The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has given the new match ball for the 2024-25 CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup a Nigerian name, Ola. OLA is a name in the Southwestern part of Nigeria popular to the Yoruba ethnic group which means either wealth, respect or honour. The word also has an Arabic meaning of 'rise' and 'success'. CAF disclosed that the new match...
Mamelodi Sundowns clinched an unprecedented seventh successive Premier Soccer League title on Thursday, May 2 with six games to spare. The Brazilians saw off local rivals Kaizer Chiefs in style with a 5-1 win to secure the 2023-24 title but the team’s dominant style of play can be credited to 37-year-old coach Rhulani Mokwena. Mokwena joined Sundowns as a co-coach in 2029 alongside Manqoba Mqithi and...
Al Ahly and Esperance are set to face each other in the CAF Champions League final after their respective semi-final aggregate victories over TP Mazembe and Mamelodi Sundowns on Friday night. The Red Devils won their second leg tie in Cairo 3-0 courtesy of goals from Mohamed Abdelmonem, Wessem Abou Ali and Akram Tawfik, pulling through 3-1 on aggregate. Meanwhile, Raed Bouchniba's 57th minute strike was...
The first leg of the CAF Champions League semi-final took place in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tunisia over the weekend. In DR Congo, Al Ahly held TP Mazembe to a goalless draw. At the same time, ES Tunis secured a 1-0 victory against Mamelodi Sundowns at home, courtesy of a goal from Brazilian forward Yan Sasse. As we countdown to the intriguing return leg...
Al-Ahly and Mamelodi Sundowns progressed into the semi-finals of the CAF Champions League after seeing off Simba SC 2-0 and Young Africans on penalties in the second leg of the quarter-finals on Friday night. The Egyptian heavyweights defeated the Tanzanian giants 1-0 in the first leg in Dar es Salaam last week and completed the job on home turf in the return leg thanks to second...
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