Midfielder Salah Jizoli’s 51st minute header handed Sudanese giants, Al Hilal a lone goal victory over TP Mazembe (DR Congo) in their Group A opener on Friday in Khartoum.Forward Bakri Babeker laid a perfect cross into the visitors defence, which met the head of Jizoli to beat flapping Mazembe goalie Muteba Kidiaba and hand the Omdurman-based club a flying start to the mini-league stage of the premier continental championship.Despite playing in Khartoum, Hilal were cheered on by a packed crowd at the Khartoum Stadium, with the club’s blue and white colours covering every space, to outplay their visitors and make…
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Reigning CHAN kings, Libya’s Mediterranean Knights lead the assault of 26 national competitors on an African weekend packed with anticipated top class action as the race gets underway for the seven places in the main qualifying group phase of the 30th Orange Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2015.The royals of Mediterranean Knights have their pride at stake as they take their skirmish with Rwanda’s stinging Wasps to neighbouring Tunisia over the two-day continental match period that will also see the Flames hope to glow brighter and scorch the field under the feet of Chad’s Les Sao; on a weekend that…
Kenya defender David ‘Cheche’ Ochieng believes Harambee Stars have what it takes to cruise past Comoros in Sunday’s 2015 Orange Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at Nyayo Stadium.The Saudi Arabia-based player has urged fans to turn out in large numbers to cheer the home team to victory in their debut game in the qualifying campaign for the 30th edition of the showpiece continental football tournament.“We are going into this campaign from a successful CECAFA (zonal tournament) which we won last year. I believe this gives us the necessary momentum to ride over Comoros. “We need the fans to rally behind…
Malawi midfielder Joseph Kamwendo says the Flames are bracing up for a physical contest against Sao of Chad on Saturday’s 2015 Orange Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Blantyre.Ahead of the first leg clash of the first round, The TP Mazembe midfielder told Cafonline.com “Chad is a very difficult team to play against. They play a physical game and you have to be equally fit to match them. “We need to score as many goals as possible to be in a good stead, at least a three goal win.”Kamwendo knows much about the Chadians after scoring in last year’s meeting…
Harambee Stars coach Adel Amrouche has refused to take anything for granted against Comoros even though his Harambee Stars will be hugely favoured to prevail against the Indian Ocean island nation when they clash at Nyayo stadium on Sunday in the first leg of the first round of qualifiers for the Orange Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2015.“There are no longer small teams in African football. Depending on how well you prepare it is possible to get positive results against any team. Recently, Comoros drew 1-1 against Burkina Faso in a friendly and so we cannot afford to underrate them,”…
The Warriors start their search for a third appearance at the Orange Africa Cup of Nations finals this Sunday when they engage Tanzania in the first round, first leg match at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam.Coach Ian Gorowa who called up 22 players for the match has seen the withdrawal of Ajax Cape Town striker Simba Sithole, Kaizer Chiefs’ Kingston Nkhatha, Willard Katsande and Bantu Rovers’ Nqobizitha Masuku due to injuries.That for Gorowa is not the major worry. The real threat says the Warriors boss is posed by opponents, Tanzania.Said Gorowa; “Remember we played Tanzania before we went…
Rwanda’s Wasps are in upbeat mood ahead of Sunday’s Orange Africa Nations Cup Morocco 2015 first round qualifier against Libya which will be played at the 65000-seater Stade Olympique on the outskirts of Tunis. Interim head coach Andre Cassa Mbungo told Cafonline.com in an interview that Rwanda can shock Libya’s Mediterranean Knights and put one foot in the next round of qualifiers.“Libya is a strong squad, ranked in the top 65 worldwide and they have experience more than our team does. We are going to confront them with greater determined in bid to register positive results in the first leg,”…
Egyptian giants, Al Ahly start exploring new grounds when they kick off their Orange CAF Confederation Cup group stage campaign entertaining Zambia’s Nkana this Saturday at the Petrosport Stadium in Cairo.The second-tier continental club championship is an unfamiliar terrain for Ahly, record eight time winners of the prestigious Orange CAF Champions League.The ‘Red Devils’ are appearing for the first time at the mini-league stage in their 38-year old continental history. It’s also their first time in as many years to host a competitive game at the Petrosport Stadium, home ground of local rivals ENPPI, after security measures forced the relocation…
Earlier this year, Mauritania played in their first-ever continental finals at the African Nations Championship earlier this year in South Africa. And although the tournament, in which teams exclusively use players based domestically, is not as prestigious as the CAF Africa Cup of Nations, it has left the supporters in the Maghreb nation wanting more. And results since their continental debut have been promising. A 1-1 draw against Niger in a friendly was followed by two wins against Mauritius in the preliminary round of the 2015 AFCON qualifiers – the first Mauritanian victory in the showpiece event of African football…
The Rwanda Football Association (Ferwafa) has named English coach Stephen Constantine as the new head coach the national football team, Amavubi. Speaking to Cafonline on Wednesday, Ferwafa president Vincent Degaule Nzamwita said, “Constantine was the suitable coach picked by the assessment committee after reviewing all the seven coaches who had been shortlisted.” Nzamwita said talks with Constantine will be finalised over the weekend in Tunisia where Rwanda is scheduled to face Libya in the first leg of the first round of qualifiers of the Orange Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2015.“We have talked and agreed in principle with Constantine to…