Former champions, Angola face a daunting task in their quest to overturn a 3-1 loss against Lesotho in this weekend’s 2015 CAF U-20 championship qualifier second round second leg clash.The Palanquinhas are faced with elimination but at least a 2-0 win at the Coquieros Stadium in Luanda will hand the former a place at the final round of the qualifiers.Since winning the continental championship in 2001 in Ethiopia, with a squad that included the likes of Pedro Montarras and Antonio Mendonca, under the technical guidance Luís de Oliveira Gonçalves, the Palanquinhas have been absent at the biennial championship except for…
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The Confederation of African Football has opened the tender for available media and marketing rights for the African Under-U23 Championship 2015.The 2015 championship will be hosted by the DRC.Concerned parties can express their interest from Sunday 25th May through Sunday 31st August 2014, according to a communique from the CAF Marketing Division.”This ITT is open to Qualified Agencies; being agencies and other organizations which have, in the sole opinion of CAF, the necessary experience in the commercial and technical exploitation of marketing and media rights of major sporting properties and more especially in Africa, with strong financial standing, sufficient resources…
Asante Kotoko has wrapped up the 2013/2014 Ghana Premier League title with two games remaining.The Porcupine Warriors made it a hat-trick of league triumphs after a 2-1 win over regional rivals, Edubiase United on Wednesday (21 May 2014). Leading marksman Seidu Bancey and Prince Baffoe scored for Kotoko whilst Emmanuel Nti Mensah grabbed a late consolation for the hosts.By the victory, Kotoko moves to 54 points, seven points richer than second-placed Heart of Lions, who beat Amidaus Professionals 3-1 in the Ghanaian port city of Tema. The outcome of the two games will make no impact at the standings at…
The qualifiers for the 9th African Women’s Championship, Namibia 2014 reaches the final lap this weekend with first leg of the second round.African champions, Equatorial Guinea, six-time champions, Nigeria, South Africa and Cameroon for the first time join the campaign for the battle for the seven spots for the final tournament later in the year in Namibia.Dicey away duels await the big guns of women’s football on the continent in this weekend’s penultimate matches of the qualifiers.The Equatoguineans will face a tricky test in Abidjan on Friday against ‘Les Elephantes’ of Cote d’Ivoire. Nzalang Nacional, now handled by Argentine Esteban…
After triumphing in the Under-20 Africa Youth Championship which they hosted in 2007 in the cities of Brazzaville and Pointe Noire, the young Red Devils of Congo have failed to qualify for subsequent continental championships.Going into the 2015 CAF U-20 finals to be held in Senegal, the Congo have high hopes of making it. But they must first overcome Benin over two-legs before they can think of the next qualifying round and dream of ending the long spell of absence from Africa’s premier youth championship which also serves as qualifiers for the FIFA Under-20 World Cup finals. This week, Congo…
The fierce rivalry between DR Congo duo, TP Mazembe and AS Vita Club takes another turn when the two sides face-off in this weekend’s Orange CAF Champions League Group A encounter in Lubumbashi.The two sides, famed for their age-long rivalry in Congolese football, a headline fixture in the national championship (Linafoot), have now taken the contest to probably the biggest platform in African football.Matches between the two teams always bring activities in the cities of Lubumbashi and Kinshasa to a halt, with their dyed-in-the-wool fans moving helter-skelter to be a part of the game either at the stadium or on…
With the huge prize of Champions League football next season and a place at this year’s FIFA Club World Cup, Morocco’s national championship, the Championnat Botola goes down to the wire this Sunday May 25 with Raja Club Athletic and Moghreb Tetoaun in a two horse race for the title.Both clubs are tied on 55 points but Raja leads the way on account of their superior number of goals. Eyeing their 12th title, Raja will be away at the El Massira Stadium as guests of Olympic Club de Safi while Moghreb Tetouan hosts Renaissance Sportive de Berkane (RSB) at the…
Kenya coach, Adel Amrouche remains confident about his team’s chances of a place at the next round of the Orange AFCON 2015 despite a narrow 1-0 win over Comoros last Sunday.The Harambee Stars’ dominated the fixture against the visitors with Johanna Omollo’s thunderous strike in 34th minute separating the two sides.Despite the outcome, Amrouche insists Kenya will finish the job in Comoros in two weeks.“I’m happy with the result because we did not concede. It could have been a bad result if Comoros got an away goal but my backline did a good job. We played well in all departments…
Indomitable Lions striker Samuel Eto’o was in the Ivory Coast from 14th through 18th May at the invitation of the Ivorian Board for Sports to grace the Copa Cola-Cola youth tournament. In between his busy schedule shuttling between the capital Abidjan and Bouaké, Eto’o took time to share his thoughts about the FIFA World Cup Brazil2014, predicting that Africa teams will do well and have a big say as to which way the trophy goes. The Lions go to Brazil together with four other African teams – Algeria, Ivory Coast, Ghana and Nigeria.What prospects do Africans have at the World…
Mozambique’s Mambas were the biggest winners of the first round qualifying weekend of the Orange Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2015, their 5-0 defeat of debutants South sudan on a weekend of mixed results that included surprising struggles for CHAN champions Libya and Kenya while Madagascar shocked the Cranes of Uganda.South sudan were making their first ever attempt at qualifying for the continental showpiece football tournament and the Bright Stars could not illuminate in Maputo as the Mambas’ venom blackened them into a heavy hiding.A brace by Sonito and strikes from Josemar Machaisse who opened the scoring, Mexer and Isac…