Rwanda was held to a goalless draw at home by Gabon in the 2015 Orange CAF U-20 Championship qualifier played at the Regional Stadium in Kigali on Sunday. The second leg will be played in Gabon on the weekend of May 24 with the overall winner qualifying for the third and final round. The Junior Wasps failed to utilize several goal scoring chances to snatch a win over their Gabonese counterparts following their blunt striking force. They had the upper hand in the game but poor finishing from Betrand Iradukunda, Yannick Mukunzi and Maxime Sekamana gifted the Gabonese a draw…
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Now a veteran of the Côte d’Ivoire national team at 28 years of age, Salomon Kalou is coming off another successful year of European club football, and should be a mainstay in the Ivorian attack in Brazil.As Africa’s top ranked side, Les Éléphants once again have high expectations heading into an international event but the Lille forward, who played in three matches in South Africa four years ago, cautions supporters that advancing from Group C against Greece, Japan and Colombia will not be a simple task.Do you feel great anticipation as we near one month to go until the 2014…
CAF President Issa Hayatou has expressed deep sorrow at the tragic death of at least 15 football fans who were killed in a stampede during the Congolese league match between AS Vita Club and TP Mazembe in Kinshasa and immediately asked the Congolese football federation, FECOFA to give CAF a full briefing of the incident.Hayatou said the African football fraternity was deeply saddened by the incident and reiterated the determination of the governing body of African football to combat all forms of violence in the game.Hayatou proffered CAF condolences to the families of the victims, FECOFA and wished those reported…
Eyeing a place in the final group phase of qualifiers and a long awaited return to the Nations Cup finals since their last appearance in 1978, Uganda’s Cranes have stepped up their preparations for their first round first leg match against Madagascar this weekend.Defenders, Joseph Ochaya of Asante Kotoko and Henry Kalungi of Richmond Kickers boosted the Uganda team’s training camp as they trained with the rest of the players at Nakivubo Stadium at the weekend.Turkish based Martin Mutumba, is expected to resume training Monday after being rested on Sunday. The Cranes continue shaping up Monday at the Mandela National…
Ghana, mali and Zambia put their noses in front with victories away from home during the second round first leg matches of the Orange CAN U-20 Championship Senegal 2015 on Saturday.The trio thus stands in a good stead to reach the final round ahead of the second leg in a fortnight.Ghana’s Black Satellites humbled the Shooting Stars of Sierra Leone 2-0 in Freetown to remain on course for a fourth successive appearance at the biennial championship since 2009. Dennis Tetteh and Prosper Kassim scored in each half to secure victory.In Ouagadougou, a Saliou Guindo hat-trick silenced and killed off the…
The race for places at the Orange CAF U-20 Championship Senegal 2015 gets keener with the first leg matches of the penultimate round taking place this weekend.Reigning African champions, Egypt and 12 others who drew a bye at the first round joins the survivors from the previous round for this stage which has 28 teams.The interesting trend for this weekend games is the fact that big guns such as Egypt, Ghana, Nigeria and mali are involved in tricky away duels with trips to Khartoum, Freetown, Dar es Salaaam and Ouagadougou as guests of Sudan, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Burkina Faso…
“All roads lead to Khartoum Stadium” – these are the words on the lips of every football lover in sudan ahead of the derby between Al-Merrikh and Al-Hilal on Saturday, 10 May 2014. On this occasion, life in the three major cities in the capital namely Khartoum, Omdurman and Khartoum North, completely grinds to a halt and humans and vehicular movements on the streets are cast in blue, white, red and yellow colors of the two most successful clubs in the history of Sudanese football. Tickets are fast selling at the 30,000-capacity Khartoum Stadium whilst other locations are over whelmed…
CAF’s first Football Centre of Excellence was officially opened Monday 5th May by CAF president Issa Hayatou and FIFA president Sepp Blatter during which time the CAF football head said the development represented a massive leap for the continent’s soccer development. The official opening of the Center of Excellence Mbankomo took place 30kilometres outside Yaounde. Similar centers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Dakar, Senegal are scheduled in the coming months. On the sidelines of the official opening of the center, Hayatou emphasized the significance of the center, the brighter prospects of the African game and why African football holds the…
Kampala City Council Authority Football Club (KCCA) has successfully defended the FUFA Super league title following a 3-1 home win over arch-rivals Sports Club Villa at the KCCA Stadium in Lugogo on Tuesday. Uganda Cranes international Steven Bengo opened the scoring for KCCA with a 21st minute strike before defender Ronnie Kisekka made it 2-0 just before the break. William Wadri made it three before Kiseeka deflected into his own net to give SC Villa a late consolation.With the victory, KCCA accumulated 60 points from 30 games, one ahead of second placed Sports Club Victoria University. It is KCCS’s 10th…
Mamelodi Sundowns have clinched the South African Premier Soccer League (PSL) title for the sixth time.With a game to spare, ‘The Brazilians’ snapped the title after a 3-0 thrashing of former champions, SuperSport United in the penultimate encounter of the season on Tuesday (6 May 2014).Second-half strikes from Surprise Moriri, Teko Modise and Cuthbert Malajila in Pretoria took the championship race beyond holders Kaizer Chiefs, despite managing a lone goal win away at Pretoria University. Sundowns are now on 64 points, four points richer than Kaizer Chiefs.Previous winners in 1997/98, 1998/99, 1999/2000, 2005/06 and 2006/07, Sundowns will represent South Africa…