TP Mazembe coach, Patrice Carteron is looking forward to this weekend’s Orange CAF Confederation Cup final first leg against Tunisian side, CS Sfaxien, but with cautious mind.The DR Congo champions will play as guests of their hosts on Saturday, November 23 in Rades, located on the south-east of the Tunisian capital Tunis, in their first ever appearance at the deciding stage of the second-tier continental championship since the birth of the competition in 2004.Mazembe, four-time winners of the premier African club championship, face arguably their biggest test in their campaign so far in a Sfaxien team that has backed their…
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Al Merrikh have been crowned winners of the 2013 Sudanese Premier League, pipping bitterest rivals Al Hilal to the title.The Omdurman-based club romped to the title courtesy a 2-0 win over Al Merrikh Al Fashir on Tuesday, November 19 at the Al-Merrikh Stadium. Ivorian-import Tie Olivier netted both goals.The victory takes Merrikh’s tally to 63 points, five clear of Hilal who play Ahly Shendi later on Wednesday (November 20) in the final game of the season. The outcome of the game will mean very little to the standings at the top, meaning Hilal will finish runners-up.Both Merrikh and Hilal will…
CAF President, Issa Hayatou has congratulated the five African teams to have qualified for the FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014.Algeria, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire Ghana and Nigeria sealed their places as the continent’s representatives for next year’s World Cup after the qualifying series that ended on Tuesday (November 19) with the second leg of the Playoffs.“On my behalf, the CAF Executive Committee and African football family, I congratulate the five National Associations – Algeria, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire Ghana and Nigeria for qualifying for the FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014,” said Hayatou.Whilst applauding the high level of performance exhibited during the qualifying…
Algeria captain Madjid Bougherra led by example scoring the decisive goal against Burkina Faso and hand Les Fennecs the final African slot for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.Bougherra’s 49th minute effort ensured the Algerians snatched the ticket on the away goal rule after a 3-3 aggregate after both legs.It was a difficult one for the Algerians against a Burkinabe side that were bent on rewriting the history books with their maiden qualification to the biggest stage in world football.At the Mustapha Tchaker Stadium in Blida, Les Fennecs finally rose to the occasion and gave their fans a good cause to…
The much expected miracle at the Air Defence Stadium in Cairo failed to see the light of day as Ghana booked their place for the 2014 FIFA World Cup despite a 2-1 loss against Egypt on Tuesday.Burly striker Amr Zaki and Mohamed Nagy ‘Geddo’ scored in either half whilst Kevin Prince Boateng netted the vital away goal for the visitors in the closing stages.The Black Stars thus qualified 7-3 on aggregate and complete a hat-trick of appearances at the World Cup.The Pharaohs, who needed to score at least five unanswered goals to turn the tie their favour worked very hard…
Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah says that local coaches need to be given a chance to prove their worth and he and Nigeria’s Stephen Keshi have changed some perceptions by qualifying their respective national teams for World Cup 2014. Appiah told Cafonline.com after seeing his side go down 2-1 to Egypt in the second leg playoff match played at Cairo’s Air Defence stadium. The loss did little to dampen the Black Stars’ who despite that loss reach their third World cup final in a row after 2006 and 2010 on a massive 7-3 aggregate.“All that we have been saying all along…