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26 May 2015 08:28 African champions, ES Setif have won the 2014/2015 Algerian Premier League title, the seventh time in their history. Setif, holders of the CAF Champions League made certain of the title after a 2-0 win over CS Constantine in the penultimate match of the season last Saturday (23 May 2015) at home. Striker Mohamed Benyettou and Central African Republic-born midfielder Eudes Dagoulou’s first half strikes was all the Black Eagles needed to seal their first ever league crown since the 2012/2013 season. Setif now have 48 points, four more than rivals, MO Bejaia, who…
25 May 2015 02:30 This weekend’s first leg matches of the second round of the African U-23 Championship Senegal 2015 were headlined by shocking and surprising results. Three teams namely Cameroon, Zimbabwe and Rwanda were involved in the shocking outcomes during the weekend highlighted by narrow wins. Cameroon failed to make their home advantage count after Sierra Leone held them to a 1-1 draw on Sunday. The Leone Stars hosted the game in Yaounde due to the home ban due to the outbreak of the Ebola virus in their territory, but held their own against the highly…
24 May 2015 12:40 Visiting Equatorial Guinea proved too strong for their Congolese hosts, managing a 3-0 win in the first leg of the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games qualifier on Saturday in Kinkala, a town situated in the south-eastern part of Congo. The victory has almost but sealed Les Nzalang Nacional place at the third round of the continental qualifiers. As early as the sixth minute, the visitors were up courtesy Jumaria Barbosa de Santana, with a shot that beat the Congolese goalie, Ornella Batangouna. Four minutes later, Jade Boho Sayo doubled the lead before…
24 May 2015 11:13 Uganda shocked Rwanda 2-1, beating their neighbours 2-1 in the first leg of the second round qualifier for the African U-23 Championship Senegal 2015 on Saturday in Kigali. The Kobs, under the technical direction of Serbian Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojevic, who was in charge of the Rwanda two years ago, took the lead in the ninth minute when Farouk Miya curled a beautiful free kick punishing Olivier Kwizera who had stepped out of the goal area with the ball in his hands. Midfielder Dominique Savio Nshuti restored parity for the Amavubis with a well-taken strike…
Renard steps down as Ivory Coast coach The mail has been sent successfully 23 May 2015 01:52 Frenchman Herve Renard has stepped down as coach of his Africa Cup of Nations winners Ivory Coast, according to official sources on Friday. The charismatic 46-year-old led the ‘Elephants’ to their first African title since 1992 in February, when they defeated Ghana on penalties, but is now hotly tipped to take over at Ligue 1 side Lille. “I said to myself, that after the success at the CAN, it would be difficult to do better and I have to open myself up to…
Liberia given greenlight to host matches at home The mail has been sent successfully 22 May 2015 03:40 The Confederation Africaine de Football (CAF) has through a circular dated Thursday, 21 May 2015 and signed by General Secretary, Hicham El Amrani informed its 54 Member Associations that the Liberia Football Association has received authorization to host CAF competitions on their territory. This follows a further exchange of correspondence between CAF and the World Health Organization (WHO). The latter confirmed that Liberia was officially declared “Ebola Free” on 9 May 2015, and hence advised CAF to allow the possibility to…
22 May 2015 08:33 The Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games is a year away, however the battle for places takes another turn this weekend with the first leg matches of the second round of the continental qualifiers. Seven teams will emerge from the knockout rounds to join hosts Senegal for the African U-23 Championship from 28 November to 12 December 2015, where the top three teams will qualify for the final tournament in Rio de Janeiro. Leading pack in the penultimate round of matches in the qualifiers are Cameroon and Ghana, two big names as far as Africa’s…
21 May 2015 12:23 South Africa’s foremost women’s footballer, Portia Modise has called time on an illustrious career spanning over a decade. The retirement of the 32-year old was announced by the South African Football Association (SAFA) president, Danny Jordaan at a press briefing on Tuesday, 19 May 2015; marking an end to the career of unarguably the most gifted South African female footballer of all time. The news comes as a blow to the South Africans, due to face Gabon in a second round qualifier for the 2016 Olympic Games qualifier on Saturday in Libreville. Modise…
21 May 2015 09:45 Ghana’s Black Queens will be confronted with yet another attempt at qualifying for their maiden Olympic Games when they face their counterparts in Egypt, at the second round of continental qualifiers in Cairo on Saturday. The Black Queens per pedigree should start as favourites, but while coach Yusif Basigie insists there are no longer clear cut favourites in the game, he says his side will take no prisoners. He told Cafonline.com that “you cannot underestimate any team these days. If for nothing at all, we remember how Algeria beat us during the last African…