The 2014 edition of CAF Orange Champions League gets underway this weekend (7-9 February) all across the African continent as the race to dethrone Al Ahly of Egypt begins. In Harare, Zimbabwe national champions Dynamos will have to hit the ground running as they prepare to play visitors from Botswana, Mochudi Centre Chiefs in the preliminary round, first leg tie at the National Sports Stadium on Sunday. Dynamos coach Calisto Pasuwa and seven of his players, Partson Jaure, Masimba Mambare, George Chigova Augusine Mbara, Themba Ndlovu, Tawanda Muparati and Oscar Machapa only arrived back home from national duty with the…
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NEWSDicey home duels for former winners02-05-2014 The African football calendar takes a new dimension with all the lenses focused on continental club action following the successful completion of the Orange African Nations Championship (CHAN) in South Africa last week. This year’s continental club action will be launched at the weekend with the preliminary round of matches of both the Orange CAF Champions League and the Orange CAF Confederation Cup. For the prestigious Orange CAF Champions League, which marks its half-century anniversary this year, seven former winners will be involved in the preliminary round. The septet; Enyimba (Nigeria), Moroccan duo Raja…
Libyans are still reveling in their historic feat of being crowned champions at the recently held 2014 Orange African Nations Championship (CHAN) in South Africa. The ‘Mediterranean Knights’ beat the highly favoured Black Stars of Ghana 4-3 on penalties in the final last Saturday in Cape Town, to claim their first ever continental silverware. During the match, huge crowds gathered at squares in major cities such as Tripoli and Benghazi to watch their team cruise to the unexpected achievement. In the national capital, Tripoli, the crowd even defied a downpour to watch the game on large screens in cafés, describing…
Former Zambia striker Dennis Lota has died. The ex-forward, who was an assistant trainer with South African side, Moroka Swallows passed away on Tuesday, February 4, 2014 in Johannesburg after a short illness. He was 40. Nicknamed ‘Chesa Mpama’ meaning ‘hot slap’ in a local South African language, Zulu, Lota is revered at Orlando Pirates where he proved his striking prowess in over 100 appearances between 1998 and 2002. He was a household name in South Africa, where he spent most of his professional career after stints with Witbank Aces, FC AK, Mpumalanga Black Aces and Amazulu as well as…
Libya coach: Javier Clement – This tournament really gave a good platform to up-and-coming young players. Most young players really got a massive foundation from this tournament.This win is good for Libyan people, for the growth of the sport and social stability. I have put a lot of passion in this team, they have played with enthusiasm and pride and they fully deserved this trophy.I hope winning this trophy has been massive for Libya and its people. I want to give credit for winning this trophy to the hard-work of the players. They have gained a lot of experience from…
Final Standings Winner: LIBYA Runner-up: GHANA Third place: NIGERIA Fourth: ZIMBABWE Player of the Tournament: CHRISTANTUS EJIKE (Nigeria) Top Goal Scorer: BERNARD PARKER (South Africa) 4 goals The CHAN 2014 Best Eleven Goalkeeper Mohamed Abdaula (Libya) Defenders: Ali Salama (Libya), Partson Jaure (Zimbabwe), Odunlami Kunle (Nigeria), Joshua Tijani (Ghana) Midfielders: Kudakwashe Mahachi (Zimbabwe), Mohamed Elgadi (Libya), Jordan Opoku (Ghana), Christantus Ejike (Nigeria) Forwards: Rabiu Ali (Nigeria), Seidu Bansey (Ghana) Substitutes: Stephen Adams (Ghana), Peter Moyo (Zimbabwe) Buhlebuyesa Mkhwanazi (South Africa) Mohsine Moutaouali (Morocco) Yahaya Mohammed (Ghana) Abdelsalam Omar (Libya) Ibourahima Sidibé (Mali) Hardy Binguila (Congo) Jean-Marc Makusu Mundele (DR Congo)…
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) announces that the 2014 Orange CAF Super Cup will now take place on Thursday, February 20, 2014 at the Air Defence Stadium in Cairo at 19h00 (local time).The decision taken by the CAF Executive Committee was informed by organizational reasons.The one-off match that pits 2013 Orange CAF Champions League winners, Al Ahly (Egypt) against 2013 Orange CAF Confederation Cup winners, CS Sfaxien (Tunisia) was initially scheduled for Saturday, February 22, 2014 at the Cairo International Stadium.It will be the second meeting between the two clubs after the 2009 edition which Ahly won 2-1 in…
Libya have been crowned 2014 Orange African Nations Champions after beating favorites Ghana by 4-3 on penalties after the match had ended 0-0 after extra time in the final played , Saturday 1st February at Cape Town Stadium. Libya got their own back after losing (7-6 on penalties) to Ghana 32 years ago in the AFCON final.Ghanaian goalkeeper Stephen Adams saved two spot kicks from, Mohamed Elgadi and Abdelsalam Omar to tie the first five kicks at 3-3 and trigger sudden death penalties. Ahmed El Trbi scored the sixth penalty for Libya before Joshua Tijani missed his for Ghana to spark celebrations from…
The Super Eagles clinched third place in the Chan tournament after beating a 10-man Zimbabwe 1-0 at Cape Town stadium on Saturday afternoon.With very little incentive to play for, the match saw little creativity and when Zimbabwe Warriors were reduced to 10 men in the 17th minute, many predicted a glut of goals.But some tight Zimbabwe defence and reckless shooting by Nigeria saw the Super Eagles scrapping home by a single goal which came late into the match.There was little action until the 7th minute when Abubacar Ibrahim received a yellow card when he was adjudged to have dived in…
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