anyansi Agwu, the debonair chairman of Nigerian side, Enyimba – ‘his uncommon passion for football’. Agwu is regarded as the man with the ‘Midas Touch’ behind arguably the most successful club in Africa’s most populous country, ‘the People’s Elephant’ as they are nicknamed, with over more than a decade at the helm. He derives his longevity partly due to his unprecedented achievements including back-to-back CAF Champions League and CAF Super Cup triumphs in 2003 and 2004; and also ranks amongst the longest serving club chairmen in Africa. “There is no perfect word to…
The Confederation of African Football would like to state that it did not order for match 81 between Zamalek SC and Kabuscorp to be played behind closed doors.There was no sanction from CAF imposed on Zamalek SC to play the match behind closed doors. The decision to play the match behind closed doors or allow fans lay with the Egyptian Football Association, who depending on their assessment of the security situation with other stakeholders were at liberty to allow fans into the stadium.Following various exchanges between the Zamalek SC club, the Egypt Football Association and the Egyptian Security authorities, the…
Five African representative teams at this year’s summer World Cup in Brazil will fully utilize the international friendlies date this week to assess their progress as the day count drops under 100 days to the start of the tournament. Algeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Nigeria will be in action Wednesday 5 March as the continent’s representatives’ face tests which they intend to use as stepping stones for a successful tournament. Fans across the continent will be watching with interest the preparations of the five finalists as respective technical experts get their men through the paces and international matches which…
Former Nigeria striker Nwankwo Kanu has undergone corrective cardiac surgery in the United States, the head of the heart charity set up in his name said on Monday. According to AFP report, Onyebuchi Abia, the co-ordinator of the Kanu Heart Foundation, said the rangy former Arsenal forward and Super Eagles skipper was operated on at the weekend in Cleveland, Ohio, in the US mid-west.”It was a corrective heart surgery,” Abia, without specifying the nature of the ailment, was quoted as saying in a number of Nigerian newspapers. “He normally goes for a medical check-up annually and it was during one…
Aminu Maigari, president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has observed that the five African representatives for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil have resolved to make the continent proud at the tournament.The NFF president made this remark in an interview with Cafonline.com, following a meeting between CAF President, Issa Hayatou and representatives of the five teams in Cairo on 21 February 2014. Nigeria is in Group F with Argentina, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Iran. Read the full interview below;Nigeria has what might be called a lucky draw. Are you already thinking about the second round?Aminu Maigari: Yes, it…
Yaya Toure struck a wonder goal to help Manchester City lift the English League Cup and highlight a memorable weekend for Ivory Coast marksmen across Europe.A curled equaliser into the top corner by the reigning African Footballer of the Year cancelled a Sunderland goal and set City up for a 3-1 Wembley final triumph.Former Chelsea striker Salomon Kalou claimed a hat-trick as Lille won 3-2 at French Ligue 1 bottom team Ajaccio, whose goals came from fellow Ivorian Junior Tallo.ENGLANDYAYA TOURE (Manchester City)The favourites were looking at their second shock loss at Wembley in as many years, having been beaten…
The first round first leg matches of the 2014 Orange CAF Confederation Cup at the weekend saw wins for likes of AS Kigali, ASEC Mimosas, CARA, How Mine, SuperSport United, Warri Wolves, Don Bosco, CS Constantine , Ebusua Dwarfs, El-Jadida , CA Bizertin and MedeamaZimbabwean club side How Mine were the highest scores after beating visiting Seychelles side St Michel 5-1 in Bulawayo. The gold miners’ Kuda Musharu scored a brace to take his tally in the competition to five (5). Zimbabwean side got the other goals from Thembani Masuku, Morris Kadzora and Menard Mupera and striker Jacquot Fenosoa scored…
Tunisian standard-bearers, Esperance and CS Sfaxien moved closer towards the next round, returning unscathed from their trips to East Africa.The two sides pulled off victories away from home on a weekend that saw holders Ahly of Egypt tumble in Dar es Salaam, just as former winners’, Enyimba and Raja Club Athletic in the first leg matches of the 1/16th round of the Orange CAF Champions League. In Nairobi, Esperance of Tunisia made sure their 1987 loss to Kenya champions, Gor Mahia in the defunct CAF Cup Winners’ Cup counted for little, beating their hosts 3-2 at a packed Nyayo Stadium…
The identities of the teams for the final lap of the 2014 African Women’s Championship (AWC) qualifiers remain no longer a secret.Rwanda and Zimbabwe were the last teams to book their places, joining the other 12 teams for the stage, which makes them two games shy of qualification for the ninth edition of the premier continental showpiece women’s football tournament.Despite a 2-1 loss to Kenya in Nairobi on Sunday, the She-Amavubi of Rwanda marched on via the away goal rule after a 2-2 tie. Jackie Ogolla and Mural Amau scored for the Kenyans whilst Jeanne Nyirahatashima found target in between…
Ebusua Dwarfs of Ghana cruised to a comfortable 2-0 win over visiting Angolan club side Petro Atletico in the Orange CAF Confederation Cup first-leg tie played at the Robert Mensah Sports Stadium, Cape Coast on Sunday 32nd February 2014.Dwarfs went ahead four minutes after the hour Mark when David Gomes finished off a solo effort with a half volley to send the partisan crowd cheering. Dwarfs dominated the first half, but poor finishing denied them further goals.Atletico managed to hold their own without conceding in the first half, but from recess Dwarfs were the hungrier side and fought to double…
Egyptian side Zamalek will take a slender 1-0 lead into the return match against Kabuscorp from Angola after the White Knights won the Orange CAF Champions League first round first leg encounter at Cairo International stadium on Saturday night. Defender Mahmoud Fathalla opened the scoring with a well taken goal in the 56th minute. In a game of few clear cut chances it was just deserving for the home side who dominated possession and looked more purposeful going forward. The first half was a dull affair and although Zamalek literally camped in Kabuscorp’s half, they failed to breach the visitors’…
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