CS Sfaxien coach, Ruud Krol is reveling in his team’s triumph in the 2013 Orange CAF Confederation Cup, where they pipped DR Congo outfit, TP Mazembe to the title.Sfaxien lost 2-1 in the final second leg on Saturday in Lubumbashi, but a 2-0 win from the first leg saw them cruise to the title 3-2 on aggregate.The Tunisians survived several onslaughts from their hosts, who went up early through Cheibane Traore and Mbwana Samatta, before Sfaxien’s danger-man Fakhereddine Ben Youssef scored in the dying stages to hand his side their third title after 2007 and 2008.The Dutchman was full of…
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Favourites Ethiopia and Kenya register identical 3-1 wins over Zanzibar and South Sudan on Saturday 30 November to move level on points in Group A of the Cecafa Challenge Cup Championship. Ethiopia dominated the first half with their attacking football as their strikers caused havoc with their pace. According to a report from AFP, Ethiopia’s Yassin Salah went close to giving them the lead after only two minutes but he shot agonisingly over the bar.Three minutes later skipper Fasika Asfaw made no mistake when he tapped in the ball from close range. The Ethiopians increased their lead in the 37th…
Tunisian side, CS Sfaxien has won the 2013 Orange CAF Confederation Cup title despite a 2-1 loss to TP Mazembe of DR Congo on Saturday in Lubumbashi.Sfaxien annexed the title 3-2 on aggregate thanks to a 2-0 win from the final first leg last week in Rades. The Tunisian outfit this confirmed their status as the most successful in the second-tier continental club championship after successes in 2007 and 2008.Mazembe led by two goals at half time with strikes from Cheibane Traore and Mbwana Samatta before pacy winger Fakheridine Ben Youssef scored in the dying embers to take game beyond…
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Despite going into the second leg of the final of the 2013 Orange CAF confederation Cup with a 2-0 advantage, CS Sfaxien coach, Ruud Krol believes the journey is far from over.The Tunisian champions will play as guests of their DR Congo counterparts, TP Mazembe on Saturday in Lubumbabshi, and for Krol, he will approach the game hungrier.Sfaxien, winners in 2007 and 2008 are eyeing a third title in the second-tier continental club championship but the Dutchman reckons it won’t come easier against a Mazembe side that has been impregnable at their favourite, Stade de TP Mazembe.A goal in each…
Hosts Ghana accounted for Senegal 3-1 on Thursday (November 28) in Kumasi to win the 2013 West Africa Football Union (WAFU) Zone ‘B’ Cup of Nations tournament.A brace from defender Kwabena Edusei and the other from Latif Mohamed was enough for Ghana to complete a ‘host and win’ of the zonal tourney, targeted at local footballers from countries within the WAFU Zone ‘B’.Losing finalists, Senegal finished the game with 10-men after Thioune Ousseynou was given the marching off orders four minutes from time.Backed by a sparse crowd at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi, Ghana’s second largest city, the hosts…
TP Mazembe coach, Patrice Carteron remains upbeat on overturning the results in this weekend’s 2013 Orange CAF Confederation Cup final second leg against Tunisia’s CS Sfaxien.Les Corbeaux have a two-goal deficit from the first leg held in Rades last week, and have a tall mountain of scoring at least three unanswered goals in the encounter billed for Saturday, November 30 at the Stade de TP Mazembe in Lubumbashi.Carteron insists the task is achievable after reviewing his team’s performance in the previous fixture, where they were undone by two assists from danger-man of Sfaxien Fakhereddine Ben Youssef, leading to goals in…
CAF Executive Committee member, Kwesi Nyantakyi has been re-elected president of the West African Football Union (WAFU) Zone ‘B’ for a two-year term.Nyantakyi, who doubles as president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) was retained unopposed at the congress on the zonal body held on Wednesday (November 27) in Ghana’s second largest city, Kumasi. He has headed the zonal body since 2011.He disclosed to delegates that the union has made great strides the last few years despite the limited resources at their disposal and also hinted at the revival of the competitions for member associations and training programmes for coaches.“I…
The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) announced on Wednesday, November 27th the appointment of Shawky Gharib as Egypt’s national team new manager. He will succeed American Bob Bradley who left his post as The Pharaohs coach after failing to guide Egypt to the 2014 FIFA World Cup.”Gharib has officially become the new Egypt coach. His contract will run until the end of the 2018 World Cup qualifiers,” said Egyptian Football Association (EFA) spokesman Azmy MegahedGharib (54 years) spent his playing career in Ghazl El Mahalla where he retired in 1993, winning the 1986 Africa Cup of Nations with Egypt.Gharib started his…
The 2013 Cecafa Challenge Cup opened in Kenya on Wednesday 27 November with hosts and Ethiopia playing a 0-0 draw in their Group ‘A’ match in Nairobi. Earlier on in the day in the first match of the tournament Zanzibar beat South Sudan 2-1. According to the reports on the official Cecafa website (cecafafootball.org),this is how the opening day proceedings went.Kenya 0-0 EthiopiaHarambee Stars started on a bright note, surprisingly playing possession and slick passing football, traditionally the forte of the Ethiopians who this year just missed qualifying for the 2014 Fifa World Cup at the last hurdle; they were…