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AFCON 2023 Preview:  Mali, Namibia, Tunisia & South Africa in Group E

AFCON 2023 Preview:  Mali, Namibia, Tunisia & South Africa in Group E

Group E of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations has past winners, perennial competitors, and one of the tournament’s “new bees.”. The fifth group of this year’s tournament in Ivory Coast will see one-time winners Tunisia and South Africa withstand pressure and fight for qualification to the knockout phase from both 1972 finalists Mali and Namibia. Afrosport previews all four teams that make up Group B...

African Football League: Mamelodi Sundowns overcome Wydad Casablanca as maiden champions

African Football League: Mamelodi Sundowns overcome Wydad Casablanca as maiden champions

Mamelodi Sundowns overcame Wydad Casablanca 2-0 in the second leg of the African Football League final and 3-2 on aggregate to be crowned maiden champions. The Brazilians lost the first leg 2-1 in Morocco and needed to make home advantage count by winning at least 1-0 which would have been enough for the aggregate victory on away goals. Sundowns took the lead in added time of...

CAFCL: Wydad, Al Ahly claim victories in rescheduled games

CAFCL: Wydad Casablanca and Al Ahly set for final rematch

Wydad Casablanca will face Al Ahly in the CAF Champions League final, a rematch of the 2022 final, after their away goals victory over Mamelodi Sundowns on Saturday. The defending champions had played out a 1-1 draw at home last week, making the return leg against the determined Brazilians more difficult. After a goalless 45 minutes at Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria, Sundowns took the lead...

CAFCL: Mamelodi Sundowns overcome Al Ahly in seven-goal thriller

CAFCL: Mamelodi Sundowns overcome Al Ahly in seven-goal thriller

Mamelodi Sundowns became the second team to progress to the quarter-finals of the CAF Champions League after their 5-2 bashing of the competition's most successful team, Al Ahly, in Saturday's Group B encounter. Both sides had played out a 2-2 draw in the reverse fixture in Cairo on February 25 and the Brazilians were keen to make a statement on their turf with Marcelo Allende giving...